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Cold War Foodways: From
Bunkers to Space
Thu, Nov 06, 2025 | DuPage County Historical Museum
Food historians Bruce Kraig and Cynthia Clampitt of the Culinary Historians of Northern Illinois discussed how the Cold War changed foodways in the United States and the world.
About the event
Food historians Bruce Kraig and Cynthia Clampitt of the Culinary Historians of Northern Illinois discussed how the Cold War changed foodways in the United States and the world. The fear of nuclear attack and the belief that an abundance of food would help win the war coupled with the race to space impacted food and thereby every aspect of American lives.
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