Grave Concerns: Cooking, Conservation, and the Tchula Garden Club

News item published on: 2017-08-15 11:37:52

Join food and cookbook enthusiasts on Wednesday, September 20 for Grave Concerns: Cooking, Conservation, and the Tchula Garden Club, presented by Andrew P. Haley, Associate Professor in the Department of History. Refreshments will begin at 6 p.m. with the lecture to follow at 6:30 p.m. in Cook Library room 123. 

Haley, a Southern Miss food historian, considers how an award-winning effort by the women of Tchula expanded and challenged conservation programs in the Mississippi Delta led by men and federal agencies. 

Potluck refreshments will feature recipes from the Tchula Garden Club Cook Book. The public is invited to attend and encouraged to prepare a recipe from the cookbook, which is available online. 

For more information, contact Jennifer Brannock at or 601.266.4347.