Food is a conduit for connection; we envision smiling families gathered around a table—eating, happy, content. But what happens when poverty, mental illness, homelessness, and addiction claim a seat at that table? In The Meth Lunches, author Kim Foster reveals stories of difficulty intertwined with hope, of the insurmountable obstacles and fierce determination all playing out on the plates of ordinary Americans. It’s a bold invitation to pull up a chair and reconsider our responsibilities to the most vulnerable among us.

Join us for an evening of conversation and cooking with author Kim Foster at the Dayton Community Center on Friday, October 11, from 5:30-7 pm, as we discuss how to create, nourish, and sustain healthy communities. No registration required - this event is free and open to the public.

This event is co-hosted by Healthy Communities Coalition of Lyon and Storey Counties and the Dayton Community Center. 

This program is made possible with the support of the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Institute of Museum and Library Services, and Chief Officers of State Library Agencies.

Kim Foster

Kim Foster is a James Beard Award-winning writer and author of The Meth Lunches: Food and Longing in an American City. Foster writes about people enmeshed in mental illness, family separation, poverty, addiction, trauma, and incarceration. Foster has written for or been written about in publications like The Washington Post, Slate, The Guardian, and others. You can read her work on her weekly newsletter, kimfoster.substack.com and find her on social media as @KimintheWest. She is originally from New York City but has fallen in love with the West. She lives in Las Vegas, Nevada with her husband and producer, David, their four kids, and many animals.