2019: Power Through Food

November 7–9, 2019: Power Through Food

Gala | Festival | Cooking Up History | Deep-Dish Dialogues | Film Festival | Last Call

The Gala
Thursday, November 7, 2019

THE 2019 JULIA CHILD AWARD WINNER IS...

The Julia Child Foundation for Gastronomy and the Culinary Arts has named Chef José Andrés the 2019 recipient of the Julia Child Award. This award recognizes an individual who has made a profound and significant difference in the way America cooks, eats, and drinks.

José Andrés is an internationally recognized culinary innovator, New York Times best-selling author, educator, television personality, humanitarian, and chef/owner of ThinkFoodGroup.

A pioneer of Spanish tapas in the United States, Andrés is also known for his groundbreaking avant-garde cuisine and his award-winning group of more than 30 restaurants located throughout the country and beyond. His restaurants offer a variety of culinary experiences—from a food truck, to his multi-location vegetable-focused fast-casual Beefsteak, to world-class tasting menus like two-Michelin-starred minibar by José Andrés.

In 2010, Andrés formed World Central Kitchen, a non profit that provides smart solutions to end hunger and poverty by using the power of food to empower communities and strengthen economies. Notably, his team served over 3.6 million meals to the people of Puerto Rico following Hurricane Maria.

The Festival
Friday, November 8, and Saturday, November 9, 2019

The Food History Festival is two free days of hands-on learning, live demonstrations, talks, and stories exploring how women are building, saving, and empowering communities through food. Talented chefs, local organizations, experts, community activists, museum curators, entrepreneurs, and more will be on hand to spark conversation, lead activities, and dig into food history with museum visitors of all ages. Programs include:

• Curator's Corner - Meet the museum staff responsible for collecting and telling the stories in the newly updated FOOD exhibition.
• Marketplace - Learn about D.C.’s food communities from the people and organizations working to promote food equity, alleviate food deserts, and create opportunities for migrants and marginalized communities.
• The Kids Table - Budding chefs can participate alongside the cooking demonstrations with objects to touch, smell, and see. Ingredients explored will be the same as those used by our superstar chefs during the cooking demonstrations.

See below for the full lineup:

Cooking Up History

Friday, November 8

• Eritrean Food En Route
  12:00 – 12:30 p.m.
  Chef Yebralem and Elahe, Foodhini Inc. ❘ Eritrean cuisine

  Foodhini—Washington, D.C.’s online food delivery service that supports refugee and migrant chefs—comes to the Smithsonian! Join Foodhini’s Chef Yebralem and Elahe Yildiz as they prepare one of Yebralem’s signature Eritrean dishes. During the demonstration, they will discuss Foodhini’s mission and how the company not only features Eritrean food, but the dishes of a diverse group of chefs from across the globe.

• In the Kitchen with Chef Jacques Pépin
  1:00 – 1:45 p.m.
  Jacques Pépin ❘ La Technique

  Join us for this special ticketed cooking demonstration featuring chef, author, teacher, and artist Jacques Pépin, the first winner of The Julia Child Foundation for Gastronomy and the Culinary Arts’ Julia Child Award. Pépin is known for his spirited personality and masterful culinary techniques, and his demo will delight dedicated chefs, cooks, and food enthusiasts of all ages.
  
  Jacques Pépin will be signing books and artwork immediately after the demonstration at 1:45 p.m. in 1 West. Books and artwork will be available for purchase on site. 

• Persian Cuisine in the U.S.
  3:00 – 3:30 p.m.
  Chef Zohreh Mohagheghfar, graduate of Emma’s Torch ❘ Persian cuisine

  Join Chef Zohreh Mohagheghfar as she prepares a Persian dish that embodies her memory of home. Mohagheghfar migrated from Iran to the United States and trained as a professional chef through Emma’s Torch, an organization that seeks to empower refugees and asylees by offering culinary training courses and placement support in professional kitchens across New York City. During the demonstration, Mohagheghfar will speak about her experiences at Emma’s Torch and how the organization has empowered her to find a position working as a professional chef in a French restaurant after graduating from the program.
  
  Recipes

  • Mahi Shekam Por
     

Saturday, November 9

• Cooking Healthy: Kids in the Kitchen
  10:30 – 11:00 a.m
  Ellie Krieger ❘ Kid-friendly, healthful cuisine

  Chef, TV personality, and cookbook author Ellie Krieger makes healthy cooking fun during this demonstration geared toward families. How do you engage all members of the family in cooking and preparing meals? Learns some tips and tricks from Krieger to try at home with the whole family.
  
  Ellie Krieger will be signing copies of her new book, Whole in One: Complete, Healthy Meals in a Single Pot, Sheet Pan, or Skillet, immediately after the demonstration at 11 a.m. in 1 West. Books will be available for purchase on site. 
  
  Recipes

  • Pesto Stuffed Spaghetti Squash
     

• Mera Kitchen Collective: A Taste of the Baltimore Farmers’ Market
  12:00 – 12:30 p.m
  Iman Alshehab and Aisha Alfadhalah of Mera Kitchen Collective ❘ Syrian cuisine

  Two dynamic chefs from the Mera Kitchen Collective will prepare recipes they feature at catered events, cooking classes, and their food stand at the Baltimore Farmers’ Market. Their worker-owned cooperative empowers women entrepreneurs to create dishes that reflect the global cuisines represented in their group. Join us as we prepare a Syrian dish with chefs Iman and Aisha and learn more about the Mera Kitchen Collective.
   

• Vietnamese Cuisine in Lincoln, Nebraska
  1:00 – 1:30 p.m.
  Thuy and Khanh Nguyen ❘ Vietnamese cuisine

  After migrating to Lincoln, Nebraska, Thuy Nguyen provided for her family by opening a specialty market featuring products and produce from across Asia. Over the years, she built her business with her children, opening Banhwich Café and Pho Factory, which are now local favorites in Lincoln. Join us as Thuy and her daughter Khanh share the family’s migration story while showing us how to make a recipe from their much-beloved Vietnamese restaurants.
  
  Recipes

  • Nước Chấm
     

• Behind-the-Scenes at Bad Saint
  2:00 – 2:30 p.m
  Genevieve Villamora ❘ Filipino cuisine

  Join Genevieve Villamora, co-owner of Washington, D.C.’s award-winning restaurant Bad Saint, as she speaks about how the restaurant’s menu reflects the Filipino heritage of her family. She will prepare a signature dish from the restaurant, reflecting upon the culinary influences and cultural histories that define Bad Saint’s cuisine and dining experience.
  
  Recipes

  • Ginataan na Hipon
     

• Salvadoran Cuisine in the District
  3:00 – 3:30 p.m.
  Dora Escobar, La Chiquita ❘ Salvadoran cuisine

  Join Chef Dora Escobar as she prepares a favorite dish from El Salvador and discusses her personal and professional path in the United States. During the demonstration, Escobar will also discuss the inspiration behind her restaurant La Chiquita and the role of activism in the city’s foodscape.

Deep-Dish Dialogues

Friday, November 8

• Culinary Game Changers and the Julia Child Award
  10:30 – 11:45 a.m.
  A Conversation with Julia Child Awardees, 2015–2019
  
  Since 2015, The Julia Child Foundation for Gastronomy and the Culinary Arts has presented the annual Julia Child Award to individuals who have made a significant contribution to American culinary history and contemporary life. Join us for a dynamic conversation among the award winners as they reflect on Julia’s legacy and discuss how their work in food extends and amplifies the critical importance of culinary education, innovation, mentoring, and bridge-building for a new generation.
  
  José Andrés, Rick Bayless, Danny Meyer and Carla Hall will be signing books immediately after the panel at 11:45 a.m. in 1 East. Books will be available for purchase on site. 
  
  Participants: Jacques Pépin, Rick Bayless, Danny Meyer, Mary Sue Milliken, José Andrés
  Moderator: Carla Hall

• Empowering Communities Through Food
  1:30 – 2:45 p.m.
  A Conversation with Women Migrants, Refugees, and Entrepreneurs

  
  How can culinary knowledge and skills provide a path toward economic well-being and cultural expression for migrant and refugee women? What obstacles, challenges, and opportunities do they face? Join this session for a conversation among women food entrepreneurs and activists working in different types of organizations and enterprises as they share their experiences and explore how to create sustainable livelihoods for themselves and their communities in the United States.

  Participants: Manal Kahi (Eat Offbeat, New York City), Daniela Hurtado (La Cocina VA, Arlington), Lourdez Gonzales (Misky Bakery, Lincoln, Nebraska), Emily Lerman (Mera Kitchen Collective, Baltimore)

  Moderator: Johanna Mendelson-Forman, PhD

Saturday, November 9

• Saving Communities Through Food: A History
  10:30 – 11:45 a.m.
  A Conversation on Women and Food Activism in American History

  
  This panel will explore how African American women have protected and sustained individuals and communities through the creative production and distribution of food. Join historians Jessica B. Harris, PhD, and Psyche Williams-Forson, PhD, and Tambra Raye Stevenson of Women Advancing Nutrition Dietetics and Agriculture (WANDA), in an exploration of African American activism through food. Case studies will provide a lens for understanding the long history of women using their culinary skills to make a difference in their communities and beyond. 
  
  Jessica B. Harris, PhD, Tambra Raye Stevenson and Psyche Williams-Forson, PhD will be signing books immediately after the panel at 11:45 a.m. in 1 Center. Books will be available for purchase on site. 

  Participants: Jessica B. Harris, PhD; Tambra Raye Stevenson; Psyche Williams-Forson, PhD
  Moderator: Crystal Moten, PhD

• Second Generation in Food Entrepreneurship
  1:45 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.

  Khanh and Danny Nguyen of Little Saigon Grocery Store and Pho Factory in Lincoln, Nebraska will lead a conversation centered on sharing their lived experience being second-generation members of a family owned and operated food business.
   

• Cookbooks and Communities
  2:45 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.

  Culinary journalist, author, and community activist Toni Tipton-Martin will lead a discussion centered on the journey and experience of creating cookbooks that both represent and engage communities.
  
  Toni Tipton-Martin will be signing books immediately after the discussion at 3:30 p.m. in 2 West. Books will be available for purchase on site. 

Film Festival
Saturday, November 9

The Hundred-Foot Journey
1:20 p.m. – 3:30 p.m., Warner Bros. Theater

This films tells the story of an extraordinarily talented, self-taught culinary novice from India who opens an Indian eatery in the south of France, and his complicated relationship with the proprietress of the acclaimed restaurant 100 feet across the way.

Julia & Julia
3:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m., Warner Bros. Theater

This film chronicles the life of Chef Julia Child and New Yorker Julie Powell, who attempts to cook 524 of Child’s recipes in a single year.

The Last Call: Brewing History After-Hours
Friday, November 8, 2019, at 6:30 p.m.

Join us for an evening of conversation with several of the most transformational figures in the beer industry and brews spanning the spectrum of the craft beer revolution. Also enjoy after-hours access to the FOOD exhibit and brewing history objects out of storage, including recent acquisitions.

Brewing a Revolution

A conversation with the founders of craft beer: Fritz Maytag, former owner of Anchor Brewing Company; Ken Grossman, founder of Sierra Nevada Brewing Company; Charlie Papazian, past president of the Brewers Association and founder of the Association of Brewers; and Michael Lewis, professor emeritus at University of California, Davis.

Craft beer tastings with:

• Dogfish Head Craft Brewery (Milton, Delaware)
• Anchor Brewing Company (San Francisco, California)
• Sierra Nevada Brewing Company (Chico, California, and Mills River, North Carolina)
• Raleigh Brewing Company (Raleigh, North Carolina)
• New Belgium Brewing Co. (Fort Collins, Colorado)

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