HISTORIC TAVERN FOODS AND FOODWAYS FEATURED AT RICHWOOD ACADEMY CULTURAL CENTER

HISTORIC TAVERN FOODS AND FOODWAYS FEATURED AT RICHWOOD ACADEMY CULTURAL CENTER

Internationally known food historian and author Dr. William Woys Weaver will discuss historic tavern foods and foodways of the Delaware Valley at the Richwood Academy Cultural Center on Sunday, May 19, 2024, 3 PM.

The food and drink of early America provides interesting insights into the daily life and culture of the past. Once prominent and popular institutions, taverns and their menus suggest a real taste of the past and are the subject of Dr. William Woys Weaver’s upcoming lecture at the Harrison Township Historical Society’s Richwood Academy Cultural Center on Sunday May 19, 2024, 3 PM.

With colorful images of foods, menus and historical artifacts, Dr. Weaver will discuss what is known about the eating and drinking customs of the Delaware Valley. The presentation is especially appropriate as the Society’s current exhibition at Old Town Hall Museum in Mullica Hill, Last Call: Taverns and Temperance, explores the history of local taverns, some popular meeting places, some notorious.

The lecture will illustrate how research is conducted to discover the “culinary profile” of any given tavern, using tax records, census records and even archaeology. “I live in the historic Lamb Tavern in Devon, Pennsylvania and can speak from personal experience how the walls do tell their stories,” said Weaver.

Following the lecture several of Weaver’s books will be available for purchase and signing, including The Roughwood Book of Pickling and Flavors of the Garden.

Dr. Weaver is an internationally known scholar and author of eighteen books. He has been featured on such national programs as “Good Morning America” (with Julia Child) and NPR’s “Fresh Air” as well as many special food documentaries. The subject of special features in Americana, Food and Wine and the New York Times, he has consulted on a wide variety of historic food-related projects and exhibitions. He is also the founder of the Roughwood Center for Heritage Seedways, one of the country’s largest collections of heirloom seeds. The Center will be offering seeds, books and seed jewelry at the Society’s Asparagus Festival at Old Town Hall Museum, 64 S. Main St., on Saturday May 18, 11:30 am – 3 pm. Information about the Festival can be found at HarrisonHistorical.com.

The Richwood Academy Cultural Center is located at 836 Lambs Road, Richwood, NJ. Free tickets and information are available at HarrisonHistorical.com and the Society’s public Facebook page where the lecture will be livestreamed and archived.

The Harrison Township Historical Society’s arts and history programs are made possible in part by funding from the Gloucester County Cultural and Heritage Commission at Rowan College of South Jersey in partnership with the New Jersey State Council on the Arts/Department of State and the National Endowment for the Arts and the New Jersey Historical Commission/Department of State.

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Historic Tavern Foods and Foodways in the Delaware Valley. Internationally known food historian and author Dr. William Woys Weaver discusses the eating and drinking customs of our region. Sunday, May 18, 3 pm, at Richwood Academy Cultural Center, 836 Lambs Road, Richwood, NJ 08074. Information and free tickets: HarrisonHistorical.com; 856-478-4949

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