Showing posts with label Culinary Historians of Boston. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Culinary Historians of Boston. Show all posts

Sunday, November 7, 2010

Lynne C. Anderson will speak about her new book Breaking Bread: Recipes and Stories from Immigrant Kitchens on Tuesday, November 9th


Lynne C. Anderson will give a talk on her new book “Breaking Bread: Recipes and Stories from Immigrant Kitchens” Through stories of hand-rolled pasta and homemade chutney, local markets and backyard gardens, and wild mushrooms and foraged grape leaves—this book recounts in loving detail the memories, recipes, and culinary traditions of people who have come to the United States from around the world. Chef and teacher Lynne Anderson has gone into immigrant kitchens and discovered the power of food to recall a lost world for those who have left much behind. The enticing, easy-to-prepare recipes feature specialties like Greek dolmades, Filipino adobo, Brazilian peixada, and Sudanese mulukhiyah. Together with Robin Radin’s beautiful photographs, these stories and recipes will inspire cooks of all levels to explore new traditions while perhaps rediscovering their own culinary roots.

The meeting will take place at 6 pm on Tuesday, November 9th at the Schlesinger Library in Radcliffe Yard, in Cambridge, MA.

http://www.culinaryhistoriansboston.com/public.htm

Tuesday, January 12, 2010

Here's the Spring 2010 schedule for the Culinary Historians of Boston

Wednesday, January 20th
Kathryn Allamong Jacob “King of the Lobby: The Life and Times of Sam Ward, Man About Washington During the Gilded Age“ www.kingofthelobby.com
Why is this Gilded Age lobbyist relevant to the Culinary Historians? Sam combined delicious food, fine wines, and delightful conversation to create a new kind of lobbying in Washington after the Civil War. In a capital city where the food at official dinners was often appallingly bad, Sam reigned over the new social lobby that he created at his dinner table for more than a decade. Those who dined with him gushed that his evenings were "noctes ambrosianae"!

Tuesday, February 23rd
Andy Coe “Chop Suey: A Cultural History of Chinese Food in the United States”

Tuesday, March 23rd
Corky White “Coffee and the CafĂ© in Japan”
Corky White is professor of Anthropology at BU and she currently working on a book on Coffee and cafes in Japan.

Wednesday, April 21st
Stephen Cole and Lindy Gifford "The Cranberry: Hard Work and Holiday Sauce”

May 2010 (date to be decided)
Banquet
Newberry College