CHEW: Celebrating City Chicks, October 5, 2011

Culinary History Enthusiasts of Wisconsin (CHEW), http://www.wisconsincooks.org/chew,

Celebrating City Chicks: Eggstraordinary Pets Who Make Our Breakfast

October 5, 2011:

Chickens, domesticated for more than 8000 years, are finding new homes, and new acceptance, in city and suburban settings as part of the burgeoning fresh/whole/local food movement. Susan Troller, author of CLUCK: From Jungle Fowl to City Chicks, is a passionate gardener, cook and occasional food writer. In this talk she will focus on both the practical and endlessly entertaining aspects of the backyard chicken phenomenon. Like other keepers of small flocks of chickens, she appreciates her hens for their daily contribution to the table. But she also finds them endearing, engaging pets who are not only distinctive in their appearance, but in preferences, habits and personalities, too.

In her day job, Susan Troller is a newspaper reporter who currently covers K-12 education for The Capital Times. She previously wrote about the Madison food and restaurant scene and still writes occasional food reviews and stories about the growing interest in sustainable agriculture. She grew up a city girl but moved with her husband 35 years ago to a small non-working farm in northern Green County. An avid gardener and animal lover, she has lived with horses, goats, dairy heifers, dogs, cats, rabbits, guinea pigs and now a small flock of chickens, who helped her write CLUCK: From Jungle Fowl to City Chicks. The book, published in June, combines her interest in sustainably grown local food and animals of all kinds.

Please join us at the Goodman Community Center, located at 149 Waubesa St, Madison, WI 53704. The meeting starts at 7:15pm.