{"id":10427,"date":"2015-04-24T15:36:47","date_gmt":"2015-04-24T20:36:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/college.unc.edu\/?p=10427"},"modified":"2024-07-02T16:07:22","modified_gmt":"2024-07-02T16:07:22","slug":"foodconference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/collegearchive.unc.edu\/?p=10427","title":{"rendered":"Conference May 29-30 explores food and cooking of the Tar Heel state"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"\/\/casdev.unc.edu\/collegearchive\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2015\/04\/carolina_cornucopia_logo_600.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10428\" src=\"\/\/casdev.unc.edu\/collegearchive\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2015\/04\/carolina_cornucopia_logo_600.jpg\" alt=\"carolina_cornucopia_logo_600\" width=\"600\" height=\"256\" \/><\/a>The history, geography, and culture of North Carolina food will be the focus of a two-day conference May 29 and 30 at the William and Ida Friday Center for Continuing Education.<\/p>\n<p>Registration for \u201cCarolina Cornucopia: A Conference on Foodways of the Tar Heel State\u201d is now open via the conference website at <a href=\"http:\/\/ncfoodways.web.unc.edu\/\">http:\/\/ncfoodways.web.unc.edu\/<\/a>. The North Carolina Collection at UNC-Chapel Hill\u2019s Wilson Special Collections Library is sponsoring the event, which is free except for an optional dinner program.<\/p>\n<p>The conference goal is to explore \u201cwhat we eat, how we eat, and how we talk about food in North Carolina,\u201d said one of the conference organizers, John Blythe of the North Carolina Collection.<\/p>\n<p>Panelists will dig into topics ranging from food in early North Carolina to recent food documentaries and food in blogs, podcasts, and social media.<\/p>\n<p>Chef and food writer Moreton Neal will be part of a panel centered on her late husband\u2019s book, \u201cBill Neal\u2019s Southern Cooking.\u201d This year marks the 30<sup>th<\/sup> anniversary of Neal\u2019s now-classic exploration of the region\u2019s cuisine.<\/p>\n<p>Guests at the wine reception and dinner on May 29 ($40 per person) will hear from UNC-TV personality Bob Garner and food writer Carroll Leggett about their favorite food finds along North Carolina\u2019s highways and back roads.<\/p>\n<p>Blythe said that the inspiration for the conference is the Library\u2019s growing collection of local and community cookbooks. A selection of these will be on view over the summer as part of a free public exhibition in Wilson Library. \u201cFrom Brunswick Stew to Barbecue: The Cookbook as Cultural History\u201d opens June 18 and will be on view through October 4.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.lib.unc.edu\/news\/index.php\/2015\/04\/register-nc-food-conference\/\"><strong>Read more about the conference.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The history, geography, and culture of North Carolina food will be the focus of a two-day conference May 29 and 30 at the William and Ida Friday Center for Continuing 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