Foodways Texas is excited to announce that our 9th Annual Foodways Texas Symposium, “A Texas Potluck,” will take place in Brenham, Texas, on April 25-27, 2019. In true potluck fashion, we’ll serve a little (sometimes a lot) of everything both at the table and on the stage over the course of the weekend. We’ll start the weekend on Thursday night at the Rockin’ Star Ranch just outside of Brenham with our welcome dinner and registration and then return to Brenham’s downtown for symposium programming all day Friday and Saturday at the Unity Theater and The Barnhill Center respectively. The remaining meals will be served in spots in and around Brenham.
Just like every other community potluck in recorded history, we will serve a helping or two of smoked meat but the weekend’s menu will be as varied as the food traditions of our state. Guest will enjoy seven meals cooked by chefs from around the state covering as many types of potlucks and community meals as we can fit into the program -- family reunion, church picnic, traditional barbacoa, pancake breakfast, and more. All meals are included in the base registration price.
In addition to the food, the symposium program is chock full of tasty treats. Guests will interact with panel topics covering the connections between high school home economics classes of yore and modern 4-H programs, pecan farming and history in Texas, the relationship between rural farms and urban eaters, and stories of past and present refugee communities, to name a few. Speakers will tell stories about migrant farm workers, Juneteenth celebrations, Blue Bell ice cream, and much more. The full program is available here.
Speakers and Chefs include:
James Brown, Barton Springs Mill, Dripping Springs
Adrian Davila, Davila’s BBQ, Seguin
Patrick Feges, Feges Barbecue, Houston
Stephanie McClenny, Confituras, Austin
Christy Moran, Blue Bell Creamery, Brenham
George Ray McEachern, Texas A&M University, College Station
Erin Smith, Feges Barbecue, Houston
Brad Stufflebeam, Home Sweet Farm, Brenham
Erin Stutts, College Station ISD
Miguel Vidal, Valentina’s Tex-Mex Barbecue, Austin
and more...
Symposium Locations:
The Barnhill Center 111 Main Street, Brenham, Texas 77833
Home Sweet Farm Market & Biergarten 307 S. Park Street, Brenham, Texas, 77833
Rockin Star Ranch 8002 Fuelberg Pease Lane, Brenham, Texas 77833
Unity Theater 300 Church Street, Brenham, Texas 77833
Hotel Accomodations:
Hampton Inn & Suites Brenham 2605 Schulte Boulevard, Brenham, Texas 77833
Reservations: 979-337-9898 or online here: Foodways Texas Room Block
Room Block Name: Foodways Texas
Reservation Code: FOT
Group rate: $129 per night
Contact marvin@foodwaystexas.org for questions and details about programming and sponsorship.
