The Last Night on the Titanic: Unsinkable Drinking, Dining & Style

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Presented by
Veronica Hinke
Food Historian, Author
With
Chef Gale Gand

All hands on deck! Come join us and drift back in time as author Veronica Hinke delves into the drinking and elegant Edwardian dining that set the Titanic experience apart from any other. Ms. Hinke will share little-known stories about the people, places and dining connecting Chicago to the ill-fated ship. She will also give us a look at the Titanic’s actual menus and recipes, which appear in her newly released book, “The Last Night on the Titanic/Unsinkable Drinking, Dining & Style.” Several renowned Chicago-area chefs contributed historic recipes to the book, including Gale Gand, who will join Veronica in the discussion.

BIOGRAPHIES

Veronica Hinke has been researching the Titanic for as long as she can remember. She has interviewed hundreds of experts on lifestyles, foods and drinks for Tribune Media and maintains close working relationships with leading chefs and mixologists around the world.

Gale Gand is a Chicago-based pastry chef, cookbook author, television personality, and winner of the 2001 James Beard Foundation Award for Outstanding Pastry Chef. She was host of the Food Network show Sweet Dreams. Chef Gand was a partner at the acclaimed Tru Restaurant. She currently teaches cooking classes all over the country, including at King Arthur Flour in Vermont, Zingerman’s in Ann Arbor and she teaches monthly at Elawa Farm in Lake Forest.

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Saturday, October 19, 2019
10 a.m. to noon
At Bethany Retirement Community

Auditorium, main floor
4950 N. Ashland Ave. (West of Clark St., North of Lawrence Ave.), Chicago

FREE PARKING on street and in Bethany’s lot.

PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION: Both CTA BUS #81, Lawrence, and #22 Clark, stop nearby.

Cost of the lecture program is $5, $3 for students and no charge for CHC members or Bethany residents  and staff. To reserve, please e-mail your reservation: Culinary.Historians@gmail.com   www.culinaryHistorians.org