Presented by
Trudy Knauss Paradis

Trudy Paradis will recount the lately forgotten story of the Germans in Milwaukee and the profound influence these German-speaking immigrants and their descendants had upon the dynamic city of today.   From the early German-speaking arrivals to Milwaukee County in the 1830s, to the vibrant “German Athens on Lake Michigan” which these immigrants and their children created, to the suppression of German identity following the two World Wars, to the renaissance of German ancestral pride of today. Continue reading →

 Presented by
Ellen F. Steinberg, Ph.D. and Eleanor Hudera Hanson

‘Learning to Cook in 1898: A Chicago Culinary Memoir’ presented by Ellen F. Steinberg and Eleanor Hudera Hanson.    Learning to Cook in 1898 is more than just a cookbook or a collection of nostalgic recipes. Continue reading →

Presented by
Joe McFarland

The increasing popularity of wild mushroom cookery in America is limited by a surprisingly one-dimensional understanding of wild mushrooms. Not all wild mushrooms taste alike, no more than all vegetables taste alike, or all meats taste alike. Continue reading →

Arranged by
Colleen Taylor Sen, Ph.D.

Village Hut
130 E. Army Trail Rd.
Glendale Heights, IL 60139
(630) 893-5800

The only religion in the world that is unconditionally vegetarian is Jainism, one of the eight religions of India. Jainism developed what is now northern India in the 6^th century BCE and today has several million adherents. The cardinal rule of Jainism is ahimsa, translated as noninjury or nonviolence, which was adopted by Mahatma Gandhi. Continue reading →

presented by
Authors David Joachim and Andy Schloss

You’re about to get grilled:

Did you know that in 1915, when Americans were happily driving Model T automobiles made with wood, Henry Ford was turning the wood scraps into another profitable business: charcoal briquettes.  Continue reading →