Zachary Nowak, researcher at Harvard University and Associate Director of the Food & Sustainability Studies program in Perugia, delivered an engaging and multifaceted talk to a group of students and community folks this week. The presentation explained the evolution of Italian cuisine in North America vis-a-vis processes of immigration and assimilation, and dynamics of cultural identity and economics, while responding to the audience’s actual experiences with the Italian/Italian-American culinary spectrum.
