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Podcast: Art Works Podcast
Episode: “Where there’s flavor, there’s history:” A Look at New Orleans food Culture with Zella Palmer
Description:
Dr. Zella Palmer is a professor, food historian, author and filmmaker and serves as the Chair and Director of the Dillard University Ray Charles Program in African American Material Culture in New Orleans, Louisiana. In this podcast, she discusses the Ray Charles program, the importance of material culture, especially to African Americans and other historically marginalized groups, her commitment to preserving the legacy of African-American and Native American culinary history in New Orleans and the South, and her creation of a multi-disciplinary food studies minor at Dillard. We also discuss the film she directed The Story of Ne...