Chicago Foodways: Sweet Home Chicago, March 12, 2011

Chicago Foodways Roundtable

Sweet Home Chicago:
Chocolate and Confectionery Production and Technology in the Windy City

Lecture and exhibit tour by Beth Kimmerle,
Exhibit curator and author of Blommer: An American Chocolate Legacy,
Chocolate: the Sweet History and Candy: the Sweet History

Saturday, March 12, 2011
Talk: 10:00 am to Noon
John Crerar Library
The University of Chicago
5730 South Ellis Avenue, Chicago, IL
Street Parking

Cost: $5 per person, free to University of Chicago students and faculty with ID.


Wrigley’s gum, Fannie May chocolate, and Cracker Jack are just some of the confections that have been created and manufactured in Chicago, a major center of candy production in the 20th century. Drawing from items in the substantial cookery collection at the John Crerar Library, this exhibit explores the history of chocolate and confectioners in the city and the science and technology of the candy making process.

Beth Kimmerle, chocolate and candy expert and historian, has served the confectionery industry as a writer and consultant. Beth worked for Fannie May Candies before advancing her talents to Starbucks Coffee Company. She has worked on candy museums and exhibits in the U.S., Sapporo, Japan, Canada and currently, San Juan, Puerto Rico. You may follow her on her blog ‘Candymonium’ at www.BethKimmerle.com.

She is the author of four books documenting the history of America's confectionery industry. Her latest is titled, Blommer: An American Chocolate Legacy. Beth has made appearances on the Food Network, History Channel, National Public Radio, NBC's The Today Show and Martha Stewart Living.

If you have any questions, then please either pm Cathy2 or e-mail chicago.foodways.roundtable@gmail.com. Please include your name, telephone number and the number of people in your party.

Hi,

A gentle reminder this event is Saturday.

Regards,

I am going to try to make it.

jlawrence01 wrote:I am going to try to make it.

Excellent!

If you are taking public transportation and find you need a ride from train to there, let me know.

I will bring your shirts. If you don't show up, I will just have to take them home.

Regards,

Sounds interesting: Count me in!

Josephine wrote:Sounds interesting: Count me in!

Terrific!

Our speaker Beth Kimmerle offers a DIY Chicago caramel tour via the Chicago Tribune.

Regards,

HI,

Ms. Ingrid and timidchef are also attending.

I think we need to plan on where to go for lunch.

Regards,

WBEZ’s Chicago Amplified partners with Culinary Historians by recording our programs and making them available for broadcast on demand at their website or downloadable to an iPod. Our most recent program:

Sweet Home Chicago: Chocolate and Confectionery Production and Technology in the Windy City,
with Beth Kimmerle
http://www.wbez.org/story/culture/food/ ... y-windy-ci