What’s Cooking? with Lavada Nahon, Russell Shorto / Live From New Amsterdam
What did people in New Amsterdam eat? Africans, Native Americans, and a range of Europeans relied on many of the same ingredients but used them in different ways. Watch this conversation with culinary historian Lavada Nahon and writer Russell Shorto about the history of these foodways in New Amsterdam and the legacies they left behind.
Lavada Nahon is a culinary historian of 17th- through 19th-century New Netherlands and New York with a focus on the work of enslaved cooks in the homes of the elite class. She is also the interpreter of African American history for the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation, and Historical Preservation Bureau of Historic Sites.
Russell Shorto is the bestselling author of The Island at the Center of the World, Amsterdam, and Revolution Song. He is the director of the New Amsterdam Project at New-York Historical Society.
Live From New Amsterdam is an ongoing series hosted by the New Netherland Institute and the New Amsterdam Project at the New-York Historical Society. Through vibrant conversations with scholars and historians, each program will investigate new and exciting research related to New Amsterdam, New Netherland, and the lasting legacies of Dutch rule in New York.
Live From New Amsterdam is presented in partnership with the New Netherland Institute.
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