February 2010 Archives

Put this in your calender, in ink, and then get yourself to Omnivore books.

Date: Friday, March 12, 2010
Time: 5:30 pm
Location: Omnivore Books (Noe Valley, SF)
Address: 3885a Cesar Chavez Street, SF CA 94131
Phone: (415) 282-4712.

Speaker: Andrew F. Smith, editor-in-chief of the Oxford Encyclopedia on Food and Drink in America, and the author or editor of sixteen other books, including Pure Ketchup: The History of America's National Condiment and Popped Culture: A Social History of Popcorn in America. Andy also teaches culinary history at the New School in Manhattan.
Topic: Eating History: Thirty Turning Points in the Making of American Cuisine (Columbia Univ. Press, 2009)

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Unless otherwise noted, all CHoNC events are free and open to the public.

!buen provecho!

If you haven't treated yourself to a CHoNC event, you really need to. Erica organizes some pretty amazing speakers on topics such Food, Culture, and Community to The history of Sensory Science, and our favorite, Thy Tran's South by Southeast Asia: Tamales of the Philippines and Guam - also featured at our 2009 A Taste of Tamales by the Bay.

Cold weather and rain make the next event, which is next Thursday, especially appealing:

Speaker: William Rubel, author of The Magic of Fire: Hearth Cooking.
Topic: In Smoke and Shadow: The Samburu of Northern Kenya and their Smoke-Flavored Milk
Date: Thursday, Feb. 11th, 2010
Time: 5:30-7 pm
Location: CSU East Bay, Oakland campus
Address: 1000 Broadway, Suite 109 (entrance on 11th St.)
Phone: (510) 208-7001

Directions: http://www.ce.csueastbay.edu/businessservices/conference_facilities/directions.shtml
Note: BART is nearby, as are many parking garages. Avoid parking right under the CSU Center, as that garage closes at 7pm.

If you're up for it, join the group as they head out for an informal dinner after the talk (what's a group of food lovers to do!) Please let Erica know by Monday February 8, 2010 if you think you might want to join the group.

Erica Peters
Culinary Historians of Northern California
Email: e-peters-9@alumni.uchicago.edu
www.chonc.com
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!Buen Provecho!