Shoemaker Lecturer: Michael Twitty

We were honored to welcome Michael Twitty, culinary historian and world-renowned author of The Cooking Gene, KosherSoul, and Rice, as our first Shoemaker Visiting Lecturer of the year! Tim Mountz, Sustainable Agriculture Educator and Farm Manager, and Twitty had engaging moderated talk followed by a lively question and answer period. The next day, Twitty spent time talking with students in the senior English classes in the Belfry, as well as with students in the Perspectives in Literature and African American Experience classes where he talked about African American culinary history at our Lower School Three Sisters Garden. Our thanks to Michael Twitty for a wonderful visit, and the Shoemaker Visiting Lecturer Committee for bringing him to campus!

You can see more photos from his visit here.