Culinary History of the South Bay Part 1 June 10, 2009

Join us for a survey of dining history in the South Bay at two lectures presented by journalist, author, and historian Richard Foss.

Part 1, June 10 - covers the period from the earliest settlement through the tourist boom of the early 1900's, the heyday of day trippers on the Red Cars, then the decline through years of depression and slow rebuilding. It will end in 1940, when the economy was stirring again but before the huge changes in the population caused by the WW II and the resulting new attitudes to food.

About the Presenter: Richard Foss has been reviewing restaurants in the South Bay and greater Los Angeles for almost 25 years for such publications as the Easy Reader, Downtown News, Los Angeles Reader, LA CityBeat, Edible Los Angeles, and many others. He is on the Board of the Culinary Historians of Southern California and teaches Culinary History and Elizabethan theater classes through UCLA Extension.

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