Registration for Day 2 (Friday) is now closed.
Seats are still available for Thursday and Saturday.
Thursday, April 23, 2009
Registration Update
Posted by Eating Chinese at 3:50 PM 0 comments
This is the blog for Eating Chinese, an academic conference jointly sponsored by Brown University Center for Race and Ethnicity and The Culinary Arts Museum at Johnson & Wales University. The purpose of this blog is to keep everyone updated with scheduling changes and announcements.
Conference sessions are open to the public without charge, but space is limited, and registration is required. Please register by email: eatingchinese2009@gmail.com; and indicate which days (Day 1, Day 2, Day3) you will be in attendance.
You do not need to subscribe to this blog to receive updates. Email us, then we will invite you to our Google Group. Once you join the Google Group, you will receive an email every time we announce updates.
Thank you
Posted by Eating Chinese at 12:20 AM 0 comments
"Garlic eater," "fish eater," and "pie eater" are all pejoratives that show how foods converge with identity. Food choices signal values as well--what you eat may suggest you are an adventurer, a gourmet, a slow food enthusiast, or an ethnic food homeboy. In these sessions a discussion of specific comestibles leads to related issues of food, identity and social values.location:
Posted by Eating Chinese at 12:01 AM 0 comments
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
Program Update-Yong Chen's revised presentation
A Cuisine and a Community: Chinese food and the rise and fall Chinatown as a tourist site
This paper tells a tale of a cuisine and a tale of a community. The cuisine is Chinese food, which has become America’s first national cuisine. The community is the American Chinatown, one of the nation’s most storied ethnic communities. The first part of the paper measures the enormous popularity of Chinese food in the realm of public consumption. The second part charts the four major stages in the development of Chinatown, specially its rise and fall as a tourist attraction. The two stories are intimately intertwined. Chinese food could not have achieved prominence without Chinatown. By the same token, as an important marker of identity and as an important socioeconomic and cultural institution, Chinese food has been extremely vital for understanding the formation and transformation of Chinatown.
Posted by Eating Chinese at 8:59 AM 0 comments
Thursday, April 16, 2009
Iron Wok Truck Special Menu
On Saturday, chefs will supply the Iron Wok truck with a special menu.
Conference participants will have a choice from these at a price of $6.50 a plate :
- 钟水铰 Special Dumplings in the style of Chengdu, the capital city of Sichuan
- 炸酱面 Zhajiang Noodles, a North China comfort food
- 红烧狮子头 Soy braised Lion's Head, almost like Zhou En-lai fed Nixon
- 家常豆付 Home style Doufu, Sichuan spiced
- 干煸四季豆 Dry fried Four Season Beans, another Sichuan regular
Come and enjoy!
Posted by Eating Chinese at 9:52 AM 0 comments
Wednesday, April 8, 2009
Exhibit Update
Chow Mein, Chicken Wings, and Cheeseburgers: Recalling Downcity Chinese in the Postwar Era revisits the world of Chinese restaurants in downtown Providence from its heyday in the wake of World War II through its decline in the 1980s. This exhibit remembers Ming Garden, Mee Hong, and Luke's Restaurant through the families that owned and ran them. It also explores the consumption of Chinese food and culture by the greater Downcity Providence community.
Posted by Qi-Nuan at 7:20 PM 0 comments