African, Indigenous, and Dutch Foodways in 17th-century New Amsterdam

African, Indigenous, and Dutch Foodways in 17th-century New Amsterdam

  • ALL AGES

New research on the history of food in 17th-century New Netherland brings together three outstanding historians

By New Amsterdam History Center (NAHC)

Date and time

Wednesday, March 26 · 6:30 - 8:30pm EDT

Location

3 W 51st St

3 West 51st Street New York, NY 10104 United States

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Agenda

Algonkian Historical Consultant Drew Shuptar-Rayvis: What’s in the pot?

Drew Shuptar-Rayvis introduces the diverse and delicious world of Algonkian food, explaining the basic diet of Algonkian peoples. Where did their food come from, how was it prepared, and how did they...

Lavada Nahon: Africa in the kitchens of New Netherland

Seeing Africa in the kitchens of New Netherland/New York is less about ingredients and more about skill, passion, and fortitude. What did it take for enslaved women and their descendants from West Ce...

Deborah L. Krohn: A Dutch Kitchen in 17th-century Brooklyn

In 1695, Margrieta Van Varick died in Brooklyn, the widow of a Dutch reformed minister, with whom she had come from the Dutch Republic almost ten years before. She left a detailed inventory that was...

About this event

  • Event lasts 2 hours
  • ALL AGES

Drew Shuptar-Rayvis will discuss Native American traditions

Lavada Nahon will focus on African American foodways

Deborah L. Krohn will highlight aspects of the Dutch material culture of the kitchen in 17th-century New Amsterdam/New York

THE TALKS WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY A BUFFET OF HISTORICAL FOOD

Taste 17th-century dishes such as Indian Corn Cakes, “Hen” braised with sweet wine with orange peel, beef pasties with ginger, nutmeg, clove vinegar, little quince cakes, and more.

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