Presented by Eleanor Barnett, PhD
Podcast
A third of all the food we produce goes to waste globally, and if all this needlessly discarded food were a country it would be the third largest emitter of greenhouse gases in the world after China and the US! How did we become such a wasteful society? What can we learn about building a sustainable food future by looking to the past? Continue reading
Presented by Colleen Taylor Sen
Hyderabad Kitchen
6242 North California Avenue | Chicago, IL 60659
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Thursday, June 27, 2024 at 6 PM Central Time
This event kicks off a series of dinners designed especially for members of the Culinary Historians of Chicago and Rogers Park West Ridge Historical Society (Historical Society) featuring the cuisines of different regions of India, including Hyderabad, Gujarat, Punjab, Kerala, Maharashtra and perhaps more. Continue reading
Presented by Carolyn Berg, David Hammond, Catherine Lambrecht
Monday, May 20, 2024 at 7 PM Central Time
This year will be the fourth generation of Brood XIII cicadas I have encountered. For those emerging soon, I have known their parents, grandparents and great-grandparents. Continue reading
Presented by Catherine Lambrecht, and
Nicole Stocker, Museum Education Manager, Dunn Museum
Dive into the Dunn Museum’s collections to explore two 1800s Crofton family cookbooks that were used at Fort Sheridan with guest speaker Cathy Lambrecht and Museum Educator Nicole Stocker. Learn more about the Crofton family’s time at Fort Sheridan and hear about Cathy and Nicole’s experiences at testing out some of the recipes. Continue reading
We’ve all heard of the classic BBQ styles from regions like Kansas City, Memphis or Texas-style. But what about Chicago-style BBQ?
From Rib tips to Hot Links to Mild Sauce and more, Chicago Chef and Pitmaster Dominique Leach of the Black-Women-Queer-Owned and award-winning restaurant Lexington Betty’s Smokehouse, plus the 2023 winner and the current reigning “MASTER OF ‘CUE” of the Food Network’s Hit Show BBQ Brawl , is making it her mission to further define this unique style and put it on the map in 2024. And she’s calling on a few more experts to help! Continue reading