Food in Tucson

Tucson is a diverse city with diverse foodways, many of which have vanished from everyday life. Travel back in time with us and hear firsthand accounts of what Tucsonans chose to eat, had to eat, and could not eat.

1930s - Joel Turner - WPA Food
1940s/1950s - Manny Garcia - Avra Valley Ranch Life
1960s - Jerry Carlyle - Mulberries at San Xavier
1960s - Lucy Lim - Childhood in a Market