CHAA Meetings
The Culinary Historians of Ann Arbor generally meet on the third Sunday of the month at 4 p.m. Eastern, September through May. Meeting invitations are sent to members and other interested individuals, but all are welcome to attend. Our monthly talks are hybrid: an in-person audience gathers at the Ann Arbor District Library, and a virtual audience gathers online via the library’s YouTube channel. Please check this website for the date and location and format of each meeting, as these will vary.
Members receive emailed information regarding meetings in advance and a reminder on the day of each meeting.
Next program
Sunday, October 20, 4 p.m.
Ann Arbor District Library
315 S. Fifth St., Ann Arbor MI
Multi-purpose Room and Online here.
Cooking in London After the Black Death
Professor Katherine French, University of Michigan
The Black Death, a bubonic plague pandemic, first swept through England in 1348-49. In the ensuing period, the survivors enjoyed increased wages, which they spent on an expanding array of food, cooking equipment, and tableware. In this talk, Prof. Katherine French will describe how cooking and eating habits changed in London in the late fourteenth and early fifteenth century.
Katherine French is the J. Frederick Hoffman Professor of History at the University of Michigan. Her work focuses on women, popular religion and material culture after the plague. Most recently she published Household Goods and Good Households: Consumption and Domesticity after the Plague in London (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2021).
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Our membership year runs from September to September. The annual membership is $25. You can print out the membership form here. We also accept membership dues via PayPal. Click on the membership link at the top of this page for more information.
The Culinary Historians of Ann Arbor (CHAA), founded in 1983 by Jan Longone and friends, is an organization of scholars, cooks, food writers, nutritionists, collectors, students, and others interested in the study of culinary history and gastronomy.
The mission of the group is to promote the study of culinary history through regular programs open to members and guests, through the quarterly publication Repast, and through exchanges of information with other such organizations.
Monthly meetings of the CHAA are normally held in Ann Arbor, Michigan, from September through May on the third Sunday of the month at 4 p.m. (unless otherwise announced).
Membership in CHAA is open to anyone interested in culinary history. Dues are $25.00 for an individual or couple and include a subscription to Repast. The membership year is from September to September. For those who cannot attend meetings, a yearly subscription to Repast is $20.00.
Repast is the official quarterly publication of CHAA. Besides announcements of future meetings and reports of past meetings, it also contains feature articles, book reviews, a calendar of upcoming events of culinary interest, and special events. For information about contributing articles, placing information, announcements, or other regular features, contact the Editor.