Special Presentation

Name: Special Presentation
Start: 2018-03-15T18:00:00
End: 2018-03-15T20:00:00
Location: The Southern Food and Beverage Museum

Victory is Served: Bringing it Home 1940s Louisiana Style

March 15, 2018, 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM

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+ Add to calendar 2018-03-15 6:00:00 PM 2018-03-15 8:00:00 PM America/Mexico_City The Southern Food and Beverage Museum 945 Magazine St, New Orleans, LA 70130 Special Presentation Victory is Served: Bringing it Home 1940s Louisiana Style

Location: The Southern Food and Beverage Museum

Victory is Served: Bringing it Home 1940s Louisiana Style

6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.

The National WWII Museum and the Southern Food & Beverage Museum (SoFAB) invite you to explore Louisiana wartime foodways with National WWII Museum Assistant Director for Curatorial Services Kim Guise! Guise will discuss how World War II affected Louisiana’s food industry and how the industry responded. Liz Williams, Director of SoFAB and President of the National Food & Beverage Foundation, will lead a cooking demonstration of three unique Louisiana wartime recipes in the Rouses Culinary Innovation Center by Jenn-Air.

Note: This event is in partnership with the Southern Food & Beverage Museum. Join us at the museum, located at 1504 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd, New Orleans, LA 70113.

Presented by The Alta and John Franks Foundation.

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