Category Archives: Chicago Foodways Roundtable

Kitchens: The Culture of Restaurant Work

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Presented by
Gary Alan Fine, Ph.D. (GAF of LTHforum)

Podcast by Chicago Amplified of WBEZ Chicago

When the original research for Kitchens: The Culture of Restaurant Work was conducted in the 1980s, no broad, demanding public existed for fine dining. To be sure, gourmets were to be found in large cities and restaurants like Alice Waters’ Chez Panisse had made the Bay Area ground zero for what was to become an American dining revolution. Continue reading →

CONNIE’S PIZZA DEMYSTIFIED

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Presented by
Vince Di Vincenzo, Manager

Connie’s Pizza
2373 S. Archer Ave
(Just 3 blocks east of Halsted between Halsted and Canal.)
Chicago, Illinois
Free Parking

Cost: $12 per person for Pizza tasting

In 1963, a young entrepreneur named Jim Stolfe exchanged his Oldsmobile Starfire for a small storefront pizzeria on 26th Street on Chicago’s South Side. That Bridgeport storefront became the original home of Connie’s Pizza. By the time Mr. Stolfe could afford to change the sign on the front of the store . . . it was too late, the legend and reputation of Connie’s Pizza had already begun. Continue reading →

Thanksgiving: The Great American Holiday

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 Presented by
Penelope Bingham

Podcast

Podcast Courtesy of WBEZ’s Chicago Amplified

Nine out of ten Americans eat turkey on Thanksgiving, and most do so around a family table. Food and tradition are the heart and soul of this most-loved, most-observed holiday. Thanksgiving has become the origin myth of America and the expression of deeply held American cultural ideals. Continue reading →