The Kingston Public Library will host an author reading and book signing with Kingston resident Jacob Walker and UMass Amherst Professor Robert S. Cox on Tuesday, November 17th at 7:00pm in the meeting room . They will be here to read from their new book A History of Chowder: Four Centuries of a New England Meal.There will be copies of their book available for purchase at $16.99.
New England’s culinary history is marked by a varying array of chowders. Early forms were thick and layered, but the adaptability of this beloved recipe has allowed for a multitude of tasty preparations to emerge. Thick or thin, brimming with fish or clams or corn, chowder springs up throughout the region in as many distinctive varieties as there are ports of call yet always remains the quintessential expression of New England cuisine. Food writers and chowder connoisseurs Robert S. Cox and Jacob Walker dish out the history, flavors and significance of every New Englander’s favorite comfort food.
Jacob Walker spends most of his time along the coast of Massachusetts. He is the creator of the New England Chowder Compendium, a nationally recognized project at the University of Massachusetts–Amherst devoted to examining all things chowder.
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Rob Cox spends far too little time along the coast of Massachusetts. A former paleontologist and molecular biologist, he has a doctorate in history from the University of Michigan and works at the University of Massachusetts–Amherst. He is author of Body and Soul: A Sympathetic History of American Spiritualism (Charlottesville, 2003) and editor of and contributor to The Shortest and Most Convenient Route: Lewis and Clark in Context (Philadelphia, 2004).
To register for this program please call (781)585-0517 ext. 112 or online through the calendar of events on the library website.
