Chicago Foodways: Louisa Chu, March 1 @ 10 AM

Chicago Foodways Roundtable

Behind-the-Scenes of Food Television

Presented by
Louisa Chu

Saturday, March 1st, 2008
10 AM
Kendall College
900 North Branch Street, Chicago
(West of Halsted Street, North of Chicago Avenue)
Free Parking

Cost: $3 per person, free to Kendall students and faculty with ID.


What’s it like to be suddenly thrust on camera with Anthony Bourdain? Where was the eeriest location to sip pre-ban absinthe? How does the food actually taste on Iron Chef America? Louisa Chu, chef and food journalist, will answer these questions and more with first-hand reports from behind the scenes of food television. She led Bourdain on a wholesale meat market tour in the Paris episode of No Reservations on the Travel Channel. She’s a “Foodie” and producer for “Gourmet’s Diary of a Foodie” on PBS. And look for her as a judge in an upcoming battle of Iron Chef America on the Food Network.

Louisa is Gourmet’s Chicago correspondent and the product review columnist for CHOW. She’s been a correspondent for “Good Food” on the NPR station KCRW since 2002. Her articles have also appeared in the Chicago Tribune. She has cooked in restaurants around the world including El Bulli, Alain Ducasse in Paris, and Alinea. She trained in both pastry and cuisine at Le Cordon Bleu in Paris, but first learned to cook in her family’s Chinese-American restaurants in Chicago. Louisa lives in Chicago, Paris and on the road. She can always be found through her food blog, Movable Feast (www.movable-feast.com).

This program is hosted by the Chicago Foodways Roundtable. To reserve, please PM CAthy2, then leave your name, telephone number and how many people in your party or e-mail: chicago.foodways.roundtable@gmail.com

This sounds like a very worthwhile event. It's on the calendar.

Looking forward to the talk, see you there.

I thought I had already posted that I will be there. I guess I forgot, but I'll be there.

stevez wrote:I thought I had already posted that I will be there. I guess I forgot, but I'll be there.

You didn't post, though you advised by person or PM. You have been on the list almost from the get-go.

Regards,

I'd like to come.

Jazzfood wrote:I'd like to come.

You are on the list.

Regards,

Presented by
Louisa Chu

Well presented, wildly interesting and Absinthe flavored snacks to boot. One of the best programs I've attended.

Thanks Louisa.

Saturday's talk was very interesting and afterwards, a group of us went to Double Li for lunch. Here are some photos.

Thanks so much to everyone for coming out! We had such a great group - about 80?? And terrific, thought-provoking questions. The program will be up in the Chicago Public Radio archives - look for it in a couple of weeks. BTW they were Absinthe Bars - blondies made with Un Emile 68 absinthe, served with a finishing spray of absinthe.

Very sorry I missed it, unfortunately, I was indisposed. Please post the link when it is available.

Hi,

Louisa Chu's presentation is now available as a podcast courtesy of WBEZ's Chicago Amplied series:

http://www.chicagopublicradio.org/Conte ... ioID=20753

Regards,

Cathy2 wrote:Hi,

Louisa Chu's presentation is now available as a podcast courtesy of WBEZ's Chicago Amplied series:

http://www.chicagopublicradio.org/Conte ... ioID=20753

Regards,

This is excellent -- the sound is vastly better than it was at Kendall College.