cookbooks as cultural texts
instructed by anne franklin lamar

Explore the cultural construction of cookbooks from spiral bound community cookbooks to mass-marketed classics. We'll look at how women used these cookbooks to create community and individual identity through history. This workshop will include an analysis of cookbooks and recipes and sharing a time to share stories and food together. Participants are encouraged to bring a dish to share!

This class is for participants ages 18+. This class has a minimum of 8 and a maximum of 15.

About Dr. Anne Franklin Lamar: Dr. Anne Franklin Lamar earned her bachelor’s degree from the Mississippi University for Women and her master’s and Ph.D. from The University of Alabama. Her interests include women’s studies and storytelling, including non-traditional texts such as quilts, cookbooks, gardens and more. Dr. Franklin Lamar is also a potter, and her work is inspired by quilting and textile traditions passed down from her mother and other generations of women. She also draws inspiration from her work teaching her interdisciplinary courses in literature and women’s studies at the University of Alabama Honors College, mixing words, affirmations, and even oral history transcripts into her carving and design. This workshop is made possible in part by the National Endowment for the Arts.

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Kentuck workshops are non-refundable after the registration closes. If you would like to cancel before the deadline passes, please email mbell@kentuck.org or call 205-758-1257. If the class does not meet the minimum by the registration deadline and the workshop is cancelled, all participants will be refunded their registration fees.