Gastronomic Alchemy: How Black Philadelphia Caterers Transformed Taste into Capital, 1790-1925 with Danya Pilgrim
Hargreaves, Gregory Pilgrim, Danya M.
Hargreaves, Gregory
Pilgrim, Danya M.
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2021
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http://dx.doi.org/10.34944/dspace/7475
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Gregory Hargreaves interviews Danya Pilgrim about her book project “Gastronomic Alchemy: How Black Philadelphia Caterers Transformed Taste into Capital, 1790-1925.” In support of her research, Pilgrim, assistant professor at Temple University, received exploratory and Henry Belin du Pont research grants from the Hagley Center for the History of Business, Technology, & Society. In “Gastronomic Alchemy,” Pilgrim reveals the development and efflorescence of a Philadelphia catering industry owned and operated by African American waiters, brokers, cooks, & others. Through their work, black caterers earned economic success and cultural influence in Philadelphia that combined to form meaningful capital, which helped to create and support a vibrant black community. By uncovering this process of capital formation, Dr. Pilgrim “illuminates how one group of African Americans fought for self-determination in every aspect of their lives.”
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Available at: https://www.hagley.org/research/history-hangout-danya-pilgrim
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