International Festival of Flavor in Queens, 1987
Scope and Contents
A special publication celebrating the 50th anniversary of Queens College in 1987 by Jacquieline M. Newman (Home Economics) and Jessica B. Harris (Special Programs) and illustrated by Ruth Shedrofsky.
Dates
- 1987
Creator
- Harris, Jessica (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Appointments to examine materials must be made in advance. Please email QC.archives@qc.cuny.edu for more information or to schedule an appointment.
Biographical Note
Doctor Jessica B. Harris is an award-winning expert on the food and foodways of the African Diaspora and the author of twelve critically acclaimed cookbooks. Her book, High on the Hog: A Culinary Journey from Africa to America, was the International Association for Culinary Professionals 2012 prize winner for culinary history and serves as the inspiration for the show on Netflix of the same name. Her memoir My Soul Looks Back was a 2018 Pen Open Book Award finalist.
Dr. Harris holds degrees from Bryn Mawr College, Queens College, New York, The Université de Nancy, France, and New York University. Dr. Harris was the inaugural scholar in residence in the Ray Charles Chair in African-American Material Culture at Dillard University in New Orleans where she established an Institute for the Study of Culinary Cultures. Dr. Harris has been a professor of English in the SEEK Program at Queens College/C.U.N.Y. for almost five decades.
Extent
From the Collection: 3.3 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Creator
- Harris, Jessica (Person)
Repository Details
Part of the Queens College (New York, N.Y.) Special Collections and Archives Repository
Queens College Library, CUNY
Benjamin Rosenthal Library RO317
65-30 Kissena Boulevard
Flushing 11367 USA us
QC.Archives@qc.cuny.edu
