Let's Talk About It: We Are What We Eat

Food is one of human beings’ favorite obsessions. Most people spend a great deal of time physically and mentally preoccupied with food: we organize and prepare meals, we daydream about what’s for lunch or dinner; we eat. Beyond simply an enjoyable, necessary human pastime, though, eating has important implications for how we think of ourselves, and how we relate to the larger culture.

This Let's Talk About It! book discussion series is hosted by the Victory Branch Library. All of the programs are free and book sets are available to borrow from the library throughout the series. Click here for a full list of book discussion dates and titles or download the brochure for the series. For more information please call Diane at 362-0181.

• Tuesday, September 13 at 6:00-7:30pm
• Choice Cuts by Mark Kurlansky
• Speaker: Heike Henderson
  
• Tuesday, October 4 at 6:00-7:30pm
• Climbing the Mango Tree by Madhur Jaffrey
• Speaker: Sue Norton
  
• Tuesday, October 25 at 6:00-7:30pm
• The Language of Baklava by Diana Abu-Jaber
• Speaker: Jennifer Black
  
• Tuesday, November 15 at 6:00-7:30pm
• The Tummy Trilogy by Calvin Trillin
• Speaker: Jennifer Black
  
• Tuesday, December 6 at 6:00-7:30pm 
• We Are What We Ate by Mark Winegardner
• Speaker: Heike Henderson
  

Idaho libraries have been bringing reading and discussion programs to their communities since 1985. The addition of a program speaker is what makes Let’s Talk About It (LTAI) different from a traditional book discussion program. Let's Talk About It brings together humanities scholars and adult readers in public libraries to read and discuss fine literature which explores American values, history and culture.

This program is made possible by the Idaho Humanities Council, the National Endowment for the Humanities, a generous gift from U.S. Bank, our community partner Hugo's Deli and administered by the Idaho Commission for Libraries.