Southern Foodways: Craig Claiborne @ 6 PM in NYC

Craig Claiborne
Mississippi Boy Makes Good, Defines and Deifies American Cookery

Join the Southern Foodways Alliance and the State of Mississippi, on June 12, 2009, in New York City, for a discussion and celebration of the life and work of Craig Claiborne, the Sunflower, Mississippi, native who, over the course of a thirty year career at the New York Times, catalyzed and catalogued an American culinary renaissance.

Friday, June 12
6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Astor Center
399 Lafayette St. (at East 4th St.)
NY, NY 10003
www.astorcenternyc.com

Admission is complimentary. Space is very limited. Reservations are required.
Details at www.southernfoodways.org
R.S.V.P. [email protected]

Discussants:

David Kamp, contributing editor, Vanity Fair, author, The United States of Arugula.
Jacques Pepin, author of more than twenty cookbooks, star of more than a dozen PBS programs, and author of a memoir, The Apprentice.

Moderator:
Pete Wells, dining editor, the New York Times, columnist New York Times Magazine.

To drink: Champagne
To eat, tastes of Claiborne's Mississippi from:

Ann Cashion, native of Jackson, Mississippi, chef, Johnny's Half Shell, Washington, D.C.
John Currence, chef, City Grocery, Oxford, Mississippi
Taylor Bowen Ricketts, chef, Delta Bistro, Greenwood, Mississippi

* The Southern Foodways Alliance, an institute of the Center for the Study of Southern Culture at the University of Mississippi will in October 2009, award its first Craig Claiborne Lifetime Achievement Award. This event serves as the formal announcement of that initiative.

* A complimentary New York City event, Craig Claiborne and the Invention of Food Journalism, will be held on the evening of Thursday, June 11, at the New School and will feature, among others, Betty Fussell and Molly O'Neill. For details: [email protected]