A Family that Eats Together: Food in Italian American History and Culture
Wednesday, March 16, 5:00- 7:00 pm
University of Toronto Scarborough
IC 220
Professor Simone Cinotto
Associate Professor of Modern History
University of Gastronomic Sciences
Pollenzo, Italy
Professor Cinotto is a historian with an expertise in U.S. history, migration history and foodways, and consumption. Some of his publications include The Italian American Table: Food, Family, and Community in New York City (University of Illinois Press, 2013), Soft Soil, Black Grapes: The Birth of Italian Winemaking in California (New York University Press, 2012), and Making Italian America: Consumer Culture and the Production of Ethnic Identities (Fordham University Press, 2014).
Professor Cinotto’s talk is part of a 2016 Connaught Cross-Divisional/Cross-Cultural Seminar “City Food: Lessons from People on the Move.