Culinary Historians | Wealth and Want: Food in the Gilded Age

The Gilded Age was defined by extremes of wealth and want, and those extremes played out dramatically in the ways Americans ate. For the elite, daily meals were extravagant and formal banquets became complicated rituals of luxury and intentional waste. While a wealthy minority feasted, many other Americans struggled to feed themselves, and hunger and misery were widespread among the rural poor and those in city slums.

Modernism in Action: The Russel & Mary Wright Design Gallery, with Allison Cross

Manitoga, located in Garrison, NY, is the former home and 75-acre woodland garden of American industrial designer Russel Wright and his wife Mary Einstein Wright. This tour, presented by executive director Allison Cross, will share how a creative and sensitive adaptive reuse of a modernist national historic landmark realized a long-time institutional goal to present the complete work of design and life-style visionaries Russel and Mary Wright to the public. This event is part of the International Museum of Dinnerware Design Unforgettable Dinnerware lecture series.

Tour of Fishs Eddy's Museum of American-Made Restaurant-Ware with Julie Gaines

This tour will be a walk through of the collection of restaurant-ware dating back to the turn of the century. You'll see everything from corporate china used by a watch maker and dishes used by the United States military, to creamers, mugs, and butter pats made exclusively for famous restaurants all over the country. And, you'll get a sense of the heart and the soul that went into their production. This event is part of the IMoDD Unforgettable Dinnerware Series.

This event is in partnership with the International Museum of Dinnerware Design.

Tempeh: Unveiling the Nutritious and Versatile Plant-Based Protein

Join us for a Tempeh Extravaganza! Calling all food enthusiasts! Discover the wonders of tempeh in an exciting presentation filled with flavor and nutrition. Indulge in a plant-based adventure that will leave your taste buds dancing and your mind buzzing with knowledge. Don't miss out on this delightful journey into the world of tempeh. Get ready to savor, learn, and embrace the wonders of this fantastic plant-based protein.

The Big Gay Recipe Share: From the AADL Community Collections

In conjunction with the Big Gay Read, join us as we share our favorite recipes found in he AADL Community Collections with special guest, Jacob.

This year's Big Gay Read is Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo, set in the 50's of San Francisco's Chinatown. Check out this event (and many more) to enrich the reading experience of The Big Gay Read 2023...or if you'd just like some more wonderful recipes!

Zingerman's Summer Game Food Tasting

Just one way that Zingerman's Delicatessen is playing the game with us this summer is with this unique and memorable food tasting event for the whole family. There will be a variety of food and drink to choose from, but we won't know what's being offered until the day of, so be prepared to be surprised! 

This event is in partnership with Zingerman's Delicatessen.

Culinary Historians | Made in Chicago: Stories Behind 30 Great Hometown Bites

Italian beef and hot dogs get the headlines. Cutting-edge cuisine and big-name chefs get Michelin stars. But Chicago food shows its true depth in classic dishes conceived in the kitchens of immigrant innovators, neighborhood entrepreneurs, and mom-and-pop visionaries.

Culinary journalists Monica Eng and David Hammond will discuss their new book, Made in Chicago: Stories Behind 30 Great Hometown Bites, in which they draw on decades of exploring the city’s food landscape to serve up 30 can’t-miss eats found in all corners of Chicago.