Category Archives: Chicago Foodways Roundtable

Chicago’s Second Greatest Fire: UNION STOCK YARDS FIRE OF 1934

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Presentation by
Jeff Stern

With less than four inches of rain having fallen since the first of the year, and temperatures hitting 92 degrees on May 19, 1934, Chicago was vulnerable. It took only a carelessly tossed cigarette in the Union Stock Yards that Saturday afternoon to set off the most destructive blaze since the Great Fire of 1871. Continue reading →

Mrs. Charles Darwin’s Recipe Book

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Presentation by
Weslie Janeway

Tuesday, November 10th, 2009 at 7 PM

Podcast recorded by WBEZ’s Chicago Amplified

Ina’s
1235 West Randolph Street
Chicago, IL 60607
http://www.breakfastqueen.com

While scientist Charles Darwin pursued research and theory, his wife Emma Wedgwood Darwin, like many women of her time, kept a notebook filled with recipes, culinary instructions and personal anecdotes about everyday life in the Darwin household. Continue reading →

Pumpkins and Squashes: Evolution in an American Family’s Folk Food

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Presentation by
Aggie “The Tomato Lady” Nehmzow

Podcast courtesy of WBEZ’s Chicago Amplified

Last October on a sunny day with puffy clouds arranged gloriously across the horizon, three generation of Nehmzow women set out for Heap’s Giant Pumpkin Farm. Our mission was threefold: culinary, decorative and diversity. Continue reading →

All the World Loves a Curry

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Talk by Colleen Taylor Sen and Lunch

Bhabi’s Kitchen
6352 North Oakley
Chicago

Podcast courtesy of WBEZ’s Chicago Amplified

Curry is one of the most widely used—and misused—terms in the culinary lexicon. Outside of India, the word curry is often used as a catchall to describe any Indian dish or Indian food in general, yet Indians rarely use it to describe their own cuisine. Continue reading →