Name: Bacon: The History of the Nation’s Most (Un)Desirable Food
Start: 2026-04-29T12:00:00-04:00
Location: 601 S Gay St, Knoxville, TN, United States, Tennessee 37902

$Bacon: The History of the Nation\u2019s Most (Un)Desirable Food$

How has bacon overcome centuries of religious prohibition, cultural contempt, and dietary advice to become a twenty-first-century culinary and cultural powerhouse? Starting in early modern Britain and tracing the story of bacon through the colonial era, Civil War, Progressive Era, modern fad diets, and the emerging craft bacon industry, the story of bacon provides a new perspective on some familiar American narratives. Ultimately, bacon’s story from “most dangerous food in the supermarket” to pop culture and gastronomic phenomenon reflects the cultural values of a nation.