Lectures For Lifelong Learners!

Food and drink are essential for survival.  The movies we will watch capture the importance of food preparation in its many emotional, as well as physical, subtleties.  We are all aware of cultural stereotypes surrounding food, obvious examples being the Jewish mother and Italian grandmother, who ply their progeny with food as an expression of love.  We’ve watched Charlie Chaplin as the lovable tramp eating his leather shoe to stave off starvation.  In between these two extremes are all the human emotions, and these films illustrate our strong connection to food. Suggested titles include: Tampopo & Babette’s Feast.