ABSTRACT

This is Volume 7, Number 1, Spring 2012 edition of Museums and Special Issues reflective discourse journal. This edition looks at Eating Together in Our Changing World and the questions of What is the food movement? Were we talking about new food technologies? Community gardens? Depictions of food by artists? Seed banks? Health? All rooted in food, all relevant, all happening in museums, but what was the heart of the issue? Why are we talking about food? Perhaps it is because when we talk about food, we are talking about our most basic connection to each other and the earth we share.

chapter |6 pages

Introduction

chapter 2|6 pages

The Good Food Story

From Slavery to the Good Food Revolution

chapter 7|12 pages

A Jar of Pickles, a Glass of Tea, a Bowl of Borscht

Conversations in a Changing Ukraine

chapter 8|4 pages

Tapas from Across and Outside the United States

Art Meets Beast A Bison Roast at MCA Denver (Colorado)

chapter 9|4 pages

The Living Cookbook

Busting Silos One Meal at a Time (Oregon)

chapter 10|4 pages

Food: The Medium and the Message

(Kansas)

chapter |6 pages

Savoring Androscoggin County

Food, Performance and Community (Maine)

chapter |4 pages

A Sustainable Table

Living History (Maryland)

chapter |4 pages

Eat Your Art Out

Artists Examine Our Relationship with Food (California)

chapter |4 pages

A Matter of Taste

Food, Faith, and Museums (California)

chapter |5 pages

Museums, Food, and Art

(California)

chapter 9|4 pages

Book Review

Maman's Homesick Pie: A Persian Heart in an American Kitchen

chapter |3 pages

Book Review

Everlasting Meal: Cooking with Economy and Grace

chapter 10|5 pages

Program Review

Historic but not History