Join Kate Holbrook at the Canyon Community Center in Springdale at 7 pm on Saturday March 8th for a free community lecture titled “Radical Food: Mormon Foodways and the American Mainstream”.

Kate Holbrook who is currently working on her Ph.D. in religious studies from Boston University, will examine LDS food culture throughout the mid-twentieth century and how this culture affected the relationship between Mormons and broader society.

Holbrook’s research goes well beyond “funeral potatoes” and Jello. She will look at what Mormons in the mid-20th century thought was good or bad to eat, the importance of Welfare Square and family gardens, fasting, table manners and hospitality.
 

Utah Humanities Council