Comfort Food (and Wine) in America

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Presented by:
Chef Susan and Drew Goss,
Owners, West Town Tavern
and Introduced by
Nancy Ross Ryan
Food journalist, editor

West Town Tavern
1329 West Chicago Ave., Chicago

Podcast courtesy of WBEZ’s Chicago Amplified

A conversation about comfort food in America must start with the gathering of Europeans in the southeast portion of the country. There, British landowners, Scotch and Welsh sheepherders, Irish farmers and African slaves first stirred the melting pot that would become American cuisine. Continue reading →

“As Always, Julia” The real skinny on how “Mastering the Art of French Cooking” came to be

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Presented by:
Joan Reardon, PhD,
Author, Culinary Historian

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Do join us as one of Chicago’s own culinary treasures, Joan Reardon, shares the “backstory” of how the Julia Child/Avis DeVoto letters came to be published in her book, “As always, Julia: The letters of Julia Child & Avis DeVoto.” Dr. Reardon, who personally knew Julia, will also stress the letters’ importance in understanding the beloved woman who achieved iconic status in America’s culinary world.  Continue reading →

Lost German Chicago

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Lecture and tour
with Joseph Heinen

DANKhaus
4740 Western Avenue (south of Lawrence)
Chicago, IL

Podcast courtesy of WBEZ’s Chicago Amplified

The DANK-Haus in historic Lincoln Square presents “Lost German Chicago” in its newly created museum space. This exhibition features art, artifacts and memorabilia from Chicago’s German American community. Continue reading →

Appetite for Africa

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presented by:
Robert Launay, PhD
Program of African Studies, Northwestern University

Sikia Restaurant
Washburne Culinary Institute of Kennedy King College
740 W. 63rd St, Chicago

Podcast courtesy of WBEZ’s Chicago Amplified

It is hard to imagine two culinary traditions so different and yet so intimately related through history as the cuisines of the United States and of West Africa. Yet African cuisine remains a total mystery to most of the American public. Continue reading →

Hearth Cooking: Life in the 1840s

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Betsy Urven, interpreter of Wade House, Greenbush, WI

 Garfield Farm
3N016 Garfield Road. LaFox, IL (or St. Charles, IL), 630-584-8485
www.garfieldfarm.org      

Hands on hearth cooking class: $30.

Betsey Urven is the Lead Interpreter and History Field Trip Coordinator for Wade House stagecoach tavern.  Urven will oversee as guests prepare and cook a meal in a hearth similar to those used in 1840.  Dinner will be family style concluding with clearing the table and washing dishes. Continue reading →