Aqua Essence

An entry in the Florida Humanities Council Series "Look Where We Live!", this program is entitled "Florida's Delicious History: A Gastronomic Journey Through Modern Florida". Florida's food and restaurants are as diverse as its people, and have changed throughout the 20th-Century. Food scholar Andrew Huse offers a gustatory romp through modern Florida's cuisine, with a look back at union soup houses, African American jook joints, shady speakeasies, drive-in burger stands, barbecue pits, fish fries, and palaces of luxurious leisure. From the rarefied cuisine of the super-rich to the humble home-style foods of city and hamlet, food habits queasy and quirky are explored.