Corn: 1840’s Agricultural Snapshot

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

Early arrivers: Tour at 12:30 PM of Garfield Farm and Inn

Podcast courtesy of WBEZ’s Chicago Amplified

Chuck Bauer, will lecture on the history of corn.  There will be discussion of the type used in the 1840’s and how farmers manipulated corn to create the variety we have today.  Continue reading →

Asian Culinary Evolution

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Presented by
Bruce Cost
Chef, Author and Culinary Partner,
Big Bowl

Big Bowl Restaurant
6 E. Cedar
Chicago

Podcast courtesy of WBEZ’s Chicago Amplified

It seems that it wasn’t that long ago in America when an exotic Asian dinner was chicken Chop Suey , or even MORE adventuresome, Chicken Chow Mein, with egg roll. We’ve come a long way, baby, and who better than to take us on our Asian culinary journey than Bruce Cost. Continue reading →

When Extra-Virgin Olive Oil Wed Balsamic Vinegar, the rest was History

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Presented by
Rick Petrocelly
Founder and Owner, The Olive Tap, Long Grove, IL

Podcast courtesy of WBEZ’s Chicago Amplified

A culinary dynamic duo with ancient origins is titillating contemporary palates like never before. Join us as the well-oiled Rick Petrocelly leads us through the history of olive oils and balsamic vinegars from their ancient origins to modern times. Rick will also share his passion by detailing the radical changes that have occurred in the past 20 years regarding availability, varietals, and use. Continue reading →

A Tour of Kendall College’s “Culinary Curiosity Exhibition”

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Victoria K. Matranga,
Curator

Please reserve to allow us to plan for additional tour groups and staggered tours, if needed.

The Culinary Curiosity exhibition features devices and documentation generously donated by Mel and Janet Mickevic. Mr. Mickevic, a retired food scientist, inherited antique food preparation equipment from his parents and from Janet’s father, a candy technologist and researcher.  After World War II he began acquiring tools from many cultures.  His collecting was inspired by “a love of antique mechanical devices as examples of human ingenuity and problem-solving ability,” according to Dean Christopher Koetke.

Victoria Matranga, exhibition curator, is design programs coordinator for the International Housewares Association. She is the author of America at Home: A Celebration of Twentieth-Century Housewares. As a museum consultant, she has worked for clients such as Chicago’s Museum of Science and Industry.

Wear comfortable shoes, because this will be a walking tour of the exhibits located at seven locations throughout Kendall College.