Cooking from Memory will build an ecumenical and historical culture diary of Cincinnati food ways. The installation and events will illuminate subtle and profound powers of daily sensory engagement with food to translate and transmit personal and public history, culture and identity, especially for people in new places.

Christopher Leitch is a visual artist from Kansas City, Missouri and has previously served as director of Kansas City Museum, a consulting curator with the Center for Creative Studies at the University of Missouri-Kansas City, and as Assistant Dean to Kansas City Art Institute.