CV202 Food: A Culinary History - IN HOUSE*
Tuesdays, July 28th to August 25th
$50 for 5 weeks
From 2:45 to 3:45pm
Instructor: Angela Schneider. She will be presenting in person.
*This is a HYBRID course, you can choose to participate in this course online instead. Please go to CV202 Food: A Culinary History - ON ZOOM page to register.
Maximum of 10 registrants IN HOUSE.
Minimum of 10 for the class to run. (Total from IN HOUSE & ON ZOOM)
Humanity's drive to obtain food has been a major catalyst across all of history, playing an essential role in the evolution of our species, our social and political systems, cultural interactions, economic empires, human migrations, and more. The history of food is the history of human life at its most elemental, its most intimate, its most essential. It's also a story of ingenuity, creativity, and how our food choices define us culturally. Using information from the fields of archaeology, anthropology, biology, ecology and zoology, these five presentations will examine how food plays a part in religion, technology, medicine and in class distinctions from pre-historic times to the Roman Empire. Different cultures had very diverse culinary customs and many of these will prove both humorous and shocking to today's sensibilities.
Week 1: The Human Journey
The story of how we became human is all about food: hunting, processing ingredients, and cooking. This absorbing presentation explores the story of human evolution, itself largely a story of changes triggered by our diet and different modes of food processing.
Week 2: The Dawn of Civilization
Discover how agriculture arose in the Levant (Nile to the Tigris and Euphrates) and how it spurred the development of urban organization, political systems, social classes and civilization.
Week 3: Egypt – Gift of Osiris
Egyptian civilization and life depended on the Nile. The importance of the river was reflected in all areas of ancient Egyptian culture and religion. Learn about the role agriculture and food played in Egypt's rise to power, its economy, its religious ceremonies and lavish banquets.
Week 4: A Taste of Ancient Greece
In this intriguing talk we examine the role of food in the culture, politics, religion and trade of Classical Athens. And if you want to know what Greek men REALLY got up to at symposiums, you won’t want to miss this presentation!
Week 5: Empire of Pleasure – Food & Feasts in Imperial Rome
Do Roman Banquets conjure up images of peacocks tongues and vomitoriums? Imperial Rome’s sensory culture created an insatiable demand for Eastern spices and luxury foods. In this fascinating presentation, we examine the role food played in Roman culture & politics, including how it may have contributed to its downfall.
Angela Schneider
Angela Schneider holds Masters degrees in music and history from Aachen University and has been a professional violist for close to 40 years in Germany and Canada. Angela is much in demand on cruise ships as a speaker on music, culinary and world history, thanks to presentations that are entertaining, clear, informative and visually rich. Angela has been involved in the field of Culinary History since 1995. This included recreating historically accurate banquets and writing an 8-part documentary on the History of Food – the basis of these Power Point lectures. She has given Culinary History classes at Capilano University Continuing Education and at the Northwest Culinary Academy.
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