After the Show: Backyard Meals (Peachy Pork Chops and Vichysoisse)
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content: Smithsonian Institution. Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage
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content: Smithsonian Folklife Festival records: 2017 Smithsonian Folklife Festival
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content: Smithsonian Folklife Festival records: 2017 Smithsonian Folklife Festival / Series 2: Circus Arts / Audio
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content: 1 Sound recording (digital audio file)
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content: 2017 July 01
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content: Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections
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content: CFCH.SFF.2017, Item SFF2017_0701_Circus_Arts_Cookhouse_0003
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content: Archival materials
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content: Sound recordings
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content: Listening copies available
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content: Maia Daniel (presenter); Ray Slizewski; Maia Daniel This event is based on longstanding traditions in the traveling circus. Performers often lived in trailers, stationed in a circle adjacent to the circus grounds. After performances, they would meet in the center and share a potluck dinner in their ever-changing backyard. Focusing on culturally diverse dishes, Ray Slizewski has fed thousands of circus performers throughout his years with Big Apple Circus and his community-based cooking programs