Culinary Historians NY: Member Celebration, 9/22/10

CULINARY HISTORIANS OF NEW YORK presents

A Celebration of Our Members IV and Annual Business Meeting
Wednesday, September 22, 2010
Park Avenue United Methodist Church
106 East 86th Street, (bet. Park and Lexington)
6:30 pm Annual Business Meeting | 7:00 pm Presentations

Culinary Historians of New York will launch its 2010-1011 season of culinary history programs with an evening of presentations on recent work by CHNY members. Featured will be Ellen Schnepel, CHNY Scholar’s Grant recipient, talking about her research on “The Cooking of History: Early Travelogues as Gastronomic Adventure.” Also speaking will be Rynn Berry, “Return to the Edenic Diet: A Brief History of the Raw Food Movement in America”; Joelle Mahony, sugar confectionary techniques used during the reigns of Louis XIV, XV and XVI; Renée Marton, “Rice in Colonial American: The Birth of an Industry”; Laura Weiss, on her new book “Ice Cream: A Global History,” and Susan Yager, on her recent book “The Hundred Year Diet: America's Voracious Appetite for Losing Weight.” This program is free for current CHNY members. We welcome new members to join at the program or on our website: www.culinaryhistoriansny.org/join.html. The fee for non-members and guests is $40.

We are also pleased to announce our upcoming fall programs. Locations and details will follow closer to the dates.

October 19, “Heirloom Seeds and Heritage Breeds,” a panel on how our agricultural history informs the way we eat today, and presentation of the 2010 Amelia Award to Betty Fussell

November 11, Joan Nathan, “Quiches, Kugels, and Couscous: In Search of the Food of the Jews of France”

December 13, Kara Newman and Diana Pittet, “The Spirited Whey: Monastic Traditions in Liqueurs and Cheese”

For further information, see http://www.culinaryhistoriansny.org/events.html