Presented by Daniel Block and Howard Rosing
Chicago began as a frontier town on the edge of white settlement and as the product of removal of culturally rich and diverse indigenous populations. The town grew into a place of speculation with the planned building of the Illinois and Michigan canal, a boomtown, and finally a mature city of immigrants from both overseas and elsewhere in the US. Continue reading
Jelly Belly’s Vice Chairman Bill Kelley will unwrap the roots of the Goelitz candy empire, which began as a storefront in Belleville, Illinois. While now headquartered in California, their legacy candy corn has been made in North Chicago since 1913. Continue reading
Exhibit tour of Food, Family and Tradition: Dining in Grayslake. This new exhibit explores the history of the community’s restaurants and the families who made them go. Charlotte Renehan will add interesting details. Continue reading
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Culinary Historians of Chicago:
Chicago Foodways Roundtable:
Ann Chandonnet
Many of the men (and women) who followed the California Gold Rush didn’t even know how to build a fire–let alone cook. (Jack London was an exception.) The Forty-Niners sustained themselves with simple meals of jackrabbit stew and sourdough flapjacks or baked or stewed beans. Continue reading