Culinary Historians Ann Arbor

Sunday, September 19, 2010
Chef Brian Polcyn, "Culinary Metier: The Craft of Charcuterie"
3:00 - 5:00 p.m.
Ann Arbor District Library, Pittsfield Branch
2359 Oak Valley Dr.
Ann Arbor, MI 48103
(734) 327-4200

Sunday, October 17, 2010
Chef Lois Hennessey, "Culinary Metier: The Art of Cake Decorating"
4:00 - 6:00 p.m.
Ann Arbor Senior Center
1320 Baldwin
Ann Arbor, MI 48104
(734) 794-6250

Sunday, November 21, 2010
Michael Dority, "Heirloom Apples"
4:00 - 6:00 p.m.
Ann Arbor Senior Center
1320 Baldwin, Ann Arbor MI 48104
734-794-6250

Sunday, January 16, 2011
Chef Susan Baier, "Culinary Metier: Garde Manger"
4:00 - 6:00 p.m.
Ann Arbor Senior Center
1320 Baldwin, Ann Arbor MI 48104
734-794-6250

Sunday, December 12, 2010
(CHAA members and guests only)
Annual participatory theme meal, "Zakuski: Tapas from Your Russian
Great-Grandmother"
4:00 - 7:00 p.m.
Earhart Village Clubhouse
835 Greenhills Drive
Ann Arbor MI 48105


Sunday, January 16, 2011
Chef Susan Baier, "Culinary Metier: Garde Manger"
4:00 - 6:00 p.m.
Ann Arbor Senior Center
1320 Baldwin Avenue
Ann Arbor MI 48104
PH 734-794-6250


Sunday, February 20, 2011
Steve Rupp, "Culinary Metier: Butchering Meat"
4:00 - 6:00 p.m.
Ann Arbor Senior Center
1320 Baldwin Avenue
Ann Arbor MI 48104
PH 734-794-6250


Friday, March 11, 2011
Sandra Sherman, "Invention of the Modern Cookbook"
7:00 - 8:30 pm
Ann Arbor District Library, Downtown Library
343 South Fifth Avenue
Ann Arbor MI 48104
PH 734-327-4200


Sunday, April 17, 2011
Barbara Wilson, "Culinary Metier: Chocolate Making, Bean to Bar"
Select one of two tours (90 minutes each), 2:00 p.m. or 4:00 p.m.
Mindo Chocolate Makers
Dexter MI 48130


Sunday, May 15, 2011
To be determined
4:00 - 6:00 p.m.
Ann Arbor Senior Center
1320 Baldwin Avenue
Ann Arbor MI 48104
PH 734-794-6250

Updated

Additional information may be found here: http://www.culinaryhistoriansannarbor.org/index2.html

Sunday, March 27, 2011
Ann Arbor District Library
(343 South Fifth Ave.)
Andrew Smith, culinary historian, on his recent books, The Potato: A Global History and
Starving the South: How the North Won the Civil War

Sunday, April 17, 2011
2:00 p.m. or 4:00 p.m.
(select either tour, 90 minutes each),
Mindo Chocolate Makers, Dexter, MI
Barbara Wilson, owner,
“Culinary Metier: Chocolate Making, Bean to Bar”

Thursday, April 28, 2011
University of Michigan
William L. Clements Library
(Co-sponsored with the Clements Library)
Kelly Sisson Lessens,
Ph.D. Candidate in American Culture, UM,
“‘To gladden and bless the nations of the earth’: King Corn in the Kitchen, 1877-1918”

Sunday, May 15, 2011,
4:00 - 6:00 p.m.,
Ann Arbor Senior Center, 1320 Baldwin, Ann Arbor MI
Charlie Frank, Candymaker at Zingerman's Candy Manufactory,
"What Makes Life Worth Living"

(Unless otherwise noted, programs are scheduled for 4-6 p.m. and are held
at Ann Arbor Senior Center, 1320 Baldwin Ave.)

Sunday, September 18, 2011
David Strauss, Emeritus Prof. of History, Kalamazoo College,
"Beating the Nazis with Truffles and Tripe: The Early Years of Gourmet: The
Magazine of Good Living"

Sunday, October 16, 2011
David Hancock, Associate Prof. of History, Univ. of Michigan,
"Oceans of Wine: Madeira and the Emergence of American Trade and Taste,
1640 - 1815"

Sunday, November 20, 2011
Roger Brideau, microbiologist and beer expert,
"History of the Microbrewery Beer Industry in Michigan and Introduction to
Home Brewing"

December 2011
Participatory theme meal
(Details to be decided)

Sunday, January 15, 2012
Susan Odom, Proprietress of Hillside Homestead, an historic farmstay in
Sutton's Bay, MI,
"The Heritage and Preservation of Fishtown, Michigan"

Sunday, February 19, 2012
3-5 p.m, Ann Arbor District Library (343 South Fifth Ave.)
Chef Brian Polcyn, charcuterie expert, Culinary Arts Program, Schoolcraft
College,
"Culinary Métier: Italian Salumi"

Revised schedule:

Sunday, December 11, 2011
4-7 p.m., Earhart Village Clubhouse
(835 Greenhills Drive, Ann Arbor)
Participatory theme meal, “New England Dinner”
(CHAA members and guests only)

Sunday, January 15, 2012
4-6 p.m., Ann Arbor Senior Center (1320 Baldwin Ave.)
Susan Odom, Proprietress of Hillside Homestead, an historic farmstay in Sutton’s Bay,
“The Heritage and Preservation of Fishtown, Michigan”

Sunday, February 19, 2012
3-5 p.m., Ann Arbor District Library (343 South Fifth Ave.)
Chef Brian Polcyn, charcuterie expert, Culinary Arts Program, Schoolcraft College,
“Culinary Métier: Italian Salumi”

Sunday, March 18, 2012
3-5 p.m., Ann Arbor District Library, Malletts Creek Branch (3090 E. Eisenhower Parkway)
Brian Leigh Dunnigan, Assoc. Dir., William L. Clements Library, Univ. of Michigan,
“Urban Agriculture in Detroit, Part I: The History of Agricultural Land Use in Detroit”

Sunday, April 15, 2012
3-5 p.m., Ann Arbor District Library, Malletts Creek Branch (3090 E. Eisenhower Parkway)
Kathryn Lynch Underwood,
City Planner, Detroit City Planning Commission, “Urban Agriculture in Detroit, Part II: Imagining the Future of Urban Agriculture in Detroit”

Sunday, April 22, 2012
3-5 p.m., Ann Arbor District Library (343 South Fifth Ave.)
Culinary author, teacher, and historian Anne Willan,
“The History of Early Cookbooks”

Sunday, May 20, 2012
4-6 p.m., Ann Arbor Senior Center (1320 Baldwin Ave.)
Jan and Dan Longone, founders of the Janice Bluestein Longone Culinary Archive and of CHAA, “Reminiscences of Julia” (marking the centennial year of Julia Child’s birth)

Sunday, September 16, 2012, 4:00 - 6:00 p.m., Ann Arbor Senior Center, 1320
Baldwin Avenue, Ann Arbor MI 48104.
Program: Katherine Yung and Joe Grimm, authors of Coney Detroit (Wayne
State University Press, 2012), which traces the history of the coney island
restaurant.


Sunday, October 21, 2012, 3:00 - 5:00 p.m., Ann Arbor District Library --
Pittsfield Branch, 2359 Oak Valley Dr, Ann Arbor MI 48103.
** Note location and time change.
Program: Darrin M. Karcher, PhD, Poultry Extension Specialist, Department
of Animal Science, Michigan State University, "The Chicken...."


Sunday, November 18, 2012, 3:00 - 5:00 p.m., Ann Arbor District Library --
Ann Arbor District Library -- Pittsfield Branch, 2359 Oak Valley Dr, Ann
Arbor MI 48103.
** Note location and time change.
Program: Darrin M. Karcher, PhD, Poultry Extension Specialist, Department
of Animal Science, Michigan State University, "....And the Egg."

CHAA CALENDAR

(Unless otherwise noted, programs are scheduled for 4-6 p.m. and are held at Ann Arbor Senior Center, 1320 Baldwin Ave.)

Sunday, December 9, 2012
3-7 p.m., Earhart Village Clubhouse
(835 Greenhills Drive, Ann Arbor)
Participatory theme meal, “Craig Claiborne and the New York Times” (CHAA members and guests only)

Sunday, January 20, 2013
Sherry Sundling, owner of Sherry’s, Caterer of International Cuisine,
“Sweet ’n’ Sour: 30 Years of Recipes, Memories and Adventures in Catering”

Sunday, February 17, 2013
CHAA Co-President Joanne Nesbit,
“Who Did the Dishes at the Last Supper?” (featuring audience-participation aspects of washing dishes
through the years)

Sunday, March 17, 2013
Ari Sussman, Distillery Manager of Red Cedar Spirits, home of the Michigan State Univ. Artisan
Distilling Program Research Facility,
“The Rise of Craft Distilling in America”

Sunday, April 21, 2013
Michelle Krell Kydd, flavor and fragrance expert and award-winning blogger,
“Smell and Tell: An Olfactory Journey in Storied Flavors and Aromas”

Sunday, May 19, 2013
Emily Jenkins, owner and baker at Tanglewood Bakery (Plymouth, MI),
“Heirloom Strawberry Varieties”

Sunday, April 21, 2013, 4:30 - 6:30 p.m., Ann Arbor Senior Center, 1320 Baldwin Avenue, Ann Arbor MI 48104
Program: Margaret Carney, "Unforgettable Dinnerware: Creating a Dream Museum in the 21st Century, One Place Setting at a Time." Carney is the founder of The Dinnerware Museum, located in Ann Arbor, and is a curator, author and lecturer on ceramics and ceramic world history.

Culinary Historians of Ann Arbor

Man Bites Dog: Hot Dog Culture in America,

Tuesday June 11, 2013: 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm
Downtown Library: Multi-Purpose Room, 343 South Fifth Avenue, Ann Arbor, MI

Whether you call them franks, wieners, or red hots, hot dogs are as American as apple pie, but how did these little links become icons of American culture?

Join hot dog scholar Bruce Kraig and photographer Patty Carroll for a fascinating and colorful look at the history, people, decor, and venues that make up hot dog culture and what it says about our country! Their 2012 book "Man Bites Dog: Hot Dog Culture In America" will be on sale, and the event includes a book signing.

In this fascinating book, world-renowned hot dog scholar Bruce Kraig investigates the history, people, decor, and venues that make up hot dog culture and what it says about our country. These humble sausages cross ethnic and regional boundaries and have provided the means for plucky entrepreneurs to pull themselves up by their bootstraps. Hot dogs, and the ways we enjoy them, are part of the American dream.

Bruce Kraig has loved hot dogs since his first bite at Nathan's when he was 5 years old. Since then he has studied hot dogs, and for over 25 years, has been the leading authority on the culture of Hot Dogs. As the authority on the culture, lore and history of hot dogs, he has appeared often in national media, including documentaries by the History Channel and the Discovery Channel. As the leading expert on hot dogs, Kraig has appeared on ABC Nightline, Martha Stewart Radio, ABC National News and NPR's Talk of the Nation, and in the spring of 2009, CBS News, WGN and NBC News Chicago, as well as BBC News and Radio New Zealand-all about hot dogs.

Patty Carroll, currently Adjunct Full Professor of Photography at the School of The Art Institute Of Chicago and at Columbia College Chicago, is a distinguished photographic artist with a deep interest in American popular culture. She has published and exhibited widely on American cultural topics including Elvis Impersonators, American suburban lawns, and resorts at night, as well as hot dog stands. Her books include: "Living The Life: The World Of Elvis Tribute Artists," "Culture Is Everywhere" and her hot dog stand photos are included in "Changing Chicago."

Sunday, September 15, 2013
Bill Loomis, author of Detroit’s Delectable Past: Two Centuries of Frog Legs, Pigeon Pie and Drugstore Whiskey (History Press, 2012)

Tuesday, September 24, 2013
4-5 pm, Univ. of Michigan Graduate Library
Jan Longone, Adjunct Curator of American Culinary History
“American Foodways: The Jewish Contribution”
(more details above)

Sunday, October 20, 2013
Ben Graham, Ph.D. student in history at Univ. of Michigan
“Pizza: A (Global) Layered History”

Sunday, November 17, 2013
Richard Balander, Assoc. Prof. of Animal Science, Michigan State Univ.
“The Turkey: A Much More Respectable Bird”

Sunday, January 19, 2014
4:00 – 6:00 p.m. Ann Arbor Senior Center, 1320 Baldwin Avenue, Ann Arbor MI 48104
Local heroes Richard Andres and Deb Lentz will talk about Tantre Farm from its beginnings, its mission of ecosystem management and organic growing practices, and the culture and community that has grown up around Tantre.

Sunday, February 16, 2014, 4:00 – 6:00 p.m. Ann Arbor Senior Center, 1320 Baldwin Avenue, Ann Arbor MI 48104
Martha Churchill will speak about “The Great Sugar Scandal of 1888,” wherein the southeast Michigan town of Milan was scandalized by an international sugar stock-selling scam whose conspirators all had connections to the town. Find out about the sugar refining machine that was touted to produce refined sugar from grapes (!), who the scam artists were and whether they got their just deserts. Ms. Churchill is an author and attorney in Milan, and is a member of the Milan Area Historical Society.

Sunday, March 16, 2014, 4:00 – 6:00 p.m. Ann Arbor Senior Center, 1320 Baldwin Avenue, Ann Arbor MI 48104 “Life, Death and Entertainment in the Roman Empire” is the subject of David S. Potter‘s presentation. For the book, Dr. Potter contributed a new translation of Emperor Hadrian’s letters documenting a reorganization of the festival cycle in the Empire. His talk will touch on fundamental aspects of Roman civilization, dining, food and banquets of classical cuisine. Dr. Potter is Professor of Classics and Arthur F. Thurnau Professor, Department of History, University of Michigan.

Sunday, April 13, 2014, 4:00 – 6:00 p.m. Ann Arbor Senior Center, 1320 Baldwin Avenue, Ann Arbor MI 48104 Ruth Mossock Johnston, author of “The Art of Cooking Morels,” brings her exceptional knowledge and culinary experience to the subject of the prized Michigan morel mushroom. Anticipating a good morel foraging season this spring — it is said that a cold winter is good for morels — Johnston will present a beautifully illustrated and delicious talk about this very special, delicate fungus. The book encompasses recipes that have been hailed as imaginative, heart healthy, worldly and delicious.

Sunday, May 18, 2014, 4:00 – 6:00 p.m. Ann Arbor Senior Center, 1320 Baldwin Avenue, Ann Arbor MI 48104 “Modern Food, Moral Food: Self-Control, Science, and the Rise of Modern American Eating in the Early Twentieth Century” is the new book by Helen Zoe Veit, Ph.D., assistant professor of History at Michigan State University. In the first two decades of the twentieth century, the ways Americans bought, produced, ate, and thought about their food and their bodies all changed dramatically. In many ways, attitudes towards food that were forged in the Progressive Era have shaped Americans’ understandings of their dietary choices and the food systems that support them ever since. The specific contexts have changed, but current debates over everything from industrial food, sustainability, poverty, obesity, and, most of all, self-control, have been animated by the same fundamental conviction, articulated with passionate certainty by Americans a century earlier, that food is a moral issue.

Sunday, Sep. 7, 2014
2:00 p.m., Ladies’ Literary Club (218 N. Washington Street, Ypsilanti, MI),
Dinnerware Museum Dir. Margaret Carney gives a private tour of the new exhibit, “The Art of High Chair Fine Dining”.

Friday, Sep. 19, 2014
(Organized by the Netherlands America University League of Ann Arbor)
5:00-6:30 p.m., Univ. of Michigan’s Michigan League, Kalamazoo Room,
Peter G. Rose, “The Influence of the Dutch on the American Kitchen”.

Sunday, Sep. 21, 2014
3:00-4:30 p.m., Ann Arbor District Library (343 S. Fifth Avenue),
Peter G. Rose, “Art in Food and Food in Art”, a slide-talk on food and drink in the 17th-Century Dutch Masters and their relevance to the American kitchen today. Ms. Rose will also discuss her new book, Delicious December: How the Dutch Brought Us Santa, Presents and Treats.

Sunday, Oct. 19, 2014
Details to be announced.

Sunday, Nov. 9, 2014
3:00-4:30 p.m., Ann Arbor District Library (343 S. Fifth Avenue),
Louis Hatchett, author of Duncan Hines: The Man Behind the Cake Mix.

Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2014
4:00-6:00 p.m., Univ. of Michigan Hatcher Library, Room 100, The Gallery,
Jan Longone lectures about the exhibition, “The Life and Death of Gourmet Magazine, 1941-2009”.

Sunday, Nov. 23, 2014
4:00-7:00 p.m., Ladies’ Literary Club
(218 N. Washington Street, Ypsilanti, MI),
Members-Only Participatory Theme Meal, details to be announced.

Sunday, September 21, 2014, 3:00 – 4:30 p.m., Malletts Creek Branch – Ann Arbor District Library, 3090 East Eisenhower Parkway, Ann Arbor MI 48108
***NOTE CHANGE OF LOCATION TO MALLETTS CREEK BRANCH
“Art in Food and Food in Art”, by noted author and food historian Peter Rose. The talk features over 40 works of the Dutch masters and attracts a dual audience of art and food lovers. ”We are fortunate to actually be able to show what Dutch food of the 17th century looked like,” said Ms. Rose. She will also discuss her new book, published in July 2014, Delicious December: How the Dutch Brought Us Santa, Presents and Treats (A Holiday Cookbook).

Sunday, October 19, 2014, 4:00 – 6:00 p.m., Ann Arbor Senior Center, 1320 Baldwin Avenue, Ann Arbor MI 48104

”Coffee: The History, Theory and Practice of Home Roasting.” Join local roaster Adrienne Sigeti for an informative trip through the world of craft coffee. We’ll learn what coffee is, where it comes from, historical roasting techniques and how the process has changed over time, and how you can roast your own coffee at home using nothing more than a pan and a spoon. Sigeti is Roast Master at First Rule Coffee, an Ypsilanti coffee company: https://www.facebook.com/FirstRuleCoffee