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Saturday, March 10, 2012, at 10:30 AM at the Los Angeles Public Library Mark Taper Auditorium, Downtown Central Library, 630 W. 5th St. Free and open to the public Albert Sonnenfeld speaking on… “Food Obsessionals: New Orleans and the French Connection” The Louisiana Purchase was as good a deal as the purchase of Manhattan, especially for the culture of food. Mark Twain wrote of New Orleans that to understand its culture one needs to imagine what French society would be like in a genial climat...
Jim Heimann speaks on "American Menu Design" Saturday, February 11, 2012, at 10:30 AM at the Los Angeles Public Library Mark Taper Auditorium, Downtown Central Library, 630 W. 5th St. Free and open to the public Jim Heimann speaking on… “American Menu Design” Menus are the gateway to the restaurant experience. This talk, based on a sampling from Jim Heimann’s collection of over 5,000 menus, will not only focus on the graphic appeal of the menu but reveal the history of American eating habits f...
Charles Perry A Thousand and One Fritters: Food in the Arabian Nights Who knew that that famous collection of marvelous tales from our childhood opens a window on the cuisine of the Middle Ages? In fact, The Thousand and One Nights mentions quite a few dishes of red meat, poultry and fish, not to mention lots of pastries, even wine. The book's translators, alas, have little idea of what these dishes were. But now that several medieval Arab cookbooks are available to us, we can at last know wha...
Charles Perry on Collecting Cookery Manuscripts
Saturday, December 10th, 2011, at 10:30 AM at the Los Angeles Public Library Mark Taper Auditorium, Downtown Central Library, 630 W. 5th St. Free and open to the public Joan Nathan speaking on… “Food of the Jews of France” Inspired by her own family history, Ms. Nathan set off to learn more about the often hidden history and foods of French Jews. In writing, she came to understand that French Jews hold the traditions of their region side-by-side with the traditions of Jewish cuisine. Within th...
The Rules Have Changed: How to Survive Redistricting, the Top 2 Primaries, and More with Dean C. Logan LA County Registrar