Presented by
Louisa Chu
Podcast courtesy of WBEZ’s Chicago Amplified
What’s it like to be suddenly thrust on camera with Anthony Bourdain? Where was the eeriest location to sip pre-ban absinthe? How does the food actually taste on Iron Chef America? Louisa Chu, chef and food journalist, will answer these questions and more with first-hand reports from behind the scenes of food television. Continue reading
Presented by
Timothy Brook
Lao Sze Chuan
2172 S. Archer Ave., 2nd Floor
Chicago, IL 60616
312 326-5040
website: http://www.laoszechuan.com
Dinner will be family style with tables choosing from the menu and sharing costs. Please reserve in advance to allow adequate seating.
Johannes Vermeer’s paintings have haunted viewers with their beauty and mystery for centuries. Continue reading
Presented by
Richard Lytle
Podcast Courtesy of WBEZ’s Chicago Amplified
A few years ago, several Roundtable members attended the Hammond, Indiana Historical Society’s cemetery tour. At the grave of Marcus Towle, we learned he opened a slaughterhouse with his partner George Hammond in 1869. Continue reading
Presented by
Bruce Kraig, PhD
War is a great driver of changes in all human societies. As Von Clauswitz, famously said, war is an instrument of political policy. And politics are the external expressions of drives and themes in a society, from economics, to social conditions and cultural perceptions. Continue reading
Presented by
Leah Zeldes
In the pantheon of Jewish festival foods, the Hanukkah latke may be the
tastiest. The Jewish festival of Hanukkah began about 164 B.C.E., after
a small tribe of Jews triumphed over the Syrian-Greek rulers of
Jerusalem and the rededicated their Temple. Continue reading