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2010 CIA Dooley Lecture Series

The mission of the Dooley Lecture Series is to bring speakers of repute in all disciplines to the CIA and surrounding communities. The series is funded through the generous support of Patricia Dooley Fortenbaugh. Ms. Fortenbaugh is the daughter of Carroll Dooley, the first Director of the Division of Food Preparation for the Culinary Institute of America. The series is free and open to the public. Seating is limited and is based on a first come, first served basis. There is no registration process. Lectures and readings are one hour long, followed by 30 minutes of Q&A. The Ecolab Theatre is located in the Admissions building.

Tuesday, January 26, 2010 Krishnendu Ray Taste, Toil and Ethnicity: Dreaming of Pakistani Grill Ecolab Theater 3:30–5 p.m. Krishnendu Ray, Assistant Professor of Nutrition and Food Studies at NYU, holds a PhD in Sociology. His expertise is the social, historical and cultural context of food, and is author of The Migrant's Table: Meals and Memories in Bengali-American Households, as well as several chapters and articles such as "Nation and Cuisine: The Evidence from American Newspapers ca. 1830-2003," "Domesticating Cuisine: Food and Aesthetics on American Television," "Ethnic Succession and the New American Restaurant Cuisine," in David Beriss and David Sutton, eds., The Restaurants Book: Ethnographies of Where we Eat and "Why do Ethnic Restaurants Have Terrible Service?" and also serves on the editorial board of the journal Food, Culture and Society. Prior to teaching at NYU, Dr. Ray faculty member and an Associate Dean for Curriculum Development at The Culinary Institute of America (CIA)

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