2010 Historic Plant Symposium
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Thomas Jefferson Center for Historic Plants presents The 7th Biennial Historic Plants Symposium—September 10, 2010 9:15 am Peter J. Hatch, director of Monticello’s Gardens and Grounds, opens the program with a celebration of Thomas Jefferson’s legacy in gardening and food. The western traditions of gardening—in England, France, Spain, the Mediterranean—were blended into a dynamic and unique Monticello cookery through the influence of emerging colonial European, Native American, African-American slave, Creole, and southwestern vegetables . 10:30 am Sandy Oliver, food historian, author, and editor of Food History News , will present "Asparagus and Cabbage: Vegetables in Early American Diet." Sandy will describe the role of vegetables at the table of a coastal New England household of the early 1800s and discuss fireplace cookery and foods of Colonial and Federal America. 11:30 am Dr. Leni Sorensen, African-American Research Historian at Monticello, “For Sustenance and Profit: Provisions from the Slave Gardens at Monticello.” Using examples of the kinds of vegetables grown in the slave’s own gardens, Dr . Sorensen will demonstrate t he cooking traditions of Monticello’s enslaved African Americans community. 12:15 pm Lunch made with locally produced food, including the Monticello vegetable garden 1:45 pm William Woys Weaver, internationally known food historian and author , will present “Cooks and Kitchen Gardens: Eating our way through History,” from PA Dutch food customs to the broader American cuisine. 3:00 pm John Martin (Hoppin’ John) T aylor, highly acclaimed food writer, culinary historian, and author will present “The Food, Cooking, and Culinary History of Charleston and the Carolina Lowcountry.” Hoppin’ John will offer his personal perspective on the distinctly southern foodways of the coastal plain region that surrounds Charleston. Friday, September 10, Program & Speakers at Tuft on Farm, 9 am – 4 pm From 1809 until 1824 Thomas Jefferson kept a vegetable garden “calendar” detailing the seasonal cycles of the gardening year, noting when crops were planted, transplanted, and when they “come to table.” Food historians know that recreating historic recipes entails using authentic produce. This year’s symposium explores early American cuisine from New England to the mid-South, and across cultural and class boundaries. The day-long Historic Plants Symposium takes place at Tufton Farm, nursery/headquarters of the Center for Historic Plants (CHP), and features a plant sale and book signings by the authors. CHP staff will lead tours of the nursery . Location: 1293 Tufton Farm, Charlottesville, V A 22902. For more information, call 434-984-9818, or visit: www.monticello.org “Come to Table,” Historic Plants in the American Kitchen Friday, September 10, 2010 Check one: Symposium only: $120 Dinner with Rosalind Creasy only: $50 Symposium plus Dinner: $170 Make checks payable to: Thomas Jefferson Foundation . Mail to: Historic Plants Symposium Thomas Je fferson Foundation, Inc., P.O. Box 318, Charlottesville, V A 22902 Name Address __________ City___ __ __ __ _ State __ Zip __ T elephone: (w)____________ ________ (h) ___________ email address ____ ____ ____ _____ ____ ____ ____ _____ ____ ____ Historic Plants Symposium Registration Form Payment Check Enclosed Credit Card: __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ Expir ation Date: __ __ / __ __ Sig nature: ___ ___ ______ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ______ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ __ T otal Amount of Pay men t: $__ ___ ___ ___ __ Dinner and Evening with Rosalind Creasy at Monticello — 6:30 pm A special evening at the Thomas Jefferson Visitor Center at Monticello as a preview to Saturday’ s Heritage Har vest Festival. Rosalind Creasy will blend the focus of the Symposium, “Come to Table,” with a celebration of sustainable gardening and heirloom plants, the core themes of Saturday’s Heritage Harvest Festival. The author of over 20 books, Creasy coined the term “Edible Landscaping,” now a part of the American vocabulary. “Come to T able” Historic Plants in the American Kitchen Fill out the registration form below and mail it in, or you may register online.
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Thomas Jefferson Center for Historic Plants presentsThe 7th Biennial Historic Plants Symposium—September 10, 2010
9:15 am Peter J. Hatch, director of Monticello’s Gardens and Grounds, opens the program withcelebration of Thomas Jefferson’s legacy in gardening and food. The western traditions gardening—in England, France, Spain, the Mediterranean—were blended into a dynamiand unique Monticello cookery through the influence of emerging colonial European,Native American, African-American slave, Creole, and southwestern vegetables.
10:30 am Sandy Oliver, food historian, author, and editor of Food History News , will present"Asparagus and Cabbage: Vegetables in Early American Diet." Sandy will describe therole of vegetables at the table of a coastal New England household of the early 1800sand discuss fireplace cookery and foods of Colonial and Federal America.
11:30 am Dr. Leni Sorensen, African-American Research Historian at Monticello, “For Sustenanand Profit: Provisions from the Slave Gardens at Monticello.” Using examples of the kindof vegetables grown in the slave’s own gardens, Dr. Sorensen will demonstrate the cookitraditions of Monticello’s enslaved African Americans community.
12:15 pm Lunch made with locally produced food, including the Monticello vegetable garden
1:45 pm William Woys Weaver, internationally known food historian and author, will presen“Cooks and Kitchen Gardens: Eating our way through History,” from PA Dutch foodcustoms to the broader American cuisine.
3:00 pm John Martin (Hoppin’ John) Taylor, highly acclaimed food writer, culinary historiaand author will present “The Food, Cooking, and Culinary History of Charleston and thCarolina Lowcountry.” Hoppin’ John will offer his personal perspective on the distinct
southern foodways of the coastal plain region that surrounds Charleston.
Friday, September 10, Program & Speakers at Tufton Farm, 9 am – 4 pmFrom 1809 until 1824 ThomasJefferson kept a vegetablegarden “calendar” detailingthe seasonal cycles of thegardening year, notingwhen crops were planted,transplanted, and whenthey “come to table.”Food historians know thatrecreating historic recipesentails using authenticproduce. This year’s
symposium explores earlyAmerican cuisine from NewEngland to the mid-South,and across cultural andclass boundaries.
The day-long HistoricPlants Symposium takesplace at Tufton Farm,nursery/headquarters of theCenter for Historic Plants(CHP), and features a plantsale and book signings by the
authors. CHP staff will leadtours of the nursery.
Location:1293 Tufton Farm,Charlottesville, VA 22902.For more information,call 434-984-9818, orvisit: www.monticello.org
“Come to Table,” Historic Plants in the American KitchenFriday, September 10, 2010
Check one: Symposium only: $120 Dinner with Rosalind Creasy only: $50 Symposium plus Dinner: $170
Make checks payable to: Thomas Jefferson Foundation . Mail to: Historic Plants Symposium Thomas Jefferson Foundation, Inc., P.O. Box 318, Charlottesville, VA 229
Name________________________________________________
Address ______________________________________________
City__________________________ State ____ Zip _________
Telephone: (w)____________________ (h) __________________
email address ________________________________________
Historic Plants Symposium Registration Form
Payment Check Enclosed Credit Card: __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ Expiration Date: __ __ / __ __
Signature: __________________________________________________ Total Amount of Payment: $____________
Dinner and Evening with Rosalind Creasy at Monticello— 6:30 pmA special evening at the Thomas Jefferson Visitor Center at Monticello as a preview toSaturday’s Heritage Harvest Festival. Rosalind Creasy will blend the focus of the Sympos“Come to Table,” with a celebration of sustainable gardening and heirloom plants, the corthemes of Saturday’s Heritage Harvest Festival. The author of over 20 books, Creasy cointhe term “Edible Landscaping,” now a part of the American vocabulary.
“Come to Table” Historic Plants in the American Kitchen
Fill out the registration form below and mail it in, or you may register online.
