Let's head back to the bodacious 80s with valley girl speak, big hair, and processed food! The 80s were the heyday of convenience food for all the latchkey kids and their hella cool microwave ovens! Get a taste of the gnarly, the fancy, and all the to-die-for candy born in the 80s!

Howdy Holmes, CEO of the Chelsea Milling Company, will present a talk on the family-owned milling company that produced the first baking mixes sold in the U.S. The company's best known and best-selling mix is Jiffy Mix corn muffins, which accounts for over 90% of its retail sales. _This event is in partnership with the Culinary Historians of Ann Arbor._

Leave your swingin' pad and boogie down to the AADL for Dining By Decades. Get the skinny on far-out recipes, groovy history, and out-of-sight food! Can you dig it?

This event is in partnership with the Lakehouse Bakery.

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.

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.

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!

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.

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.

Collector Scott Vermillion will take us on a curated tour of his extensive collection of Art Deco and Mid-Century dinnerware, sharing how he started collecting and how design and history motivates his passion to collect.

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

Join us for a demonstration on making and decorating nerikiri representing the four seasons by Toshiko Sugii Steffes.

Wagashi are traditional Japanese confections originally made to be served at tea ceremonies. They are considered a visual and culinary art form and are often enjoyed during special occasions or seasonal transitions. Nerikiri is a type of Wagashi that is created using white butter beans, sugar, mochi, and food coloring.