DR. PETER MARTÍNEZ, PhD, Associate Professor of History Tarrant County College – Northeast Campus.

Dr. Martínez will discuss 1) how crops and foods in the Pre-Columbia Americas affected the development of certain European Asian countries; 2) how Europeans (and Mexican elites) viewed the indigenous American foods; and 3) the idea of food and cultural identity, especially after the mixture of European, African, and indigenous American foods were combined to provide us foods that are common today.

The HOGAR meeting and Dr. Martinez’s presentation are free and open to the public.