Did you realize that many of those seemingly innocuous items in your pantry or fridge have been the root cause of most of world history? For example, New England was discovered because Catholics needed more fish for Fridays, the Dutch sold Manhattan to get into the sugar and spice trade, and Columbus discovered Central America accidentally while seeking the shortcut to black pepper. Why not join Sandy Garson as she explores this unique way to look at history through the foods that people ate. During this fascinating six-week presentation, you will begin to appreciate just how powerful food really is as a driver of exploration and history.
Instructor: Sandy Garson has been a caterer, cookie biz owner and cooking teacher who participated at Radcliffe in the inaugural university course in food history, is a lecturer in food history including for the Camden Conference, and began writing about food for magazines and in two cookbooks using her professional journalism skills. Sandy is now sharing with us the fascinating food history she’s learned over the last 35 years and telling us about inventions and ideas that are more impactful than the iPhone.
Class Information: This is a hybrid class - held in-person in UM@M’s room SCI 102 and via Zoom. The instructor will teach this remotely on Zoom.
All facilities at the University of Maine at Machias (UM@M) are fully handicap compliant. The facilities used by Sunrise Senior College (SSC) at the college have ramps, elevators and handicap accessible bathrooms. Our offsite functions and activities have various limitations and restrictions and may not be fully handicap accessible. SSC will endeavor to identify limitations at these to you in advance.
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This class is available to all current Maine Senior College (MSCN) Members. The general public not wishing to join Sunrise Senior College at this time may attend this class for a $20.00 fee.
Important: If at this time you are not a current member of Sunrise Senior College (SSC) but are planning to join as a member today, make sure you answer that “Your SSC membership is current” when checking out so that we can properly bill you for this class.
Sunrise Senior College (SSC) is a membership-based organization. Our SSC members receive special benefits as current members when they register for this course. Any member of another MSCN college is also able to enjoy this course, but may occur some additional charges. If you are a member of the general public, you can take this course but will have to pay additional fees associated with being a non-member. For any attendee that is not a current member of Sunrise Senior College, any materials required for the course are your responsibility. When checking out, please carefully read and answer the questions asked associated with this specific course so that you are charged appropriately for this class. Failure to do this may result in your being cancelled from the course. We hope you enjoy this offering.