The two-day symposium will offer four interdisciplinary sessions, with lectures by authors, historians and scholars. An awards ceremony prior to the dinner will honor Chef Georges Perrier for his contribution to Philadelphia and the 30th anniversary of his restaurant Le Bec Fin.
All lectures are free and open to the public.
Tickets for the dinner and the lunches are limited, and are available for purchase on a first come, first serve basis. The third session on the sociopolitics of food will address both the science and the public response to issues of food safety and marketing in France and in the U.S, featuring Wharton Marketing Professor Barbara Kahn, CNRS Professor Claude Fischler and Marion Nestle, Professor and Chair of the Department of Nutrition and Food Studies at New York University.