Presented by
Nic Mink,
Author of Salmon: A Global History
To many, fast food is the quintessential embodiment of twentieth-century American food culture. In his talk, author Nic Mink explores the often forgotten roots of American fast food, as the industry developed between the 1920s and the 1950s. From the changes wrought to fast food by Federal Prohibition to the sweeping technological transformations that took place in restaurant kitchens, Mink shows how the development of the industry and its cuisine came from unexpected places and emerged in equally unexpected ways.
Nicolaas Mink PhD is the Urban Sustainable Foods Fellow in the Center for Urban Ecology at Butler University. In Indianapolis, he helps citizens connect with one another and with institutions to strengthen the local food system in Central Indiana. He also has a unhealthy obsession with the healthiest food on earth: wild salmon. He eats them almost everyday; he recently published a book on them, Salmon: A Global History; he also serves as president of Sitka Salmon Shares, a company that works with seven Alaskan salmon fishing families to market their catch to consumers in the Midwest through a Community Supported Fisheries model.
900 N. North Branch Street, Chicago
(West of Halsted Street, North of Chicago Avenue)
Free Parking in the student lot across the street
Cost: $3.
Free to Kendall students and faculty with ID.
This program is hosted by the Chicago Foodways Roundtable. To reserve, please e-mail: chicago.foodways.roundtabl