New Castle Historical Society Announces New Program for Fall
Chappaqua, NY (September 25, 2020) – The New Castle Historical Society is launching a new virtual program Food for Thought: A Tasty Exploration of Food, History, Culture and Community. The program is intended to connect participants to the rich agricultural history of the area and examine the effect food has on our lives. Whether it’s through family recipes and traditions past down from generation to generation, a new or re-discovered passion for cooking or baking, supporting local farmers and locally sourced foods, or an interest in the food traditions of other cultures, food has the power to connect all of us. A series of online lectures and discussions will be curated throughout the fall and into the winter with historians and other individuals that will explore these and more fascinating food related topics. Programs specifically for children are currently in development.
Our first virtual program is scheduled for Wednesday, October 21 at 7:00 pm is “Cooking by the Book: Celebrity Chefs, Cookbookery, and the Changing Landscape of American Cuisine”. Food historian Sarah Wassberg Johnson will bring participants on a journey through America’s cuisine as told by cookbooks. Along the way we’ll meet celebrity chefs obscure and familiar from all over the country and across the decades. Spanning the late 18th century to the present, Wassberg Johnson discusses how cookbooks reflected and influenced changes in home cooking in the United States. The lecture will be via Zoom, registration information can be found at https://www.newcastlehs.org/events/.
Sarah Wassberg Johnson is The Food Historian – author, speaker, educator, podcaster, and blogger on all things related to food history. A frequent interviewee of journalists looking for historical context, she was featured in all three episodes of The History Channel mini-series, “The Food That Built America” and has been featured on NPR, the Atlantic, CNN, Atlas Obscura, and more. She has published in New York History journal and the Agricultural History journal and is currently finalizing edits on her book, “Preserve or Perish: Food in New York State during the Great War, 1916-1919,” under contract with SUNY Press.
For information on this or upcoming programs, contact Jennifer Plick, Executive Director at [email protected] or 914-238-4666.
About New Castle Historical Society
The New Castle Historical Society (NCHS) is a 501(c)3 non-profit educational organization whose mission is to discover, collect, preserve, and communicate the history of the Town of New Castle, NY. Founded in April 1966, NCHS activates its mission through community events, exhibitions, and educational programming that bring history to life in the present day. It’s collections include artworks, books, photographs, clothing, everyday objects, archival materials, and more related to New Castle history from the pre-colonial era to today. NCHS is headquartered in the historic Greeley House, the country home of Horace Greeley’s family from 1864-1872. Dating to the early 1850s, the Greeley House is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It provides a handsome example of 19th-century architecture as well as having historic significance as the former home of one of the town’s most celebrated residents. NCHS is open for visitors Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, 11am – 3pm. Group tours and research appointments can be scheduled outside these hours. To schedule a group tour or research appointment, please call (914) 238-4666. The Greeley House and gardens are fully accessible. 100 King Street Chappaqua, NY 10514 www.newcastlehs.org