The World’s Oldest Continuously Operating Nursery has Quite a Tale
Presented by
Karen Mitcham-Stoeckley
Chef, Author, Restaurateur
The oldest fruit-tree nursery in the world is celebrating its 200th anniversary this year. The Missouri-based company, Stark Bro’s Nurseries & Orchards, was founded in 1816 by James Hart Stark, a young Kentucky pioneer, who homesteaded on the shores of the Mississippi. Continue reading
Presented by
Christy Rost
Chef, Author, PBS Host
The American West – a region of natural beauty and sharp contrast that has been the home of Native Americans, cowboys, rugged pioneers, and miners – has had a profound effect on America’s culinary heritage Continue reading
A Chicago Legacy That’s More Than Cheesecake
Presented by
Maureen Schulman, Diana Moles and Jolene Worthington
Co-Authors of The Eli’s Cheesecake Cookbook
This year marks Eli’s Cheesecake’s 35th anniversary, which was the driving force behind the creation of The Eli’s Cheesecake Cookbook, celebrating one of the country’s most famous desserts. The book chronicles founder Eli Schulman’s rise to success, from opening his first restaurant, Eli’s Ogden Huddle on Chicago’s West side to Eli’s Stage Delicatessen at 50 E. Oak Street and finally, the legendary Eli’s The Place For Steak, at 215 E. Chicago Avenue, where he invented Chicago Style cheesecake as well as many other famous dishes. Continue reading
Presented by Chef Bill Reynolds,
Proprietor, New Buffalo Bill’s, New Buffalo, Michigan
It may be January, but we’ll be warming you up with a program that we typically hold in July—on the bliss and history of BBQ. Why January, you ask? Because that’s when we could get our speaker, Chef Bill Reynolds, a formidable force in America’s culinary scene; Chef Bill was finally able to take a break from his BBQ emporium, New Buffalo Bill’s, that he opened last summer in the lakefront getaway of New Buffalo, Michigan. Continue reading