DATE: May 18-20, 2007.

EVENT: It’s an all-American affair highlighting the diversity of the country’s peoples and their native cuisines as the University of Michigan’s Longone Center for American Culinary Research at the Williams L. Clements Library presents its second biennial symposium on American culinary history?”Regional and Ethnic Traditions.”

The three-day event features such topics as “Rubbaboo, Kalamazoo and Pasties Too,” “Matzoh Ball Gumbo,” “Mouth of the South” and “America’s Least Fashionable Cuisine: A Road Trip Through the Vastly Underappreciated Cuisine of America’s Northeast: Unknown, Disrespected, Hidebound, Inexplicable, Ghastly and Delicious Foods that Define the Region’s Unique Taste.”

Among the speakers are authors Jane and Michael Stern; food journalist and cookbook author Toni Tipton-Martin; scholar and author Dan Strehl; associate director of the Carolina Center for Jewish Studies Marcie Cohen Ferris; and Ari Weinzweig, co-founder and co-owner of Zingerman’s Community of Businesses, including Zingerman’s Deli.

From its opening remarks to its closing brunch and tour of a creamery and bakery, the symposium promises a flavorful mix of Americana.

PLACE: Various venues on the University of Michigan Central Campus.

SPONSORS: Clements Library and its Longone Center for American Culinary Research.

TO REGISTER: Symposium details and registration information are available at www.clements.umich.edu/culinary, by calling (734) 764-2347 or contacting the library at Williams L. Clements Library, The University of Michigan, 909 S.University Avenue, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1190. Registration is limited and due by April 30.

Janice Bluestein Longone Culinary Archive