Culinary Institute opens exhibit on post-WWII food culture

HYDE PARK, N.Y. (AP) - The Culinary Institute of America is opening a new exhibit on food culture in the post-World War II era.

An opening reception will be held Wednesday evening at the school’s Hudson Valley campus for “Appetites for Change: Foodways in Post-War America.” The free exhibit running through July explores how technology, economics and politics influenced cooking and eating habits from 1945 to 1970.

Culinary institute students have spent a semester researching and preparing texts and cultural artifacts for the exhibit at the school’s Hilton Library.