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Don Ahlm

Swedish American Museum Tour
Recorded at Swedish American Museum on August , 2017

Terese Allen

Madison’s Magical Market
Available on YouTube
Recorded via Zoom on September 20, 2023

Chef Sanford D’Amato

Before the Food Network
Recorded at Kendall College School for Culinary Arts on October 26th 2013

Maribel Anama

The Frosting on the (Filipino) Cake: A family carries on their matriarch’s dessert legacy
Recorded at Kendall College on January 12, 2013 by WBEZ’s Chicago Amplified

Elizabeth Andoh

Kansha: Celebrating Japan’s Vegan & Vegetarian Traditions
Elizabeth Andoh
Recorded at the Chicago History Museum on October 30, 2010 by WBEZ’s Chicago Amplified

Mary Aregoni

Street Smarts on the Street Food of Vietnam
Mary Aregoni and Matt Eversman
Recorded at Kendall College on April 23, 2011 by WBEZ’s Chicago Amplified

Mawi Asgedom

Out of Ethiopia
Chef Almaz Yiginaw and Mawi Asgedom
Recorded at Chicago History Museum on April 17, 2010 by WBEZ’s Chicago Amplified

Leah Axelrod

Last Kitchen Tour of the Butz House, March 22, 2015
Recorded at the Butz House Museum of the Highland Park Historical Society on March 22, 2015

Eleanor Barnett

Leftovers A History of Food Waste & Preservation
Available on YouTube
Recorded via Zoom on November 9, 2024

Chuck Bauer

Corn: 1840’s Agricultural Snapshot
Recorded at Garfield Farms on September 20, 2009 by WBEZ’s Chicago Amplified

Martha Bayne

Soup & Bread: Building Community One Pot at a Time
Recorded at Kendall College on March 2, 2013 by WBEZ’s Chicago Amplified

Ann Flesor Beck

Sweet Greeks: First-Generation Immigrant Confectioners in the Heartland
Available to see on Facebook
Recorded via Zoom on November 10, 2020

Valerie Beck

From Cacao to Craft Chocolate Stories from the Past, Sustainability for the Future
Recorded at Kendall College on September 9, 2017

Susanne Belovari

Viennese Cuisine Prior to 1938
Recorded via Zoom on July 12, 2021

Melanie Benjamin

Culinary Memoir & Personal Essays: Turning a Bunch of Heartland Food Stories into an Anthology
Presented by Peggy Wolff
With readings by Carol Mighton Haddix and Melanie Benjamin
Recorded at Kendall College School of Culinary Arts on November 2, 2013

Rose Levy Beranbaum

Rose Levy Beranbaum: The Cookie Bible
Available on YouTube
Recorded via Zoom on December 12, 2022

Abra Berens

Midwestern Food – What is it?
Recorded at Weiss Memorial Hospital on June 8, 2019

Carlyn Berghoff

Cafe History a la Berghoff: How we ate then and now
Carlyn Berghoff and Nancy Ross Ryan
Recorded at Berghoff Cafe on March 6, 2010 by WBEZ’s Chicago Amplified

Amy Besa

Hidden Flavors of the Philippine Kitchen
Amy Besa and Chef Romy Dorotan
Recorded at Kendall College on September 28, 2017

Ranjana Bhargava

Street talking Indian street food
Available on YouTube
Recorded via Zoom on May 25, 2022

Penelope Bingham

Thanksgiving: The Great American Holiday
Recorded at Kendall College on November 22, 2008 by WBEZ’s Chicago Amplified

Sam Bilken

Fool’s Gold: A History of British Saffron
Available on YouTube
Recorded via Zoom on October 1, 2022

First Catch Your Gingerbread! UK Supper Clubs: What Are They?
Available on YouTube
Recorded via Zoom on October 30, 2021

John Birdsall

The Making of James Beard, An American Legend
Recorded via Zoom on April 14, 2021

Danial Block

Chicago: A Food Biography
Danial Block and Howard Rosing
Recorded at Kendall College on January 23, 2016

Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art

The Last Supper: Final Meals of U.S. Death Row Inmates
Recorded at the Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art on July 8, 2015

Jennifer Bollick

Historic Chicago Bakeries
Available on YouTube
Recorded via Zoom on January 12, 2022

Richard Bowen, PhD

Hot Dog Chicago: Circa 1983 and Beyond
Recorded at Kendall College on June 15, 2015

Jonathan Boyer

St. Chrys’s Table: Birth of a Cookbook
Elizabeth Richter, Jonathan Boyer, Isabel Carpenter, McLaurin Files, and Janet Russo
Available on YouTube
Recorded via Zoom on March 16, 2022

Eric Bronsky

Chicago’s Classic Restaurants: Past, Present, and Future
Presented by Neal Samors and Eric Bronsky
Recorded at Kendall College on February 4, 2012 by WBEZ’s Chicago Amplified

Anthony Buccini, PhD

From ‘Peanut Weddings’ to ‘Beef Stands:’ The Socio-Culinary History of Chicago’s ‘Italian Beef’
Available on YouTube
Recorded via Zoom on November 15, 2022

Viola Buitoni

What’s Behind Italy’s Ingredients?
Available on YouTube
Recorded via Zoom on October 4, 2023

Terry Burson

Julia’s Cats: Julia Child’s Life in the Company of Cats
Recorded at Kendall College, School of Culinary Arts on November 10, 2012

Margaret Carney, PhD

Anomalies and Curiosities of Dinnerware
Recorded at Kendall College on November 1, 2017

Well of the Sea
Recorded at Bethany Retirement Community on June 9, 2019

Isabel Carpenter

St. Chrys’s Table: Birth of a Cookbook
Elizabeth Richter, Jonathan Boyer, Isabel Carpenter, McLaurin Files, and Janet Russo
Available on YouTube
Recorded via Zoom on March 16, 2022

B. Marcus L. Cederström, PhD

Swedish Pancakes for Breakfast?
Available on YouTube
Recorded via Zoom on March 4, 2021

Adam Centamore

From Bean to Bar – Exploring the Complex World of Chocolate
Adam Centamore
Available on YouTube
Recorded via Zoom on February 28, 2024

Mooooving Day – Transhumance and the Impact on Dairy Cultures
Available on YouTube
Recorded via Zoom on January 25, 2023

Ann Chandonnet

What the Argonauts Ate
Recorded at Kendall College on November 21, 2015

Kelly Cheng

Beijing Duck and the Pandemic: The story of Chicago’s iconic Sun Wah BBQ
Available on YouTube
Recorded via Zoom on October 20, 2021

The Makings of Tasty Tofu
Recorded at Sun Wah BBQ on July 16, 2011 by WBEZ’s Chicago Amplified

Tofu Processing Tour
Recorded at Sun Xien Soy Products on June 2, 2012 by WBEZ’s Chicago Amplified

Louisa Chu

Behind the Scenes of Food Television
Presented by Louis Chu
Recorded at Kendall College on March 1, 2008 by WBEZ’s Chicago Amplified

Conversation with Chef Ken Hom interviewed by Louisa Chu
Recorded at Kendall College on June 3, 2011 by WBEZ’s Chicago Amplified

The Legitimacy and Legacy of Chinese Food in America
Recorded at Bethany Retirement Community on January 18, 2020

Chicago Trib’s New Restaurant Critics Exposed! Meet Louisa Chu and Nick Kindlesperger
Available on YouTube
Recorded via Zoom on July 28, 2021

Cynthia Clampitt

The Rule of Rum
Available to see on Facebook
Recorded via Zoom on June 18, 2020

The Sweet and Savory Tale of Australia: A look at Culinary History from the “Land Down Under”
Presented by native Aussie: Chef Naomi Levine, Tipsy Cake Bakery, Chicago and Cynthia Clampitt, Author, “Waltzing Australia”
February 7, 2009

Wild Boar to Baconfest: Pigs in History and Popular Culture
Recorded at Bethany Retirement Community on November 4, 2018

Charles Baker-Clark, PhD

The Spirit of Gumno
Recorded at Kendall College on October 31, 2015

Andrew Coe

“Chop Suey” A cultural history of Chinese Food in the U.S.
Recorded at Chicago History Museum on May 22, 2010 by WBEZ’s Chicago Amplified

Chef John Coletta

The Pleasure of Pasta
Chef John Coletta and Nancy Ross Ryan
Recorded at Quartino Restaurant on January 16, 2010 by WBEZ’s Chicago Amplified

Risotto and Beyond: The Heartfelt History of Italian Rice
Chef John Coletta interviewed by Monica Kass Rogers
Recorded at Weiss Memorial Hospital on June 2, 2018

Ron Conner

Ignite The Conversation: A Exploration Into Chicago-style BBQ
Dominique Leach (Lexington Betty Smokehouse) – Brian Jupiter (Frontier/Ina Mae Tavern)- Daniel Hammond (Smoky Soul BBQ)- Ron Conner (U Want Dat Smoke BBQ)
Monica Eng, Mike Gebert, Catherine Lambrecht
Recorded at Lexington Betty’s BBQ on February 25, 2024

Bruce Cost

Asian Culinary Revolution
Recorded at Kendall College on August 8, 2009

Chef Dana Cree

Big Scoop! Ice Cream Maven Gives Chilling Tales
Recorded at Kendall College on April 15, 2017

Barbara Daly

Learning Tour: Testa Produce
Recorded at Testa Produce on August 22, 2014

Subda R. Das, PhD

Bev-O-Metrics: Taste-Profiling Beverages with Spectroscopy
Recorded at Kendall College School for Culinary Arts on July 20, 2013

Dino Dean

Chicago Fire: How the Windy City Carved Its Niche In BBQ History
Recorded at Weiss Memorial Hospital on November 17, 2018

Chef DeRuvo

Why is Chicago Pizza City, USA?
Steve Dolinsky and Chef DeRuvo
Recorded at Davanti Enoteca, 1359 W. Taylor St, Chicago, IL on October 24, 2018.

Michaela DeSoucey

Easy Target: Foie Gras as a Pragmatic and Problematic Target for Animal Rights Organizations, Cities and Countries
Recorded at Kendall College on May 8, 2010 by WBEZ’s Chicago Amplified

Executive Chef Justin Diglia

The Mind of a Chef and the Secret of “Lettuce”
Recorded at Kendall College on December 2, 2017

Robert Dirks, PhD

Come & Get It! The Way We Ate 1830-2008
Recorded at Kendall College on November , 2011 by WBEZ’s Chicago Amplified

Food in the Gilded Age: What Ordinary American’s Ate
Recorded at the Chicago History Museum on May 21, 2015

Steve Dolinsky

Slicing into Chicago’s Pizza History
Available on YouTube
Recorded via Zoom on December 8, 2021

Why is Chicago Pizza City, USA?
Steve Dolinsky and Chef DeRuvo
Recorded at Davanti Enoteca, 1359 W. Taylor St, Chicago, IL on October 24, 2018.

Andrew Dornenburg

Flavored with History
Presented by Karen Page and Andrew Dornenburg
Recorded at Roosevelt University on November 15, 2008 by Chicago Amplified of WBEZ Chicago

Chef Romy Dorotan

Hidden Flavors of the Philippine Kitchen
Amy Besa and Chef Romy Dorotan
Recorded at Kendall College on September 28, 2017

Chef Curtis Duffy

After fall from Grace, Chef and Business Partner plan the best Ever
Chef Curtis Duffy and Business Partner Michael Muser interviewed by Monica Eng
Recorded at Bethany Retirement Community on November 2, 2019

Naomi Duguid

Naomi Duguid, A Salty Talk
Available on YouTube
Recorded via Zoom on November 30, 2022

Passion for Persia
Naomi Duguid
Recorded at Kendall College on October 1, 2016

Teri Edelstein, PhD

Feeding the Art Deco Spirit
Available on YouTube
Recorded via Zoom on October 16, 2023

Monica Eng

Made in Chicago: Stories Behind 30 Great Hometown Bites
Monica Eng and David Hammond
Available on YouTube
Recorded via Zoom on April 6, 2023

The Legitimacy and Legacy of Chinese Food in America
Louisa Chu and Monica Eng
Recorded at Bethany Retirement Community on January 18, 2020

Patty Penzey Erd and Tom Erd

Spicy Chicago Couple to Give Well-Seasoned Talk
Patty Penzey Erd and Tom Erd
Recorded at Bethany Retirement Community on July 27, 2019

Matt Eversman

Street Smarts on the Street Food of Vietnam
Mary Aregoni and Matt Eversman
Recorded at Kendall College on April 23, 2011 by WBEZ’s Chicago Amplified

Barbara Fairchild

Bonjour, Bon Appetite
Recorded at Kendall College on June 25, 2011 by WBEZ’s Chicago Amplified

The Original Food Pyramid: Beer, Bread, and Foie Gras
Recorded at Kendall College School of Culinary Arts on September 5, 2012

Renee Ferguson

Talk Turkey to Me!
Recorded at Kendall College on November 6, 2010 by WBEZ’s Chicago Amplified

Riva Feshbach

Exploring the Culinary Collections at the Newberry Library
Handout from the lecture
Recorded at Kendall College School on September 20, 2008 by WBEZ’s Chicago Amplified

McLaurin Files

St. Chrys’s Table: Birth of a Cookbook
Elizabeth Richter, Jonathan Boyer, Isabel Carpenter, McLaurin Files, and Janet Russo
Available on YouTube
Recorded via Zoom on March 16, 2022

Gary Alan Fine, PhD

Kitchens: The Culture of Restaurant Work
Presented by Gary Alan Fine, PhD
Recorded at Kendall College on January 24, 2009 by Chicago Amplified of WBEZ Chicago

Morel Tales: The Culture of Mushrooming
Recorded at Niles Historical and Cultural Center on May 7, 2018

Victoria Flexner

A History of the World in 10 Dinners
Victoria Flexner and Jay Reifel
Available on YouTube
Recorded via Zoom on December 11, 2023

Kathleen Flinn

Courting Le Cordon Bleu Love, Laughter and Tears in Paris at the World’s Most Famous Cooking School
Recorded at the Chicago History Museum on May 9, 2009 by WBEZ’s Chicago Amplified

Rachel Flinn

The Story of Algerian Pastries and an Epiphany
Recorded at Kendall College of June 16, 2012 by WBEZ’s Chicago Amplified

Dennis Foley

No Ketchup! Why Dennis Foley Ate 50 Hot Dogs in 50 Days
Available to see on Facebook
Recorded via Zoom on October 22, 2020

Foodcultura: The Art and Anthropology of Cuisine

A Taste of FoodCultura
Presented by Students in Foodcultura: The Art and Anthropology of Cuisine, University of Chicago, Autumn 2019
Recorded at Bethany Retirement Community on Febuary 15, 2020

A Taste of FoodCultura
Presented by Students in Foodcultura: The Art and Anthropology of Cuisine, University of Chicago, Autumn 2019
Recorded at Bethany Retirement Community on January 25, 2020

Sara B. Franklin

How Publishing Legend Judith Jones Shaped Culture in America
Available on YouTube
Recorded via Zoom on June 10, 2024

Chef Gale Gand

“Gale Gand’s Slice of Pastry History” Some sweet observations
Recorded at Kendall College on June 5, 2010 by WBEZ’s Chicago Amplified

Last Night on the Titanic: Unsinkable Drinking, Dining and Style
Veronica Hinke and Chef Gale Gand
Recorded at Bethany Retirement Community on October 10, 2019

Julia Gardner

Recipes for Domesticity: Cookery, Household Management, and the Notion of Expertise
Recorded at the Regenstein Library on May 4, 2013 by WBEZ’s Chicago Amplified

Rob Gardner and Sophie Gardner

Be a Locavore, Put More Local on Your Table
Recorded at Kendall College on June 14, 2008 by WBEZ’s Chicago Amplified

Christopher Garlington

Beat Cop’s Guide to Chicago Eats
with Sgt. David J. Haynes and Christopher Garlington
Recorded at Kendall College on March 24, 2012 by WBEZ’s Chicago Amplified

Vincent Clarence Price, Inventor and Businessman
and Eating Vincent Price
Ed Link and Christopher ‘Bull’ Garlington, respectively
Recorded at Kendall College of Culinary Arts on May 30, 2015

Diana Garvin

Feeding Fascism: The Politics of Women’s Food Work
Available on YouTube
Recorded via Zoom on May 13, 2022

Michael Gebert

Fooditor. Eat Chicago. Drink Chicago. Read Chicago
Recorded at Kendall College on December 9, 2017

Gordon Sinclair – Live!
Available to see on Facebook
Recorded via Zoom on January 13, 2021

Kevin Gillespie

We’re Not Just Whistlin’ Dixie: The South’s Beloved Cuisine Evolves
Recorded at Kendall College School of Culinary Arts on October 13, 2012 by WBEZ’s Chicago Amplified

Barbara Glunz

25 Years of Great Chicago Cooking and Drinking
Presented by Carol Haddix and Barbara Glunz
Recorded at Kendall College on January 26, 2008

Nandita Godbole

Much ado about masalas – a deep dive into Indian cuisine
Available on YouTube
Recorded via Zoom on August 31, 2023

Darra Goldstein

Fire and Ice: Classic Nordic Cooking
Recorded at Chicago History Museum on November 7, 2015

Jonathon Goldsmith

Pizza According the the Gospel of Pollack and Goldsmith
Presented by Penny Pollack and Jonathon Goldsmith
Recorded at Spacca Napoli on September 26, 2009

Meathead Goldwyn

Old Husbands Tales: Barbecue Myths that Deserve to Die
Recorded at Kendall College on June 17, 2017

Chef Susan and Drew Goss

Comfort Food (and Wine) in America
Recorded at West Town Tavern on February 12, 2011 by WBEZ’s Chicago Amplified

Tim and Rebekah Graham

Community Cookbooks: Inspiring Twain Restaurant’s Midwestern Menu
Recorded at Bethany Retirement Community on January 12, 2019

Dorie Greenspan

Paris Confidential: The Sinful Creations That French People Bake Behind Closed Doors
Presented by Dorie Greenspan, tell-all French culinary chronicler
Recorded at Kendall College School of Culinary Arts on November 8, 2014

Carol Haddix

25 Years of Great Chicago Cooking and Drinking
Presented by Carol Haddix and Barbara Glunz
Recorded at Kendall College on January 26, 2008

Chicago Food Encyclopedia Debuts
Carol Haddix and Colleen Taylor Sen
Recorded at Kendall College on October 28, 2017

A Lifetime in Food
Recorded at the Chicago History Museum on August 13, 2011 by WBEZ’s Chicago Amplified

Daniel Hammond

David Hammond

Cicadas, anyone?
Carolyn Berg, David Hammond and Catherine Lambrecht
Available of YouTube
Recorded via Zoom on May 20, 2024

Made in Chicago: Stories Behind 30 Great Hometown Bites
Monica Eng and David Hammond
Available on YouTube
Recorded via Zoom on April 6, 2023

Will Write for Food
Recorded at Kendall College on October 2, 2010 by WBEZ’s Chicago Amplified

Chef Paula Haney

The Life of Pie: Chicago’s Crusty History
Recorded at Kendall College School of Culinary Arts on September 28, 2014

Sgt. David J. Haynes

Beat Cop’s Guide to Chicago Eats
with Sgt. David J. Haynes and Christopher Garlington
Recorded at Kendall College on March 24, 2012 by WBEZ’s Chicago Amplified

Heidi Hedecker

Some Sweet Talk: Discover how the Midwest refined the nation’s sweet tooth through a delicious mix of immigrant traditions and American ingenuity.
Presented by Jenny Lewis and Heidi Hedecker
Recorded at Chicago History Museum on January 18, 2012 by WBEZ’s Chicago Amplified

Joseph Heinen

Lost German Chicago
Recorded at DankHaus on January 8, 2011 by WBEZ’s Chicago Amplified

Veronica Hinke

Last Night on the Titanic: Unsinkable Drinking, Dining and Style
Veronica Hinke and Chef Gale Gand
Recorded at Bethany Retirement Community on October 10, 2019

Jon Hoek

The American Family Farm –its history, evolution and impact on us all|
Recorded at Washburne Culinary Institute of Kennedy King College on August 28, 2010 by WBEZ’s Chicago Amplified

Peter Hoffman

How Ingredients Shaped a Chef
Available on YouTube
Recorded via Zoom on September 29, 2021

Chef Ken Hom

Conversation with Chef Ken Hom interviewed by Louisa Chu
Recorded at Kendall College on June 3, 2011 by WBEZ’s Chicago Amplified

Vivian Howard

How the Frugality of Rural Foodways Reshaped this Nationally Acclaimed Chef
Available to see on Facebook
Recorded via Zoom on March 24, 2021

Nadja Huthmann, M.A.

Beyond repletion: Discovering functions of German food in Chicago
Recorded at Kendall College on September 23, 2017

Raghavan Iyer

16,000 years of Global Potato History
Available to see on Facebook
Recorded via Zoom on May 27, 2020

Diane Jacob

Will Write for Food
Recorded at Kendall College on October 2, 2010 by WBEZ’s Chicago Amplified

John and Sukey Jamison

What Ewe Always Wanted to Know About Lamb Farming In The U.S.
Available on YouTube
Recorded via Zoom on August 24, 2022

Weslie Janeway

Mrs. Charles Darwin’s Recipe Book
Recorded at Ina’s on November 10, 2009 by WBEZ’s Chicago Amplified

Wilbert Jones

The Flavor of Africa
Recorded at Kendall College on March 23, 2013 by WBEZ’s Chicago Amplified

Jennifer Jordan, PhD

Edible Memory: The Lure of Heirloom Tomatoes and Other Forgotten Foods
Recorded at Kendall College on September 12, 2015

LaManda Joy

Chicago Victory Gardens: Yesterday and Tomorrow
Recorded at Kendall College on March 20, 2010 by WBEZ’s Chicago Amplified

Sharon Joyce

A Culinary History of Downeast Maine
Recorded at Bethany Retirement Community on December 7, 2019

Brian Jupiter

Amelia V. Katanski

Impact of American Indian Boarding School Education on Great Lakes Indigenous Foodways:
A Case Study of the Lac du Flambeau Reservation
Recorded at Kendall College School of Culinary Arts on January 31, 2015

Ed Kelley

The Goelitz Family: Jelly Belly
Recorded at Grayslake History Center on December 5, 2015

Sarah Peters Kernan, PhD

Whoever Said the English Can’t Cook? Cookbooks from 1300 to 1700 Prove Otherwise!
Recorded at Weiss Memorial Hospital on April 27, 2018

Beth Kimmerlee

Sweet Home Chicago: Chocolate and Confectionery Production and Technology in the Windy City
Recorded at the John Crerar Library on March 12, 2011 by WBEZ’s Chicago Amplified

Nick Kindlesperger

Chicago Trib’s New Restaurant Critics Exposed! Meet Louisa Chu and Nick Kindlesperger
Available on YouTube
Recorded via Zoom on July 28, 2021

Ellen King

Beholding a Grainy History: A Woman Named King Is a Queen of Our Local Bread Scene
Recorded at Weiss Memorial Hospital on March 9, 2019

Samuel Klee, PhD Candidate

When Potato Fields were Prisons: Unfree Farm Labor in McHenry County during World War II
Recorded via Zoom on April 5, 2020

Chef Christopher Koetke

International Inspirations – Culinary Lessons Learned on the Road
Recorded at Weiss Memorial Hospital on January 13, 2018

Sandra Koll of Floriole

Laminations Be Praised! How Croissants Came to Be, and Other Crusty Tales
Recorded at Weiss Memorial Hospital on July 21, 2018

Korean Cultural Center of Chicago

Let’s Eat! Celebrating with Food
Debbie Fandrei, Raupp Museum
Korean Cultural Center of Chicago
Recorded at the Raupp Museum on November 13, 2021

Stephanie Kowalyk

Mycology 101: Preparation, Preservation, Pickling and Eating Wild, and Not So Wild, Mushrooms
Stephanie Kowalyk and Catherine Lambrecht
Recorded at Kendall College on August 3, 2015

Bruce Kraig, PhD

American Food has a History You Won’t Believe!
Recorded at Weiss Memorial Hospital on March 17, 2018

CIVILIZED DINING PHILOSOPHIES: WE ALL HAVE OUR TRUTHS, IS MINE THE SAME AS YOURS?
Colleen Sen and Bruce Kraig
March 14, 2009

DOUBLE DOG DARE YOU! IF YOU MISS DOUG SOHN OF HOT DOUG’S OR BRUCE KRAIG, HOT DOG: A GLOBAL HISTORY, YOU LOSE!
Presented by Doug Sohn and Bruce Kraig
Recorded at Kendall College on May 6, 2009 by WBEZ’s Chicago Amplified

Food Revolution: How the Civil War Changed Food in America
Recorded at Lake County Discovery Museum on April 9, 2011 by WBEZ’s Chicago Amplified

Barbara Kuck

Chef Louis Szathmáry and “The Bakery” Restaurant
Presented by Barbara Kuck
Recorded at Kendall College on May 17, 2008 by WBEZ’s Chicago Amplified

Food in the Atomic Age
Recorded at Lake County Discovery Museum on January 17, 2010 by WBEZ’s Chicago Amplified

Bill Kurtis

Grain-fed VS Grass Fed: What’s the Beef?
Recorded at the Roosevelt University on July 19, 2008 by WBEZ’s Chicago Amplified

Chef Michael Lackowicz

Chicago’s evolving restaurant scene: How can the cherished small guy survive?
Recorded at Bethany Retirement Community on February 22, 2020

Catherine Lambrecht

Cicadas, anyone?
Carolyn Berg, David Hammond and Catherine Lambrecht
Available of YouTube
Recorded via Zoom on May 20, 2024

Examining History through Recipes: Crofton Cookbook (Manuscript cookbooks from Fort Sheridan, 1890s)
Catherine Lambrecht, Nicole Stocker
Available on YouTube
Recorded via Zoom on February 29, 2024

History of American Pies … and Illinois is well represented!
Available on YouTube
Recorded via Zoom on February 23, 2023

Family Heirloom Recipes from the Illinois State Fair, An Illinois Bicentennial Project
Recorded at Weiss Memorial Hospital on December 8, 2018

Mycology 101: Preparation, Preservation, Pickling and Eating Wild, and Not So Wild, Mushrooms
Stephanie Kowalyk and Catherine Lambrecht
Recorded at Kendall College on August 3, 2015

The Pie Must Go On — An American Pie Story
Recorded at Lexington College on November 19, 2011 by WBEZ’s Chicago Amplified

The Road Joyfully Traveled: Judging Family Heirloom Recipes at Midwestern State Fairs
Recorded at Kendall College School for Culinary Arts on September 27, 2014

Chef Eric Lanlard

The Making of a Pastry Chef: The journey from childhood passion to apprenticeship to the heights of the profession
Recorded at Kendall College School of Culinary Arts on September 30, 2012 by WBEZ’s Chicago Amplified

Robert Launay, PhD

Appetite for Africa
Recorded at Sikia Restaurant, Washburne Culinary Institute of Kennedy King College on December 18, 2010 by WBEZ’s Chicago Amplified

Dominique Leach

The Glory of Chicago-Style BBQ
Available on YouTube
Recorded via Zoom on October 30, 2024

Jerrold Leikin, MD

Agroterrorism: Food Poisoning Brought to a New Level!
Recorded at Chicago History Museum on May 18, 2013 by WBEZ’s Chicago Amplified

Robert Lemon

The Taco Truck: How Mexican Street Food is Transforming America
View presentation on YouTube
Recorded via Zoon on June 2, 2021

Jared Leonard

Aye, there’s the rub!
Chicago’s Bold BBQ History
Recorded at Kendall College School for Culinary Arts on July 13, 2013

Kaitlin and Sarah Leung

Chinese Home Cooking from the Woks of Life
Kaitlin and Sarah Leung
Available on YouTube
Recorded via Zoom on December 8, 2022

Chef Naomi Levine

Jenny Lewis

Chicago’s Dandy Candy History
Jenny Lewis
Recorded at Lexington College on November 13, 2010 by WBEZ’s Chicago Amplified

Russell Lewis

Chicago’s Meaty History: from our Stockyards to Our Steakhouses
Recorded at Weiss Memorial Hospital on September 15, 2018

Yanna Liakouras

The History of Greektown’s Parthenon
Presented by Yanna Liakouras & Camille Stagg
Recorded at Chicago History Museum on August 8, 2008 by WBEZ’s Chicago Amplified

Ed Link

Lucy Long, PhD

The Multiple Heritages of Irish Soda Bread
Available on YouTube
Recorded via Zoom on March 13, 2023

Apples in the Midwestern Imagination
Recorded at Bethany Retirement Community on April 6, 2019

Jan Longone

The Old Girl Network: Charity Cookbooks and the Empowerment of Women
Recorded at Kendall College on April 20, 2013 by WBEZ’s Chicago Amplified

Richard Lytle

GEORGE H. HAMMOND AND MARCUS M. TOWLE: FORGOTTEN PIONEERS OF THE BEEF PACKING INDUSTRY
Recorded at Kendall College on February 2, 2008 by WBEZ’s Chicago Amplified

Deborah Madison

An Onion in My Pocket
Available to see on Facebook
Recorded via Zoom on December 9, 2020

Valentina Masotti

Live from Rome: A Slice of Rice — Italian Style
Available of YouTube
Recorded via Zoom on June 10, 2023

Emily Martin

A Tale of Two Food Journalists: ‘Jane Eddington’ of Chicago Tribune, 1910-1930 and Alma Lach of Chicago Sun-Times, 1957-1965
Emily Martin and Kimberly Wilmot Voss
Available on YouTube
Recorded via Zoom on November 17, 2021

Nancie McDermott

The South’s Fruity History
Recorded at Imperial Towers on November 4, 2017

A Treasure Trove of Thai
Nancie McDermott
Recorded at the Chicago History Museum on November 14, 2009 by WBEZ’s Chicago Amplified

Jennifer McLagan

Bitter: A Taste of the World’s Most Dangerous Flavor
Recorded at Kendall College School of Culinary Arts on April 11, 2015

From Haggis to Headcheese — The Fall and Rise of Odd Bits
Recorded at Kendall College on March 17, 2012 by WBEZ’s Chicago Amplified

Chef Michael Maddox

The Making of a Chicago Master Chef and Chicago’s Food Evolution
Available on YouTube
Recorded via Zoom on March 30, 2022

Alain Maes

French Restaurants in Chicago: A 75-Year Retrospective 1924-1999
Recorded at Bethany Retirement Community on February 2, 2019

Yvonne Maffei

Breaking the Fast at a Ramadan Iftar at Khan BBQ
Recorded at Khan BBQ on July 1, 2014

Ramadan Food Rituals: The Way of Eating During the Islamic Holy Month of Fasting
Recorded at Kendall College on July 14, 2012

Suzanne Martinson

The View from the Kitchen: An Upstairs-Downstairs Look at Frank Lloyd Wright’s Most Famous House
Presented by Suzanne Martinson, Author, Food Editor, with Linda Mitzel, Photographer
Recorded at the Chicago History Museum on December 19, 2009 by WBEZ’s Chicago Amplified

Dylan Maysick

The Soul of Jewish Food
Dylan Maysick, co-owner Diaspora Dinners
Available on YouTube
Recorded via Zoom on May 22, 2024

Ted Merwin

Pastrami on Rye: An Overstuffed History of the Jewish Deli
Presented by Ted Merwin, PhD
Recorded at Kendall College on December 15, 2012 by WBEZ’s Chicago Amplified

Michael Mikusch

Raising Austria: The History of Austrian Breads
Recorded at Kendall College on October 29, 2011 by WBEZ’s Chicago Amplified

Adrian Miller

Black Smoke: African-Americans and the United States of Barbecue
View presentation on YouTube
Recorded via Zoom on May 19, 2021

The Story of the African Americans Who Have Fed Our First Family
Recorded at Kendall College on February 11, 2017

Linda Mitzel

Antoni Miralda

Maggi Galaxy
Stephan Palmié and Antoni Miralda
Recorded at Bethany Retirement Community on November 9, 2019

Channon Mondoux

Talking Turkey (The country, that is)
Recorded at the Chicago History Museum on April 11, 2009 by WBEZ’s Chicago Amplified

Diane Morgan

Exploring Root Vegetables: Dug from the Dirt Underdogs of the Vegetable World
Presented by Diane Morgan
Recorded at Kendall College on October 20, 2012 by WBEZ’s Chicago Amplified

Kitty Morse

Bitter Sweet: A Wartime Journal and Heirloom Recipes from Occupied France
Available on YouTube
Recorded via Zoom on February 15, 2023

Michael Muser

Carolyn Nadeau, PhD

Constructions of Taste in Francisco Martinez Montino’s Cookbook
Recorded at Bethany Retirement Community on March 3, 2018

Chef Carrie Nahabedian

How Chicago Became a National Food Shrine: A Master Chef Dishes on Our Delicious History
Recorded at Weiss Memorial Hospital on August 18, 2018

Joan Nathan

My Life in Recipes: Food Family and Memories
Available on YouTube
Recorded via Zoom on August 14, 2024

Aggie ‘The Tomato Lady’ Nehmzov

Pumpkins and Squashes: Evolution in an American Family’s Folk Food
Recorded at Kendall College of November 7, 2009 by WBEZ’s Chicago Amplified

Kara Newman

The Secret Financial Life of Food
Recorded at Kendall College on April 22, 2013 by WBEZ’s Chicago Amplified

Clara Orban, PhD

Illinois Has a Lot to Wine About: A Toast and Tasting to Our State’s Great History
Recorded at Kendall College School of Culinary Arts December 13, 2014

John Ota

The Most Loved Room in the House: The Evolution of the American Kitchen
Available to see on Facebook and YouTube
Recorded via Zoom on July 15, 2020

The Pilgrim Kitchen The Harvest Celebration of 1621: Plimoth Patuxet Museum, Plymouth Massachusetts
Available on YouTube
Recorded via Zoom on November 9, 2021

Saralynn Pablo

Philippine Cuisine: A Plateful of History
Saralynn Pablo, Caitlin Preminger, Natalia Roxas
Recorded at Kendall College on October 10, 2015

Karen Page

Flavored with History
Presented by Karen Page and Andrew Dornenburg
Recorded at Roosevelt University on November 15, 2008 by Chicago Amplified of WBEZ Chicago

Eric Pallant

The Invisible 6,000 Year History of Sourdough
Available on YouTube
Recorded via Zoom on July 20, 2022

Stephan Palmié

Maggi Galaxy
Stephan Palmié and Antoni Miralda
Recorded at Bethany Retirement Community on November 9, 2019

Rick Petrocelly

When Extra-Virgin Olive Oil Wed Balsamic Vinegar, the Rest is History
Recorded at Chicago History Museum on July 25, 2009 by WBEZ’s Chicago Amplified

Jacquy Pfeiffer

The Art and Soul of French Pastry
Recorded at Kendall College School for Culinary Arts on July 19, 2014

The Endangered Art of French Hospitality
Presented by Chef Jacquy Pfeiffer
Recorded at Kendall College on February 21, 2012 by WBEZ’s Chicago Amplified

Donna Pierce

The Rise of Black Cooks and the Soul of American Food
Interviewed Chef Marcus Samuelsson
Available to see on Facebook
Recorded via Zoom on February 15, 2021

Penny Pollack

Pizza According the the Gospel of Pollack and Goldsmith
Presented by Penny Pollack and Jonathon Goldsmith
Recorded at Spacca Napoli on September 26, 2009

Caitlin Preminger

Philippine Cuisine: A Plateful of History
Saralynn Pablo, Caitlin Preminger, Natalia Roxas
Recorded at Kendall College on October 10, 2015

Alex Prud’homme

Alex Prud’homme, Dinner with the President
Available on YouTube
Recorded via Zoom on July 12, 2023

Chandra Ram

How the Instant Pot Helped This Indian-American Forge Her Ethnic Identity
Recorded at Bethany Retirement Community on December 14, 2019

Ranjini Rao

From Cinnamon to Saffron: Demystifying Indian Cooking in the Western World
Recorded at Kendall College on January 19, 2013 by WBEZ’s Chicago Amplified

Justin Rashid

Flavors of the Fruitlands: An Ode to Michigan
Recorded at Robert Morris College on February 23, 2008 by WBEZ’s Chicago Amplified

Raupp Museum of Buffalo Grove

Let’s Eat! Celebrating with Food
Debbie Fandrei, Raupp Museum
Korean Cultural Center of Chicago
Recorded at the Raupp Museum on November 13, 2021

Chef Iliana Regan

Fieldwork: A Forager’s Memoir
Available on YouTube
Recorded via Zoom on May 1, 2023

Peter Regas

Pizzeria Uno and the Mysterious Origins of Deep Dish Pizza
Available to see on Facebook and YouTube
Recorded via Zoom on May 13, 2021

Thoughts on the Origins of Pizzerias in America and Chicago
Available to see on Facebook and YouTube
Recorded via Zoom on February 11, 2021

Jay Reifel

A History of the World in 10 Dinners
Victoria Flexner and Jay Reifel
Available on YouTube
Recorded via Zoom on December 11, 2023

Peter Reinhart

The Ten Commandments of Pizza
Available on YouTube
Recorded via Zoom on April 27, 2022

Bread Guru’s Never-Ending Quest for the Perfect Pizza
Recorded at Bethany Retirement Community on September 7, 2019

The Bread Revolution
Much Kneaded Information from Bread Guru
Recorded at Kendall College School of Culinary Arts on February 28, 2015

Chef William Reynolds

BBQ History Heats Up January
Recorded at Kendall College on January 30, 2016

Elizabeth Richter

Greening Green City Market: The past, present and future of a Chicago Treasure
Presented by: Elizabeth Richter, Sarah Stegner and Tracey Vowell
Recorded at Kendall College School for Culinary Arts on September 20, 2014

St. Chrys’s Table: Birth of a Cookbook
Elizabeth Richter, Jonathan Boyer, Isabel Carpenter, McLaurin Files, and Janet Russo
Available on YouTube
Recorded via Zoom on March 16, 2022

Monica Kass Rogers

Lost Recipes Found
Recorded at Kendall College on September 22, 2012

Risotto and Beyond: The Heartfelt History of Italian Rice
Chef John Coletta interviewed by Monica Kass Rogers
Recorded at Weiss Memorial Hospital on June 2, 2018

Howard Rosing

Chicago: A Food Biography
Danial Block and Howard Rosing
Recorded at Kendall College on January 23, 2016

Natalia Roxas

Philippine Cuisine: A Plateful of History
Saralynn Pablo, Caitlin Preminger, Natalia Roxas
Recorded at Kendall College on October 10, 2015

Carrie Roy, PhD

Come Where the Sacred Meets the Quivering Profane: Exploring the Public and Private Spheres of Lutefisk
Recorded at Kendall College on December 10, 2011 by WBEZ’s Chicago Amplified

Chad Rubel

O Canada! Food ex-pats miss when they live here.
Food Americans miss when they visit there.
Moderated by Chad Rubel
Recorded at Kendall College on June 19, 2010 by WBEZ’s Chicago Amplified

Colleen Rush

Low and Slow BBQ
Gary Wiviott and Colleen Rush
Recorded at Kendall College on June 27, 2009 by WBEZ’s Chicago Amplified

Janet Russo

St. Chrys’s Table: Birth of a Cookbook
Elizabeth Richter, Jonathan Boyer, Isabel Carpenter, McLaurin Files, and Janet Russo
Available on YouTube
Recorded via Zoom on March 16, 2022

Nancy Ross Ryan

Cafe History a la Berghoff: How we ate then and now
Carlyn Berghoff and Nancy Ross Ryan
Recorded at Berghoff Cafe on March 6, 2010 by WBEZ’s Chicago Amplified

The Pleasure of Pasta
Chef John Coletta and Nancy Ross Ryan
Recorded at Quartino Restaurant on January 16, 2010 by WBEZ’s Chicago Amplified

Bill St. James

Colombian Exchange
Hit World Like Culinary Comet
Available on YouTube
Recorded via Zoom on May 31, 2023

Amelia Saltsman

Farm to Table: California Cuisine in Late 19th-Century Los Angeles
Recorded at Chicago History Museum on June 21, 2008 by Chicago Amplified of WBEZ Chicago

Neal Samors

Chicago’s Classic Restaurants: Past, Present, and Future
Presented by Neal Samors and Eric Bronsky
Recorded at Kendall College on February 4, 2012 by WBEZ’s Chicago Amplified

Marcus Samuelsson

The Rise of Black Cooks and the Soul of American Food
Interviewed by Donna Pierce
Available to see on Facebook
Recorded via Zoom on February 15, 2021

Suvir Saran

Passage to India
Recorded at Ranjana Bhargava Cooking School on March 21, 2009 by WBEZ’s Chicago Amplified

Raeanne Sarazen

The Meticulous Process of Recipe Writing
Available on YouTube
Recorded via Zoom on September 18, 2024

Bill Savage

High and Dry on the North Shore
Recorded at Santi’s Garden, Highwood on September 20, 2018

Rabbi Yosef Schanowitz

Matzah, The Bread of Faith: Making Model Shmurah Matzot
Recorded at Central Avenue Synagogue, Highland Park, Illinois on March 22, 2015

Erik Schultz

Civil War Camp Cooks, 2019 Armchair Tour
Recorded at Weiss Memorial Hospital on July 13, 2019

Bob Schwartz

Never Put Ketchup on a Hot Dog
Presented by Bob Schwartz, Vienna Sausage
Recorded at Kendall College on December 13, 2008 by WBEZ’s Chicago Amplified

Pastry Chef Mark Seaman

The Bittersweet History of Chocolate in France
Recorded at Lexington College on February 20, 2010 by WBEZ’s Chicago Amplified

The Sweet History of French Pastry
Recorded at Kendall College on October 11, 2008 by WBEZ’s Chicago Amplified

Mindy Segal

One Smart Cookie Shares Crumbs of History
Recorded at Kendall College on July 18, 2015

Susi Gott Séguret

Truffles
Available on YouTube
Recorded via Zoom on January 10, 2023

Savoring Appalachia
Available on YouTube
Recorded via Zoom on October 25, 2022

Flo Selfman

Someone’s in the Kitchen with Dinah (Shore)
Available on YouTube
Recorded via Zoom on June 16, 2021

Colleen Taylor Sen, PhD

The Story of Chicago’s South Asians and Their Food
Colleen Taylor Sen, PhD
Available on YouTube
Recorded via Zoom on December 3, 2024

What you probably did not know about Indian Food
Available on YouTube
Recorded via Zoom on March 29, 2023

Currying Interest in Indian Cuisine, From Its Arrival in America to its Rise in Chicago
Recorded at Weiss Memorial Hospital on February 23, 2019

Chicago Food Encyclopedia Debuts
Carol Haddix and Colleen Taylor Sen
Recorded at Kendall College on October 28, 2017

How to Order in an Indian Restaurant . . . and Self Publish!
Colleen Sen
Recorded at Kendall College on September 18, 2010 by WBEZ’s Chicago Amplified

All the World Loves a Curry
Recorded at Bhabi’s Restaurant on October 3, 2009 by WBEZ’s Chicago Amplified

CIVILIZED DINING PHILOSOPHIES: WE ALL HAVE OUR TRUTHS, IS MINE THE SAME AS YOURS?
Colleen Sen and Bruce Kraig
March 14, 2009

Lynne Kirsche Shapiro

Food, Family and Tradition: Hungarian Kosher Family Recipes and Remembrances
Recorded at Hungarian Kosher Market, Skokie, Illinois on March 15, 2015

Uzma Sharif

“Chocolate With a Taste of Pakistan” East meets West in crossover confections
Presented by Uzma Sharif
Recorded at Kendall College on February 16, 2013 by WBEZ’s Chicago Amplified

Kantha Shelke, PhD

Pasta and Noodles
Recorded at Bethany Retirement Community on January 20, 2018

Sephira Bailey Shuttlesworth, PhD

Black Women in the Kitchen
Available on YouTube
Recorded via Zoom on February 9, 2022

Gordon Sinclair

Gordon Sinclair – Live!
Interviewed by Michael Gebert
Available to see on Facebook
Recorded via Zoom on January 13, 2021

Anupy Singla

From Awadh with Love: The Savory History of Indian Slow Cooking
Presented by Anupy Singla
Recorded at Barbara’s Bookstore on May 21, 2011 by WBEZ’s Chicago Amplified

What’s Your Hurry? Enjoy Our Curry!
A savory tale of what curry is–and isn’t
Recorded at Kendall College School of Culinary Arts on August 25, 2012

Andrew F. Smith

American Tuna and Drinking: A Doubleheader
Recorded at Kendall College on November 17, 2012 by WBEZ’s Chicago Amplified

Food Writing Workshop
Recorded at Kendall College on November 17, 2012 by WBEZ’s Chicago Amplified

The Not Always Sweet History of Sugar
Recorded at Kendall College on June 20, 2015

“The Potato, and The Civil War”
Recorded at the Chicago History Museum on March 26, 2011 by WBEZ’s Chicago Amplified

Starving the South: How the North Won the Civil War
Recorded at Highland Park Library on June 20, 2015

Thirty Turning Points in the Making of American Cuisine
Andrew Smith
Recorded at Lexington College on October 17, 2009 by WBEZ;s Chicago Amplified

What a Waste! Here’s what the world is doing to recover, reduce and recycle food waste
Available to see on Facebook
Recorded via Zoom on October 21, 2020

The Turkey, An American Story
Andrew F. Smith
Available on YouTube
Recorded via Zoom on November 3, 2022

Barry Sorkin

Smoque Signals: BBQ’s savory history satiates Chicago
Barry Sorkin and Gary Wiviott
Recorded at Kendall College on July 17, 2010 by WBEZ’s Chicago Amplified

Chef Belinda Smith-Sullivan

The Dark Side of Peach History
Recorded at Bethany Retirement Community on August 10, 2019

Douglas Sohn

Hot Dog! It’s Hot Doug! Bunside Chat with Chicago’s Wienie King
Recorded at Kendall College on September 26, 2015

Alan Solomon

Eat, Play, Love Our Neighborhoods
Recorded at Kendall College on February 26, 2011 by WBEZ’s Chicago Amplified

Camille Stagg

The History of Greektown’s Parthenon
Presented by Yanna Liakouras & Camille Stagg
Recorded at Chicago History Museum on August 8, 2008 by WBEZ’s Chicago Amplified

Sarah Stegner

Chef Aaron Steingold

Overrated Tradition: Why Fresh Perspective Will Save the Jewish Deli
Recorded at Weiss Memorial Hospital on May 4, 2019

Ellen Steinberg, PhD

Matzo Balls, Chopped Liver and the Midwest Jewish Foodways of the Heartland
Recorded at Chicago History Museum on September 24, 2011 by WBEZ’s Chicago Amplified

Nicole Stocker

David Strauss, PhD

Beating the Nazis with Truffles and Tripe: The Early Years of Gourmet, ‘The Magazine of Good Living’
Recorded at Kendall College on October 22, 2011 by WBEZ’s Chicago Amplified

Jayan Sukhadia

Learn All About Indian Sweets and Snacks
Recorded at Sukhadia’s Snacks on May 14, 2011 by WBEZ’s Chicago Amplified

Mike Sula

An Invasion of Gastronomic Proportions: My Adventures with Chicago Animals, Human and Otherwise
Available to see on Facebook
Recorded via Zoom on September 24, 2020

Ramona Thomas

Cacao Catharsis: Spreading Joy Through Chocolate
Recorded at Weiss Memorial Hospital on October 6, 2018

Viktorija Todorovska

Viktorija’s Secret: The Pleasures of Puglia
Recorded at Kendall College on July 23, 2011 by WBEZ’s Chicago Amplifed

Chef Chef Dominique Tougne, Chez Moi

A Classic French Chef Confronts 21st Century Technology
Recorded at Weiss Memorial Hospital on April 13, 2019

Max Tucci

The Delmonico Way
Available on YouTube
Recorded via Zoom on November 9, 2023

John Tuft

Fat Rascals: Dining at Shakespeare’s Table
Available to see on Facebook
Recorded via Zoon on September 2, 2020

Kari Underly

Chicago Has Something to Beef About
Cutting Remarks from A Woman Butcher
Recorded at Kendall College School of Culinary Arts on March 21, 2015

Susan Ungaro

The Legacy of James Beard
Susan Ungaro, President, The James Beard Foundation
Welcome by Christopher Koetke, Vice President, Kendall College
Introduction by Steve Dolinsky. ‘Hungry Hound’
Recorded at Kendall College School of Culinary Arts on May 2, 2015

Blancha Valencia

“Much More Than Tapas” Food trends and culture in 21st-century Spain
Recorded at Kendall College on December 8, 2012 by WBEZ’s Chicago Amplified

Sherri Brooks Vinton

Let’s Get Canned: A Homey History of Preserving
Recorded at Kendall College School of Culinary Arts of June 29, 2013 by WBEZ’s Chicago Amplified

Anna Volyshyna

To Ukraine with Love
Available on YouTube
Recorded via Zoom on June 22, 2022

Kimberly Wilmot Voss

Tracey Vowell

Chef Greg Wade

Whatever Happened to Wheat? How Bread Meets Our Kneads
Recorded at Weiss Memorial Hospital on February 10, 2018

Nancy Webster

Flora, Fauna and Foodways
Available on YouTube
Recorded via Zoom on June 27, 2023

Alice Weinreb, PhD

Food and German Identity: from the Third Reich to the Berlin Wall
Recorded at Kendall College on September 23, 2017

Joe Weintraub, PhD

Paris à Table: 1846
Recorded at Bethany Retirement Community on May 11, 2019

Anne Willan

Women in the Kitchen: Twelve Essential Cookbook Writers Who Defined the Way We Eat
Anne Willan
Available to see on Facebook
Recorded via Zoom on November 28, 2020

Virginia Willis

Bon Appetit Y’all: Stories from Three Generations of Southern Cooking
Recorded at Chicago History Museum on September 13, 2008 by Chicago Amplified of WBEZ Chicago

On being a cook in the 21st century South
Recorded at Chicago History Museum on December 3, 2011 by WBEZ’s Chicago Amplified

Gary Wiviott

Low and Slow BBQ
Gary Wiviott and Colleen Rush
Recorded at Kendall College on June 27, 2009 by WBEZ’s Chicago Amplified

Smoque Signals: BBQ’s savory history satiates Chicago
Barry Sorkin and Gary Wiviott
Recorded at Kendall College on July 17, 2010 by WBEZ’s Chicago Amplified

Peggy Wolff

Susie Wyshak

How Trader Joe’s Changed the Way America Eats
Available to see on Facebook
Record via Zoom on December 3, 2020

Chef Almaz Yiginaw

Out of Ethiopia
Chef Almaz Yiginaw and Mawi Asgedom
Recorded at Chicago History Museum on April 17, 2010 by WBEZ’s Chicago Amplified

Grace Young

Stir Frying to the Sky’s Edge
Grace Young
Recorded at Kendall College on September 25, 2010 by WBEZ’s Chicago Amplified

Chef Dean Zanella

Chicago’s Astounding Food Evolution: 1990 ’til Now
Available on YouTube
Recorded via Zoom on December 16, 2024

Chef Natalie Zarzour

Savoring Sweet Sicily
Recorded at Chicago History Museum on March 15, 2009 by WBEZ’s Chicago Amplified