Political banqueting helped start their 1848 revolution that was followed by dozens and dozens more revolutions all over Europe. In 1900 the French government had an elaborate food fight with the Paris City Council. Continue reading
Category Archives: Chicago Foodways Roundtable
Junk Food and Fast Food with a side of Turkey
Presented by
Andy Smith
Eating junk food and fast food is a great all-American passion. American kids and grownups love their candy bars, Big Macs and supersized fries, Doritos, Twinkies, and Good Humor ice cream bars. Through increased globalization, American popular food culture is being increasingly emulated elsewhere in the world. Continue reading
Oral History Workshop
Presented by
Emma Kowalenko
Chicago Oral History Roundtable
Oral history workshop prepares participants on how to capture history preserved in our midst through recollections and stories. This is the first stepping stone to our first Roundtable project: collecting oral histories of early television cooking show pioneers. Continue reading
Belgians in Chicago
Who would be up for a tour of the sites of Belgian settlement in Chicago?
What, you say, Belgians? In Chicago?! Yes and yes.
Conducted by Krista Reynen
(Who wrote the entry on Belgians in the Encyclopedia of Chicago)
The tour will start at 12 pm (to accommodate the church). We will meet in front of St. John Berchmans Church at Logan Boulevard. There are no steps to get into the church at the moment but we will enter via a side entrance. Continue reading
Just what is American Food?
A program by
Penelope Bingham
“Just what is “American Food”? Raymond Sokolov says there is no such thing, David Rosengarten says “It’s All American Food”. It seems that every food historian and critic has an opinion on the subject, but there is no consensus. Continue reading