From a city associated with steak and the stockyards, Chicago has become a capitol of innovative, even avant-garde cuisine—but how? That’s the story that James Beard-winning Chicago food journalist Michael Gebert tells in The Chicago Way: An Oral History of Chicago Dining (Agate, $36.00). https://www.agatepublishing.com/97815728…/the-chicago-way/
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How Vienna Changed Baking Everywhere
Presented by Rick Rodgers
Podcast
Podcast
Rick Rodgers’ book, Kaffeehause: Exquisite Desserts from Vienna, Budapest, and Prague, has been in print for over two decades. Its longevity is primarily due to the luscious recipes, which are so different from those in the Franco-Italo canon.
Chicago’s Astounding Food Evolution: 1990 ’til Now
Presented by Chef Dean Zanella, founder and instructor, Tutore Italian Cooking School
The past 35 years have seen a sea change in Chicago dining. And who better than to take us on a voyage through this period than a master chef who has sailed through this time? Continue reading
The Story of Chicago’s South Asians and Their Food
Presented by Colleen Taylor Sen, PhD
Podcast
Chicago has the country’s third-largest urban population of South Asians (a community that includes Indians, Pakistanis, Bangladeshis, and Nepalis) – and a vibrant South Asian food scene. 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