The Masters of Social Gastronomy Present: A History of Drunkenness at Kings County Distillery
Taught by Sarah Lohman and Jonathan Soma
Sarah Lohman is a culinary historian and the author of the bestselling books Endangered Eating: America’s Vanishing Foods and Eight Flavors: The Untold Story of American Cuisine. She focuses on the history of food as a way to access the stories of diverse Americans. Endangered Eating was a New York Times Editors’ Choice, and was named one of the Best Books of 2023 by Amazon’s Editors, Food & Wine, and Adam Gopnik on the Milk Street podcast. It was a finalist for the Nach Waxman Prize for Food & Drink Scholarship and winner of the Ohioana Library Book Prize for Nonfiction. Lohman’s work has been featured in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, and NPR. Lohman has lectured across the country, from the Smithsonian Museum of American History in Washington, DC to The Culinary Historians of Southern California
Soma was born in the South, is what someone from the North would say. He co-founded the Brainery, is the sciencey half of Masters of Social Gastronomy, and plans on getting married to Waffle House. In his more droll moments he is a tragic sellout to higher ed as a professor of data journalism at Columbia University's journalism school.
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The Masters of Social Gastronomy and Kings County Distillery invite you to a night of talks on getting drunk!
Soma will unravel the science behind inebriation, from the moment the alcohol hits your lips to your next-day regrets. We'll break down "beer before liquor," red wine's affection for hangovers, and other boozy old wives' tales.
For those needing a reason to knock a few back, Sarah will pull back the veil on the history of drinking games. She'll tell tales of the Greeks flinging wine at each other in games of skill, to the American practice of "toasting," which instigated the prohibition movement.
During storytime, Sarah will clue you in on the best drinking game ever, The Hour That God Forgot: an annual, Daylight Savings-themed Power Hour that will become a holiday tradition of your own. Soma will cover the history of that standard-bearer of game-based alcohol, the red Solo cup.
As an added bonus, Kings County will be providing tiny tastings of 3 their whiskeys. A bar will be available with cash or credit card. 21+ only.
This talk will be held at Kings County Distillery, located in the Brooklyn Navy Yard at the 299 Sands Street entrance. Entrance details will be provided the day before the event. 21+ only. This event will be a mix of seating and standing room. Doors will open at 6:30, with talks beginning around 7pm.
