Free public lecture with Barbara Haber, food historian, and Lydia Shire, chef, restaurateur and entrepreneur

Food is an indispensable part of culture and a symbol of profound social and political realities. Using Virginia Woolf’s essay "A Room of One’s Own" as a jumping point, Barbara Haber and Lydia Shire discuss the connections among culinary history, women’s history and social history, highlighting how food and cooking have been—and continue to be used—to mark gender roles. Moderated by Louisa Kasdon, CEO and founder of Let’s Talk About Food.

See the related exhibition, Resetting the Table: Food and Our Changing Tastes.

Presented by the Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology in collaboration with Let’s Talk About Food.

Geological Lecture Hall, 24 Oxford Street, Cambridge.  Free event parking at the 52 Oxford Street Garage.

Advance registration required. Visit hmsc.harvard.edu for details.