The History of Women’s Foodways in Scotland’s Highlands & Islands

Course description

Scotland’s food history is about more than potatoes and famine.

Come learn about the foodways of non-gentry class Gaelic-speaking women living in Scotland’s western Highlands and Islands during the long nineteenth century.

Women’s roles in coastal communities—including feisty Highland innkeepers—and their interconnected kitchen landscape will be explored along with traditional food practices, folklore, and the Gaelic Otherworld. \

The four sessions are scheduled right before and after the Victoria Highland Games & Celtic Festival weekend, so you can get your fill of Scottish history over two weeks. Whether you are attending the Games, taking a trip to Scotland, a big Outlander fan, or you just love food, this course will help you look at the Scottish kitchen in a new way that takes you beyond the four walls of the home.