Vincent Clarence Price was born in Troy, New York on December 11, 1832. He moved to Waukegan, Il around 1860. He promoted the use of baking powder and joined with a local banker to manufacture and distribute it. The company sold many products in addition to baking powder. After selling off the business Dr. Price opened the Price Flavoring Extract Co. again with a wide range of food products. He also began the Price Cereal Food Co and Pan Confection Co. Dr. Price died on July 12, 1914. Continue reading
Category Archives: Chicago Foodways Roundtable
Bitter: A Taste of the World’s Most Dangerous Flavor
Presented by Jennifer McLagan
*A departure from our regular program format, Culinary Historians will host Food Patriots at 10:00 AM and Bitter will follow at Noon. At approximately 11:30, we will serve a light lunch of soup and bread for those attending in the afternoon. We will start Bitter at approximately noon. Please reserve to allow for enough food and perhaps offer to bring some soup! Continue reading
Last Kitchen Tour at the Butz House
Conducted by Leah Axelrod
Leah Axelrod, charter member and ex-president of the Highland Park Historical Society, conducts the last tour of the period kitchen before the museum closed.
Recorded at the Butz House Museum of the Highland Park Historical Society on March 22, 2015.
Last Kitchen Tour at the Butz House
Conducted by Leah Axelrod, Charter
Member of the Highland Park Historical Society
Leah Axelord, charter member of the Highland Park Historical Society, conducts the last tour of the period kitchen before the museum closed.
Recorded at the Highland Park Historical Society on March 22, 2015.
Matzah, The Bread of Faith: Making Model Shmurah Matzot
Under Supervision of Rabbi Yosef Schanowitz
(Please reserve to assure enough flour and water. Bring an apron.)
When the Children of Israel left Egypt, they were in such a hurry that there was no time to wait for the dough to rise. They therefore ate matzah, unleavened bread. With only this food (but with great faith), they relied on the Almighty to provide sustenance for the entire Jewish nation—men, women and children. Each year, to remember this, Children of Israel eat matzah on the first two nights of Pesach, thereby fulfilling the Torah’s commandment, “Matzot shall you eat . . .” Continue reading