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1:00 pm to 1:45 pm
Outside Museum, North Tent
Passageways and Foodways: Slavery and Racism in the Formation of Southern Cities
Jennie Lightweis-Goff, Captive City: Meditations on Slavery in the Urban South
Theresa McCulla, Insatiable City: Food and Race in New Orleans
with moderator Eva Semien Baham


2:15 pm to 3:00 pm
Bienville Building, Conference Center 118
Delicious Heritage: Memoirs of Mixed Identity, Mangoes, and Meatballs
Raj Tawney, Colorful Palate: A Flavorful Journey Through a Mixed American Experience
Annabelle Tometich, The Mango Tree: A Memoir of Fruit, Florida, and Felony


Cooking Demonstrations

The Cooking Demonstration Tent is supported in part by Assumption Foundation for the Arts and in part by a Strategic Partnership Grant from the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities.

10:00 am to 10:45 am
Cooking Demonstration Tent
Bébés, Beauty & Bees: Making Fancy Look Easy
Amanda Hampton Bravender with moderator Joshua Hebert


11:15 am to Noon
Cooking Demonstration Tent
Who's Your Mama, Are You Catholic, and Can You Make a Roux?
Marcelle Bienvenu with moderator Joshua Hebert


12:30 pm to 1:15 pm
Cooking Demonstration Tent
Chef Celeste's Louisiana Kitchen: Simplifying Cajun and Creole Cuisine
Celeste Gill with moderator Joshua Hebert


1:45 pm to 2:30 pm
Cooking Demonstration Tent
Crescent City Cocktail Hour: Stirring Up History One Cocktail at a Time
Sharon Keating and Christi Keating Sumich, The Brandy Milk Punch
Sue Strachan, The Obituary Cocktail
with moderator Joshua Hebert