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Food: The Secret Sauce of History

$27

with Sandy Garson

Calendar Feb 28, 2024 at 10 am, runs for 6 weeks

Food: The Secret Sauce of History 

Because human beings must eat to survive, securing food has been our major preoccupation and thus the root of all you read in history books. Britain sabotaged China with the Opium Wars to get tea; Maine was “discovered” because southern European Catholics needed to eat fish; Rome conquered Spain to get olive oil just as Hitler invaded Ukraine to get wheat and Americans' obsession with that yellow fruit made troubled banana republics. We’ll look at the seemingly ordinary items in the pantry—salt, potatoes, black pepper, pasta—and discover how they actually changed the world. 

Sandy Garson 

With her popular catering business, Sandy Garson helped start the local food movement in Maine. She wrote the first ever book to support farmers’ markets, which had a second updated edition. She joined the initial exploratory course in Food History at Radcliffe College and went on to publish articles and a second cook book. She taught food history for the USM OLLI Senior College and runs its food discussions and workshops. She also spoke on The Indian Kitchen for the 2024 Camden Conference.   

ZOOM

Feb 28 - April 3

How World War I and Its Aftermath Created The Modern Middle East

$20

with Louis Salome

Calendar Apr 10, 2024 at 12 pm

HOW WORLD WAR I AND ITS AFTERMATH CREATED THE MODERN MIDDLE EAST - With Lou Salome-- First and foremost is a series of secret, duplicitous and contradictory agreements that couldn't be untangled and created lasting distrust. Imperialists (Britain and France) groped for more as old empires (namely, Ottoman) died. Add to that, international intrigue (The League of Nations mandates -- to the victors belong the spoils) conflicting with the promised but denied self-determination of some peoples, all mixed in with American isolationism. In the ashes of this explosive mix were many Arab peoples who were, incredibly, robbed by the West of the opportunity to create their own democracies. All of this from a time when oil was barely mentioned.

Your Instructor:  Lou Salome

 Lou is the author of "Violence, Veils and Bloodlines: Reporting from War zones in Europe, Asia and Africa" . He earned a BS from the College of the Holy Cross and a MA from Boston College. He is a retired COX Newspapers reporter who has covered the conflicts in Pakistan, Afghanistan and the Middle East.

 Wednesdays from noon to 2 on April 10, 17 and 24

At Louis T Graves Memorial Library, Kennebunkport ME. 





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