Two Great Chefs: Chicago’s Evolution as a Food Mecca

Kris Hogan, Tony Mantuano, John Hogan, Cathy Mantuano 

Come join us as two of Chicago’s most acclaimed chefs, John Hogan and Tony Mantuano, look back on their 40+ year careers in Europe and Chicago, and reveal how our city has evolved as a world class food destination since the 1980’s, the significant changes in the restaurant industry, the farm-to-table movement, and their vision of restaurants in the future. Continue reading

Leftovers A History of Food Waste & Preservation

Presented by Eleanor Barnett, PhD
Podcast

A third of all the food we produce goes to waste globally, and if all this needlessly discarded food were a country it would be the third largest emitter of greenhouse gases in the world after China and the US! How did we become such a wasteful society? What can we learn about building a sustainable food future by looking to the past? Continue reading