Our upcoming programs are presented via Zoom, courtesy of the Ann Arbor District Library. Register here for the January 17 meeting.
Note: The link to the January talk will be available on the Ann Arbor District Library event page after 3 p.m. on January 17..
January 17, 4-5:15 p.m.
Sweet Greeks: First Generation Immigrant Confectioners in the Heartland with author Ann Flesor Beck, a third-generation confectioner and independent scholar.
February 21, 4-5:15 p.m.
Baking Powder Wars: The Cutthroat Food Fight That Revolutionized Cooking with food historian, educator and author Linda Civitello.
March 21, 4-5:15 p.m.
Creating Sunset Magazine’s Cooking Department: A Study of Men, Women and Cooking in the 1930s with food historian Jennifer Pagano.
April 18, 4-5:15 p.m.
Black Smoke: African Americans and the United States of Barbecue with James Beard Book Award Winner Adrian Miller (adrianemiller.com).
May 16 – TBA
Past Programs
Sunday, December 6
All Stirred Up: Suffrage Cookbooks, Food and the Battle for Women’s Right to Vote with Laura Kumin (laurakumin.com).
Apples in the Midwestern Imagination with Lucy M. Long
Sunday, October 18
Manoomin: The Story of Wild Rice in Michigan with Barbara Barton
Chinese Food: Customs and Culture with Frances Kai-Hwa Wang