Leftovers A History of Food Waste & Preservation

Join us on DATE CHANGE Saturday, November 9, 2024 @ 10 AM, via Zoom from Wales

Presented by Eleanor Barnett, PhD


A third of all the food we produce goes to waste globally, and if all this needlessly discarded food were a country it would be the third largest emitter of greenhouse gases in the world after China and the US! How did we become such a wasteful society? What can we learn about building a sustainable food future by looking to the past? Continue reading

Unpacking NYC’s Historic Meatpacking District 

Join us on Thursday, November 14, 2024 @ 7 PM, via Zoom

Come join us as Jacquelyn Ottman, a fifth generation member of New York’s “meat royalty” as she serves up a beefy history of Ottman & Company; her family’s storied meat purveying company supplied some of NYC’s top restaurants, and was considered the “Tiffany’s of the meat business.” Ottman’s also pioneered many of the packaging and prep innovations still used in our kitchens today.  Continue reading

Food: Gathering Around the Table + Church Supper

Join Us on Saturday, July 13, 2024 @ 1 PM Central LIVE!  Postponed to a later date to be determined. Do go if you can!

DeKalb County History Center
1730 N Main Street | Sycamore, IL 60178
Saturday, July 13, 2024 at 1 PM Central

Highly recommended:
Church Supper at Kingston United Methodist Church 121 1st St | Kingston, IL 60145
Dinner will feature chicken dinner plus pie! 

Saturday, July 13, 2024 at 5 PM Central Time
Cost: $20 including admission and supper

The food on the American table may not define exactly what we are as a nation, but the traditions surrounding our foods speak volumes about who we are. Rooted in centuries of borrowing and sharing, food traditions are staggeringly diverse and constantly evolving. The intersection of cultures in America is perhaps the most important factor in the mix that is America’s food. Continue reading

Dinner at Hyderabad Kitchen

Presented by Colleen Taylor Sen

Hyderabad Kitchen 
6242 North California Avenue | Chicago, IL 60659
Parking in the strip mall lot and on the street Get Directions
Thursday, June 27, 2024 at 6 PM Central Time

This event kicks off a series of dinners designed especially for members of the Culinary Historians of Chicago and Rogers Park West Ridge Historical Society (Historical Society) featuring the cuisines of different regions of India, including Hyderabad, Gujarat, Punjab, Kerala, Maharashtra and perhaps more. Continue reading