Wed Oct 7 · 6:00pm
Pépin Lecture Series: American Bacon with Mark A. Johnson
Mark A. Johnson discusses American Bacon: The History of a Food Phenomenon, which follows bacon from early modern Britain through the Civil War, fad diets and today's craft producers, tying it to race, class and gender. Johnson, a historian of the U.S. South and African American history, also wrote An Irresistible History of Alabama Barbecue and Rough Tactics. Part of BU's Pépin Lecture Series, and also streamed on Zoom.