Join us on Wednesday March 24, 2021 @ 7:00 PM via Zoom!
Presented by Vivian Howard
Chef, Author, PBS Host
Vivian Howard moved from New York back to her rural hometown to open a fine-dining restaurant that she hoped would reshape the palates of eastern North Carolina. But an encounter with collard kraut and a trip to “America’s largest pork display” ignited her interest in the traditional foods and culinary techniques unique to the Carolina coastal plain she calls home. Continue reading
An interview with
Chef Marcus Samuelsson
Conducted by culinary historian and food writer
Donna Pierce
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Black cooking has always been more than “soul food,” with flavors tracing to the African continent, to the Caribbean, all over the United States, and beyond.
Join us as internationally acclaimed chef Marcus Samuelsson highlights the diverse deliciousness of Black cooking today. Continue reading
An interview with the Chicago culinary icon
conducted by award-winning foodwriter and publisher
Michael Gebert
Recipes: Artichoke Fritters and Fudgy Flourless Chocolate Cake
The following information appeared in The Chicago Food Encyclopedia, University of Illinois Press, 2017, and was authored by Barbara Revsine.
Gordon Sinclair was working in public relations when a psychic predicted he would become a famous restaurateur. After working part-time as a maître d’ to see whether he liked it, he opened his flagship restaurant Gordon in 1976. Continue reading
Presented by Deborah Madison
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Thanks to her beloved cookbooks and groundbreaking work as the chef at Greens Restaurant in San Francisco, Deborah Madison, though not a vegetarian herself, has long been revered as this country’s leading authority on vegetables. Continue reading