Sarah Lohman (@fourpoundsflour) is a culinary historian, public speaker, and author. Her latest book, Endangered Eating: America's Vanishing Foods, deeply explores eight different foods listed on Slow Food USA's Ark of Taste. Two of these compassionately researched foods are Coachella Valley dates and Hawaiian legacy sugarcane, each with their own surprising and complex history.
Links:
Varieties of Hawaiian Sugar Cane
Samuel Kamakau, “Ruling Chiefs of Hawaii”
Sidney Mintz, “Sweetness and Power: The Place of Sugar in Modern Society”
Vox: The prosperity gospel, explained: Why Joel Osteen believes that prayer can make you rich
Documentary - Plagues & Pleasures on the Salton Sea
“The Marriage of Vanilla” or “Eight Flavors: A History of American Cuisine”
Instagram: @regenerativebaking and @dresslerparsons