Fish Tales: Traditions and Challenges of Seafood in Oregon

Calendar Date:
Monday, July 10, 2017 - 6:00pm

On Monday July 10th the Cottage Grove Public Library will host Jennifer Burns Bright speaking about “Fish Tales: Traditions and Challenges of Seafood in Oregon.” The event is part of Oregon Humanities’ statewide Conversation Project and will take place at 6 p.m.

In this conversation, food writer Jenifer Burns Bright helps participants explore our relationship with the products of the sea and cultural traditions involving fishing, eating seafood, and understanding the ocean’s bounty and challenges.

Bright is a food and travel writer based in Port Orford. She recently retired from teaching at the University of Oregon, where she led a faculty research group in the emerging discipline of food studies. She holds a Ph.D. from the University of California at Irvine and a master food preserver certification. Her writing appears in Gastronomica, Oregon Quarterly, NPRs The Salt and Eugene Magazine, among others.

Through the Conversation Project, Oregon Humanities offers this program to engage community members in thoughtful, challenging conversations about ideas critical to our daily lives and our state’s future.