Kevin J. McCaffrey

Kevin J. McCaffrey ɗan fim ne na Amurka, marubuci, edita, kuma masanin tarihin baki wanda ke zaune a New Orleans . Ayyukansa na rubuce-rubuce da na adana bayanai sun fi mayar da hankali kan tarihin Louisiana da al'adu, tare da jaddada tarihin abinci na yankin da batutuwan muhalli. Ayyukan McCaffrey sun sami karbuwa na kasa da na yanki. Ya yi aiki tare da wasu sanannun kungiyoyi da aka sadaukar don adana tarihin da al'adun Louisiana da New Orleans, gami da New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation,  Louisiana State Museum,  Tarihin New Orleans Collection,  WYES-TV,  Loyola's Center for Environmental Communication, da Louisiana Folklife Commission.

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McCaffrey da farko ya fara aikinsa na sana'a a aikin jarida, ya fara da jaridar kwalejinsa da mujallar adabi a Kwalejin Spring Hill .  Littafinsa na farko na kasa ya bayyana a cikin 1973 "Fear and Loathing at the Watergate" fitowar Rolling Stone.

A farkon shekarun 1980, McCaffrey ya koma New Orleans kuma ya shiga masana'antar sayar da littattafai; ya zama mai aiki a cikin masu sayar da littattafan New Orleans kuma daga baya, babban mutum a matakin ƙasa. Ayyukansa na al'umma a lokacin sun haɗa da kafa kungiyar New Orleans Gulf South Booksellers Association (NOGSBA); a cikin 1985, yayin da yake aiki a matsayin shugaban NOGSBA, McCaffrey ya kafa alfarwar littafi mai tsawo a New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival a kokarin inganta shagunan littattafai da marubuta na gida. A wannan lokacin, ya kuma yi aiki a matsayin memba na kwamitin kafa bikin wallafe-wallafen Tennessee Williams & New Orleans, wanda aka samo asali ne don yaki da koma bayan tattalin arzikin da ke gudana a lokacin; an kiyasta bikin na farko ya kawo kusan masu halarta 500; tun daga 2021, taron shekara-shekara ya rubuta masu halarta 12,000+. A shekara ta 1986, an zabi McCaffrey a cikin kwamitin daraktocin kungiyar masu sayar da littattafai ta Amurka kuma ya ci gaba da aiki a karo na biyu a shekara ta 1989.

A farkon shekarun 2000, aikin McCaffrey ya sauya zuwa tarihin baki da aikin takardu, tare da takamaiman mayar da hankali kan adana al'adun Louisiana, tarihin abinci, da muhalli. Fim dinsa na farko A Common Pot: Creole Cooking on Cane River ya fara ne a WYES-TV a shekara ta 2003. Fim dinsa na shekara ta 2009, We Live To Eat: New Orleans" Love Affair With Food, ya gabatar da tarihin abinci na New Orleans wanda wani mai bita ya bayyana a matsayin "lokacin lokaci na al'adun abinci. "  An sanya sunan fim din a matsayin dan wasan karshe don Kyautar James Beard. Shirinsa No One Ever Went Hungry: Cajun Food Traditions Then & Now ya fara ne a Gidan Tarihin Abinci da Abin sha na Kudancin a cikin 2011; McCaffrey ya bayyana cewa niyyarsa ba kawai don nuna rikitarwa na ci gaban abinci na Cajun ba ne, har ma ya nuna masu kallo dalilin da ya sa ya yi imanin cewa Al'adun Cajun suna nuna "koyon dorewa, al'umma, da amsawar muhalli. "An zabi shirin don Kyautar Taste biyu kuma ya ci gaba da karɓar Kyautar Dan Adam ta 2012 ta Louisiana ta Shekara."

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