Hear about the economic forces and technological advances that transformed public dining and reshaped commercial pantries in Charleston and throughout the South as local writer and culinary historian Robert F. Moss discusses his latest book, The Lost Southern Chefs: A History of Commercial Dining in the Nineteenth-Century South (University of Georgia Press, 2022). In this second talk of a two-part series, Moss shares stories of the people behind this culinary revolution, many of whom became embroiled in the political battles of Reconstruction and Jim Crow. Buxton Books, 160 King St., Tuesday, 5:30-7 p.m. $27.95-$10. (843) 723-1670,
www.buxtonbooks.com
