Endangered Eating: Author Sarah Lohman in Conversation with Alan Deutschman

Join Nevada Humanities for an evening with culinary historian Sarah Lohman in conversation with author and journalist Alan Deutschman.
About this Event

Join Nevada Humanities on Monday, October 19, 2026, from 6:00 to 7:00 pm at the Wells Fargo Auditorium on the campus of the University of Nevada, Reno for an exciting evening with culinary historian Sarah Lohman in conversation with author and journalist Alan Deutschman. Lohman and Deutschman will discuss Lohman’s exploration of the history of food in Nevada and beyond, as well as her book Endangered Eating: America’s Vanishing Foods. Their conversation will touch on how Lohman uses food to explore different communities and how these communities are shaped by their culinary landscapes, and the often surprising ways that our own food practices and ingredients are rooted in social and political histories.

Nevada Humanities selected Lohman to represent Nevada at the 2026 Library of Congress National Book Festival in Washington, D.C., and as Nevada’s contribution to the 2026 national Great Reads from Great Places initiative.

This event is free and open to the public. Seating is limited and registration is required.

This event is produced by Nevada Humanities and made possible with support from the Reynolds School of Journalism at the University of Nevada, Reno, the Federation of State Humanities Councils with the Mellon Foundation, the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Institute of Museum and Library Services and Chief Officers of State Library Agencies, and individual donors. This event is also part of the national initiative By the People: Conversations Beyond 250, which is a series of community-driven programs created by humanities councils in collaboration with local partners. By the People was developed by the Federation of State Humanities Councils and the Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage.