More than one million Swedes immigrated to the United States in a great wave during the 19th and early 20th century. While the impact they had on American cuisine continues today, their culinary influence is often overlooked. Join us as New York Times best-selling author Kathleen Flinn shows how there’s a lot more to Swedish cuisine than smorgasbord.

She bases her revelations on the information she unearthed during own culinary journey while writing her new book, “Burnt Toast Makes You Sing Good: A Memoir of Food & Love from an American Midwest Family.” Kathleen found three generations of cooks among her immigrant family who hailed from Scandinavia and the United Kingdom.

Kathleen will share how they brought their culinary influences not only to her, but to the American palate as well.

(But wait, there’s more! Kathleen will also lead a separate program immediately following the morning event on discovering your own culinary background.  See attached information from Chicago Foodways Roundtable.)

Biography: Kathleen Flinn is the author of “The Sharper Your Knife, the Less You Cry,” a New York Times best-selling memoir about her training at the famed Le Cordon Blue in Paris. A journalist for more than 25 years, Kathleen’s work has appeared in more than three dozen publications worldwide. Kathleen is also a director of the International Association of Culinary Professionals. Raised in the Midwest, Kathleen makes her home today in both Seattle, Washington, and Anna Maria Island, Florida. http://kathleenflinn.com

Biography:
Kathleen Flinn is the author of “The Sharper Your Knife, the Less You Cry,” a New York Times best-selling memoir about her training at the famed Le Cordon Blue in Paris. A journalist for more than 25 years, Kathleen’s work has appeared in more than three dozen publications worldwide. Kathleen is also a director of the International Association of Culinary Professionals. Raised in the Midwest, Kathleen makes her home today in both Seattle, Washington, and Anna Maria Island, Florida. http://kathleenflinn.com

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Saturday, October 11, 2014
10 a.m. to Noon
At
Kendall College, School of Culinary Arts
900 N. North Branch Street, Chicago
(Located just north of W. Chicago Ave. at N. Halsted St.)
Free Parking in lot on north side of school

Cost of the lecture program is $5, $3 for students
and no charge for CHC members and Kendall students and faculty.
To reserve, please call Catherine Lambrecht at 847-432-8255.
Or e-mail your reservation to: Culinary.Historians@gmail.com.