CAC Live: "The Kitchen" Book Talk

On a mission to design the perfect kitchen of his own, historic preservationist John Ota traveled across North America to find inspiration in the kitchens of famed figures. Hear more about his journey, as documented in his new book “The Kitchen.”

Join Ota as he revisits his quest to uncover great historic kitchens through his visits to the homes of Thomas Jefferson, Louis Armstrong, Julia Child, Georgia O'Keeffe, Elvis Presley and others. Along the way, he discovered the origins and evolution of the kitchen, its architecture and its appliances.