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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Upcoming Programs at a Glance
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Almost all our programs are presented virtually via Zoom on Central Time. We offer live and virtual programs. Please read the full event notices for details because days and times often vary. You are encouraged to join our email list to receive advance notices followed by day-of-meeting reminders with the required Zoom link. You are always welcome to become a member.
Culinary Historians of Chicago:
- Wednesday, May 21, 2025 @ 7 pm: Adrian Miller and Deborah Chang Asian Heritage Chefs in the White House: Cooking to a President’s Taste
Chicago Foodways Roundtable:
- Saturday, June 21, 2025 @ 10 am @ First Bank of Highland Park: Archival Methods for Preserving Family Recipes: How to Save and Celebrate Your Food Traditions. We can continue discussion over lunch. Limited seating, so reservations are a must.
Saturday, July 13, 2024 road trip to DeKalb, Illinois: 1 PM @ tour of Food: Gathering Around the Table @ DeKalb History Center, 5 PM: Church Supper at Kingston Methodist Church – postponed due to illness.- Saturday, January 24, 2026 @ 4 pm Delafield, Wisconsin: Raccoon Dinner
- Wednesday, August 6, 2025 @ 3 PM Indiana State Fair: Family Heirloom Recipe Contest located in the Indiana Building.
- Friday, August 8, 2025 @ 10 AM Illinois State Fair: Family Heirloom Recipe Contest located in the
- Saturday, August 9, 2025 @ 3 PM Missouri State Fair: Family Heirloom Recipe Contest located in the 4H building
- Sunday, August 31, 2025 @ 1 PM South Dakota State Fair: Family Heirloom Recipe Contest located at the Women’s Building
What the Argonauts Ate
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
Fire and Ice: Classic Nordic Cooking
Darra Goldstein
Scandinavia is a land of extremes, where chic design meets rugged wilderness, where perpetual winter nights are succeeded by endless days of summer. The Scandinavians still live and cook according to seasonal rhythms, and many still practice hunting and foraging as natural activities in a region with some of the most pristine places on earth. Continue reading
The Spirit of Gumno
Presented by Charles Baker-Clark, PhD
ZDRAVO (HELLO) FROM MONTENEGRO
In the western Balkans, the gumno is a threshing floor, consisting of a low circular stone wall and a stone floor. Traditionally, donkeys or horses were tethered to a post at the center of the gumno and separated wheat and chaff with their hooves. Continue reading