Kamps said the time was right for such an exhibit, with high interest in food and cooking on television and restaurants driven by big names.

坎普斯說，如今有很多鼎鼎大名的人物在電視上和餐館里展示對食物和烹飪的濃厚興趣，在此時舉辦這樣一次展覽，時機剛剛好。

Celebrity Chef Jose Andres advised on the project and is creating a new restaurant near the Archives to accompany the exhibit. Andres often talks about the power of food in foreign policy, national security and other realms. "All of us are part of that discussion about food in America: chef and fast-food executive, small farmer and agribusiness , government and citizen," Andres wrote in a book that accompanies the exhibit. "And not just America: What we do here has repercussions around the world."

名廚何塞•安德烈斯為這次展覽項目提供了建議，還在檔案館附近新開了一家餐廳來為展會助興。安德烈斯常常會談到食物在對外政策、國家安全和其他領域方面發揮的作用。他還寫了一本書，跟展覽同步發行，書中寫道：“大廚、快餐店經理、小農場主、農業綜合企業、政府和廣大公民都是美國有關食品討論的一分子。而且不僅是在美國，我們在這兒所做的一切已經影響到了世界各地。”

The exhibit is on view in Washington until January 3, 2012.

這次展會將在華盛頓持續開辦到2012年1月3日。