Culinary Historians: Julia Child's Letters, January 15th

CULINARY HISTORIANS OF CHICAGO PRESENTS:

“As Always, Julia”
The real skinny on how
“Mastering the Art of French Cooking” came to be.
Presented by:
Joan Reardon, PhD,
Author, Culinary Historian
Saturday, Jan. 15, 2011
10 a.m. to Noon
at
Kendall College, School of Culinary Arts
900 N. North Branch Street, Chicago
(Located just north of W. Chicago Ave. and N. Halsted St.)
Free Parking

Do join us as one of Chicago’s own culinary treasures, Joan Reardon, shares the "backstory" of how the Julia Child/Avis DeVoto letters came to be published in her book, “As always, Julia: The letters of Julia Child & Avis DeVoto.” Dr. Reardon, who personally knew Julia, will also stress the letters’ importance in understanding the beloved woman who achieved iconic status in America's culinary world.

Because 2011 is the 50th anniversary of Mastering the Art of French Cooking, Dr. Reardon will also trace the development of that classic cookbook as revealed in the letters. Copies of her new book will be available for purchase and signing, and tastings from “Mastering the Art of French Cooking” will be served.

JOAN REARDON BIO

A founding member of the Culinary Historians of Chicago, Joan Reardon, brings to As Always, Julia: The Letters of Julia Child & Avis DeVoto credentials as diverse as a doctorate in English literature, a professorial career, and an accredited culinary certificate. Her cookbook, Oysters: A Culinary Celebration, was published to critical acclaim in 1984, and revised in 2000. Another book, M.F.K. Fisher, Julia Child, and Alice Waters: Celebrating the Pleasures of the Table (1994) was nominated for an IACP Award in 1995. Her biography, Poet of the Appetites: The Life of M.F.K. Fisher was published by Farrar, Straus & Giroux in October 2004, and she received the coveted IACP Award for Culinary Writing in spring, 2005. Her centennial volume honoring Fisher’s 100th birthday, M.F.K. Fisher among the Pots and Pans, was published by the University of California Press in 2008.

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Cost of the lecture program is $5, $3 for students
and no charge for CHC members or Kendall students and faculty.
To reserve, please call Dawn McGlone at (630) 620-1457
Or e-mail your reservation to: Culinary.Historians@gmail.com.

There's a ChicaGourmets luncheon at Naha following this talk: http://chicagourmets.org/CGevents.html

NAHA
500 N Clark, Chicago
SATURDAY, JANUARY 15, 2011
12:30 P.M. LUNCHEON AND BOOK SIGNING
Guest of Honor Joan Reardon
Signing and Talking About As Always, Julia
$79 for ChicaGourmets members/$89 for non-members

As Always, Julia Luncheon
Wines selected by Michael Nahabedian
FIRST COURSE
Salad of Frisée and Slab Bacon,
Coddled Hen’s Egg with Black Truffles,
Fines Herbes and Foie Gras Toast
SECOND COURSE
Scallops Provençal
THIRD COURSE
Aged Moulard Duck Breast
with Brussels Sprouts, Chestnuts,
Young Turnips and Carrots
DESSERT
Baba au Rhum with Pineapple
Coffee and Tea Service

Hi,

For those who may wait for the podcast, there will be no recording of this talk.

Regards,