Bill Dunmire’s book, “Gardens of New Spain: How Mediterranean Plants and Foods Changed America” is the basis of his illustrated talk on Tuesday, July 19, from 2 to 4 p.m. in the Willard Reading Room of Zimmerman Library. Dunmire will discuss how plants and foods made their way from Spain to the Southwest, and how Native Americans integrated the new crops and foods into their own cultures.
In his book, he details the history of various foods and shows how they were integrated first into the diet of people in the Iberian Peninsula, and then traveled to the new world with Spanish explorers. He will also explain how contemporary menus connect back to foods first put together in Hispanic colonial times.
Dunmire spent 28 years with the National Park Service, retiring as Superintendent of Carlsbad Caverns and the Guadalupe Mountains National Parks. He is currently a full-time writer, lecturer, and professional photographer, with recent research trips to Spain, Mexico and throughout the Southwest.
The lecture is sponsored by the University Libraries Division of Iberian and Latin American Resources and the Center for Southwest Research.
Contact: Karen Wentworth, (505) 277-5627