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JANUARY EVENTS -- Eastern time zone
104 / 87 start of month.

Keep checking back since I am adding links for virtual events as I find them.

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Jan 3 Tue 1-2:30 Speakeasies of NYC: A Tale of Crime, Creativity, and Celebration. Sylvia Laudien-Meo. New York Adventure Club. $10 tape for week HERE

Jan 4 Wed 5:30-7 The Bradley Martin Ball of 1897: Grandest Party of the Century. “most expensive private party ever given... at New York's Waldorf-Astoria hotel” Richard Jay Hutto, whose wife’s great-grandparents gave the ball. New York Adventure Club $10 tape for week HERE

Jan 4 Wed 6:30 New York's Fulton Fish Market-1822-2005. Jonathan Rees. Culinary Historians of New York $10 HERE TAPE may be HERE

Jan 4 Wed 7-10 Talking Food and Cooking Along with Julia Child. Her “impact on the food world, especially for home cooks, is gigantic. we will discuss her legacy and how it impacts us as food lovers.” East Brunswick Public Library HERE

Jan 4 Wed 8 Landjaeger.A Perfect Pair: The History of Landjaeger in Green County. “Wisconsin’s most celebrated-yet-misunderstood sausages.” Jesse Brookstein, author. Culinary History Enthusiasts of Wisconsin (CHEW) Hybrid HERE TAPE may be HERE

Jan 5 Thu 2 Twelfth Night Revelry, Fun and Food: A Twelfth Night. Paul Couchman. The Regency Cook £12.50 HERE

Jan 5 Thu 5 Vietnamese Classics at Home. Shawnie Kelley. Context travel learning. $26.50 tape for 30 days HERE

Jan 5 Thu 8 Eat, Drink and Be Merry: The History of Food and Hospitality in Lake County, 8th Annual Lake County History Symposium. IL. 3 talks: Mary Ethel Crofton’s 1895 Cookbook Used at Fort Sheridan; Highland Park Community Cookbooks circa 1911&1925; The Rustic Manor restaurant: Good Food, Cocktails and the American Old West From 1947 to 1986 HERE TAPES HERE [pt 2 Jan 19]

Jan 6 Fri 1 Everyday Life in the Ice Age. authors Elle Clifford, Paul Bahn. Creswell Crags. Donation £3 HERE. [Little Ice Age in the Dutch North Atlantic Jan 24]

Jan 6 Fri 2 Gray's Grist Mill “one of the oldest, continually running grist mills in New England” virtual tour. Old Colony History Museum. Mass. HERE TAPE HERE

Jan 7 Sat 3 Galette des Rois – An Iconic French January Dessert. Mardi Michels. Context travel learning. $26.50 tape for 30 days HERE

Jan 8 Sun 2 The Sacred Foods of India. Monica Bhide. CHoW Culinary Historians of Washington DC. HERE no tape.

Jan 9 Mon 12:30 Henry VIII and the Merchants: the world of Stephen Vaughan. “the King’s agent on the Bourse in Antwerp in the 1540s” during war with France, he raised funds thro loans. Susan Rose. IHR Institute of Historical Research UK Hybrid HERE TAPE may be HERE

Jan 9 Mon 1 Soils, Geology and Plant Speciation. “how various soil types have affected the evolution of plants throughout North America, New Caledonia and beyond.” Joey Santore. Kew Mutual Improvement Society £10 HERE

Jan 10 Tue 5:30 AM William Barnard (1775-1852), farmer of Harlow. His diary from 1807 to 1823 showed aspects of Agricultural Revolution; he “did battle with the elements, the land and the economy.” Neil Wiffen. Essex Record Office £5.75 HERE

Jan 10 Tue 1 The Doctor’s Garden: Medicine, Science and Horticulture in Britain. author Dr Clare Hickman. London Parks & Gardens. £5 link for tape 1 week HERE

Jan 10 Tue 5 "Physicians Advise The Use Of It": Chinese Tea In Early America. Yiyun Huang, Rebecca Tannenbaum. Massachusetts Historical Society Hybrid HERE TAPE may be HERE

Jan 10 Tue 5:30-7 The History of "Diets" and Healthy Eating. Lucy Jane Santos. New York Adventure Club. $10 tape for week HERE

Jan 10 Tue 6 The Fulton Fish Market: A History. Since 1822 it “shaped American cuisine, commerce, and culture.” author Jonathan Rees. The Skyscraper Museum NYC HERE

Jan 10 Tue 6:30 Indigenous Foodways. Catherine Prescott, Mary Tsaltas-Ottomanelli. Keeler Tavern Museum CT donation HERE

Jan 10 Tue 8 Cooking with Truffles. Susi Gott Séguret. Chicago Foodways Roundtable. HERE TAPES HERE

Jan 11 Wed 12 Food and the Senses. Plants, Gardens, Markets, Delicacies: Food and Art in Eighteenth- and Nineteenth-century India (Holly Shaffer); Persian Art and Cookery in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries, rice (Sussan Babaie). Paul Mellon Centre UK. Hybrid HERE TAPE may be HERE

Jan 11 Wed 2:45 The rise and fall of Hertfordshire's many inns, 1540-1840. “provision of inns across UK expanded significantly …18th cen… numbers, scale and appointment. Using St Albans as a case study… was the case in Hertfordshire.” Jon Mein. Hertfordshire Association for Local History HERE

Jan 11 Wed 7 Geographic Distribution of Architectural Styles on Ohio Farmsteads: Cultural Baggage in the Rural Landscape. Tom O'Grady. Friends of Ohio Barns HERE TAPE HERE many pics of barns last half hour.

Jan 11 Wed 7:30-9 Unique Tequila Experience. Explore the Taste of Tequila in Glassware Design. “right glass for EACH tequila profile.” Juan Bernardo Torres Mora. Museum of Distilled Spirits. $25 HERE

Jan 12 Thu 10AM The Great Boston Molasses Flood. “On Jan. 15, 1919, a large tank containing approximately 2 million gallons of molasses burst and set off a river of molasses that flowed at speeds up to 35 miles per hour into a North End Boston …history of molasses and the molasses trade and discuss how fault for the disaster was attributed…” Dennis Van Derlaske. AARP not have to be member HERE

// Jan 12 Thu 12-1:30 Bread origins and early breads resisted. Rubel's Bread History Seminar. William Rubel. $0-10 Info will be HERE . Facebook group HERE

Jan 12 Thu 1 Hopping Freights and Harvesting Grain with Hobos in Iowa, 1870s–1910s. Nathan Tye. State Historical Society of Iowa HERE TAPE HERE

Jan 12 Thu 5:30 South Indian Pongal. new rice harvest festival. Anna Mays. sweet and savory dishes using rice. City Market Classes & Events VT HERE

Jan 12 Thur 7 Dry January and the Origins of the Temperance Movement. Sarah Lohman. Chelmsford Public Library HERE TAPE HERE

Jan 12 Thu 8 Feeding Washington’s Army: Surviving the Valley Forge Winter of 1778. Ricardo A. Herrera. History Camp HERE TAPE HERE

//Jan 13 Fri 4AM-2:30 Food Diversity Day. 11 free talks “to celebrate Britain's most endangered foods and to help get more food diversity onto our plates.” Dan Saladino (Eating to Extinction, upcoming talk Feb 2) and leading scientists, writers, chefs, farmers, campaigners and entrepreneurs. Website with all talks on one page HERE Resource links HERE TAPES HERE. The 11 talks are listed separately -

Jan 13 Fri 4AM Why Food Diversity Matters. opening session on “the stories and themes that’ll be explored across the ten different sessions.” Dan Saladino (Eating to Extinction) & panel. Food Diversity Day HERE Website HERE Resource links HERE TAPE HERE

Jan 13 Fri 5AM Bread, Baking and the Diversity of Grains. “Wheat is the globe’s third largest commodity. Almost all the varieties grown are hybrids, dependent on pesticides and artificial fertilisers…” Sheila Dillon & panel. Food Diversity Day HERE Website HERE Resource links HERE TAPE HERE

Jan 13 Fri 6AM Seeds: A Guide to Creating Diversity. Alys Fowler & panel. Food Diversity Day HERE Website HERE Resource links HERE TAPE HERE

Jan 13 Fri 7AM Soil, Pasture & Animal breeds: Why Diversity Matters in Meat and Dairy. Dan Saladino (Eating to Extinction) & panel. “how diverse breeds raised on diverse pastures can produce food with benefits to soil, biodiversity and nutrition.” Food Diversity Day HERE Website HERE Resource links HERE TAPE HERE [Jan 25 Mooooving Day – Transhumance and the Impact on Dairy Cultures ]

Jan 13 Fri 8AM A Chef’s Guide to the Ark of Taste: Can Restaurants Save Endangered Foods? Slow Food UK and six top chefs “who are using their menus to save endangered foods.” Food Diversity Day HERE Website HERE Resource links HERE TAPE HERE

Jan 13 Fri 9AM Can Diversity Help Save the Oceans? “‘big five’ species, salmon, tuna, cod, haddock and prawns, make up 80 per cent of what we eat…” A marine ecologist, fisherman, retailer and chef. Food Diversity Day HERE Website HERE Resource links HERE TAPE HERE

Jan 13 Fri 10AM The Lentil Underground: The Power of Pulses. Beans, lentils, and peas (pulses) were “among the world’s most important foods. However, in the last century, in many food cultures, they fell into decline as farming animals and meat eating became more widespread.” Speakers: “people in different parts of the world who are reviving lost legumes.” Food Diversity Day HERE Website HERE Resource links HERE TAPE HERE

Jan 13 Fri 11AM Can Cities Save Food Diversity? Richard McCarthy (Int. Farmers Markets Coalition), Carolyn Steel (Hungry City) & panel. Food Diversity Day HERE Website HERE Resource links HERE TAPE HERE

Jan 13 Fri 12 The Last of Their Kind: Endangered British Cheeses. Patrick McGuigan & panel. “just a handful of farms left in the UK making traditional regional cheeses, such as Red Leicester, Lancashire and Wensleydale… why territorial cheeses matter, the differences between farm and factory cheeses, and the importance of traditional cheesemaking.” Food Diversity Day HERE Website HERE Resource links HERE TAPE HERE

Jan 13 Fri 12:30 Networks of Petitions and Trade: The Anglo-Dutch Atlantic in the seventeenth century. Joris van den Tol. Institute of Historical Research UK Hybrid HERE TAPE may be HERE [Jan 24 The Little Ice Age in the Dutch North Atlantic. 16th-18th cen]

Jan 13 Fri 1 Bottling Biodiversity “Hear from leading experts in wine, beer, cider and mescal on saving traditions, flavours and precious ingredients” Food Diversity Day HERE Website HERE Resource links HERE TAPE HERE

Jan 13 Fri 2-2:30 Food Diversity Day Closing Session: Food Manifesto. Dan Saladino (Eating to Extinction) & panel. Food Diversity Day HERE Website HERE Resource links HERE TAPE HERE

Jan 13 Fri 7 Brampton, Ontario as a window on life in Canada during WW1. Lynne Golding. Hybrid HERE

Jan 14 Sat 10AM-12 Winter Ferments for Ukraine. Amy Halloran & Ellie Markovitch. Donation. HERE

Jan 14 Sat 10:30-11:15AM History in the Kitchen. “Every 45-minute session spotlights a dish eaten by one of the following groups: the Mason family, people enslaved at Gunston Hall, and the white laborers, shopkeepers, and tenant farmers of Virginia.” Kids 10-18, adults. Gunston Hall HERE TAPE may be HERE

Jan 14 Sat 11AM-12:30 Martha Lloyd's Household Book, The Original Manuscript from Jane Austen’s Kitchen. Discussion with Julienne Gehrer, Editor. JASNA-MN $6 HERE

Jan 16 Mon 1 Cooking for the Civil Rights Movement. “Georgia Gilmore and how she used her kitchen skills to raise money in secret for the Montgomery, Alabama, bus boycott… sweet potato pie.” Cheyney McKnight. Living History @ Home. NY Historical Society HERE TAPE may be HERE

Jan 17 Tue 9:30AM Bocca Di Magra, one of the charming fishing villages of Liguria, Italy. Heygo HERE

Jan 17 Tue 12:30 The political ecology of the potato in Ireland. “The potato blight that destroyed Ireland’s harvest affected many parts of western Europe, but only in Ireland, and to lesser extent Scotland, did crop disease trigger starvation on a grand scale.” David Nally. Institute of Historical Research UK Hybrid HERE TAPE may be HERE

Jan 17 Tue 1 Beer, Batter and Brawling: Pieter Bruegel the Elder. pioneering 16th Century Netherlandish master. Stella Grace Lyons Art History Lectures and Tours £9.21 HERE

Jan 17 Tue 1 The Kurtuluş Ship’s Story: The Turkish Humanitarian Aid to Greece in WW2. Elçin Macar. Anglo Turkish Society. £5 HERE TAPE may be HERE

Jan 17 Tue 1:30 Hooghly: The Global History of a River. India. “Hooghly made history by providing a conduit for trade, imperialist ambitions, technological change and new ideas.” Robert Ivermee. The British in India Historical Trust. £5 HERE TAPE FB HERE or HERE

Jan 17 Tue 6:30 Best Thing Since Sliced Bread: The Sandwich. Francine Segan. AARP not have to be member HERE

Jan 18 Wed 11AM The world of Blended Scotch Whisky. Ahead of Burns Night on 25 January… Wine & Spirit Education Trust (WSET) HERE TAPE HERE

Jan 18 Wed 12 The Ginger Gingerbread Lady. “brief history of gingerbread… the national competition held at the Grove Park Inn. … 2020 Bailey’s Fine Jewelry 1st Gingerbread House Competition…$1.2 million worth of jewelry in the design…” Lindsay Deibler. North Carolina Museum of History HERE TAPE HERE

Jan 18 Wed 12 We need to talk about... Salt and Bitter! Jennifer McLagan author Bitter, Blood, and Odd Bits, and Naomi Duguid, author The Miracle of Salt. Oxford Food Symposium. £15 HERE

Jan 18 Wed 1-2:30 Chinese Whispers - Chinoiserie on Worcester porcelain in the early Dr Wall period. Paul Crane. Museum of Royal Worcester HERE TAPE may be HERE

Jan 18 Wed 2 Introducing ‘The Atlas of Early Modern Wildlife’. project to map the wildlife of Britain and Ireland between 1519-1772 CE. Lee Raye. Animal History Group HERE

Jan 18 Wed 3 The Life and Times of Colorado Barbecue. Adrian Miller. History Colorado. $15 Hybrid HERE

Jan 18 Wed 6-7:30 Doctors and Distillers: The Remarkable Medicinal History of Beer, Wine, Spirits, and Cocktails! book club discussion. Mutter Museum $5 HERE

Jan 18 Wed 7 The Taste of Jewish Culture: Chulent and Hamin: The Stew with a Thousand Flavors. Joel Haber. Walnut Street Synagogue, Chelsea, MA HERE

Jan 18 Wed 7 Mohican Medicine for the Winter Months. “#6 Wild Bergamot, Mullein, and Sumac…gathering, drying and preserving herbs and will discuss the usage of herbs through stories of the Tribe.” Misty Cook. Bidwell House Museum. $15 HERE

Jan 18 Wed 10pm Whiskey and Wiretaps: The Northwest’s Rumrunning King. Steve Edmiston. White River Valley Museum HERE

Jan 19 Thu 12:30 Cookbooks in twentieth-century Romania and America. “Keeping up with the Home Economists: Betty Crocker was an Influencer.” Claire Stewart; “Reading the Cookbooks of Communist Romania.” Adriana Sohodoleanu. IHR HERE

Jan 19 Thu 6-7:15 Chinese Dim Sum. Sarah and Kaitlin Leung, of The Woks of Life blog and book. Milk Street Live. $29.95 HERE

Jan 19 Thu 7 Precious Cargo: How Food From the Americas Changed the World author David DeWitt. Historic Foodways Society of the Delaware Valley HERE Cancelled

Jan 19 Thu 8 Eat, Drink and Be Merry: The History of Food and Hospitality in Lake County IL, 8th Annual Lake County History Symposium. 3 talks: The History of Libertyville Hotels; Flora and Fauna (Recipes recorded orally by Native Americans and written by local pioneer settlers demonstrate sustenance and diet using native flora and fauna.); Eating Wild in Deerfield (history of Wild Game Fund-Raising Dinners... one with raccoon). Highland Park Historical Society. HERE TAPES HERE

Jan 20 Fri 2-3:30 La Gastronomie - A Talk on the French people's love of food. Catherine Eeckhout. Alton Community Centre UK £7.06 HERE

Jan 20 Fri 7 Cachaça Curious. “freshly pressed sugarcane juice in Brazil, it’s the star of the Caipirinha, one of the world’s most popular cocktails.” Tammy’s Tasting. $19 HERE

Jan 21 Sat 6-11AM Watermills - not just for flour. “history of watermills from the Roman period to the eve of the Industrial revolution.” Dr. Birgitta Hoffmann, who is running a field work project studying the remains of watermills from the 15th cen. on, in Glenesk, Scotland. MANCENT, The Manchester ContinuingEducationNetwork £20-35 / 5 hours HERE

Jan 21 Sat 11AM Ice Harvesting on Jamaica Pond. Charlie Rosenberg. Jamaica Plain Historical Society. Boston area. Hybrid HERE TAPE HERE or HERE. some unique old photos

Jan 22 Sun 1 A Certain Fascinating History of Saffron, the World's Most Expensive Spice. “history of saffron in England -- and how it came to Canada.” Sam Bilton. Culinary Historians of Canada donation HERE

Jan 22 Sun 10:30 Vintage Postcards — A Portal to Dining As it Once Was. Pam Elder. BACH Bay Area Culinary Historians HERE

Jan 23-27 Right to Harm Film Screening. History and devastating public health impact of factory farms (Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations – or CAFOs) whose "facilities produce millions of gallons of untreated waste that destroys the quality of life for nearby neighbors." HERE
[Jan 25 Mooooving Day – Transhumance and the Impact on Dairy Cultures cows seasonally moving to different pastures;
Jan 13 Soil, Pasture & Animal breeds: Why Diversity Matters in Meat and Dairy, TAPE HERE ]

Jan 23 Mon 6 Cooking with the First Ladies: Pat Nixon. Sarah Morgan. National First Ladies' Library. HERE

Jan 24 Tue 1 Pots, Glassware, Stone and Beer: Lambeth's Lost Industry. ”along the Lambeth Thames' banks, including Coade Stone, Doulton's and the Lion Brewery. Richard Watkins, Footprints of London £10 HERE or Jan 30

Jan 24 Tue 6 The Greek Diner and the Making of American Cuisine. The National Hellenic Museum HERE

Jan 24 Tue 6-7:30 The Little Ice Age in the Dutch North Atlantic. 16th-18th cen. “Dutch West India Company struggled to establish and maintain its New World colony of New Netherland between 1624 and 1664.” Dr. Dagomar Degroot author: The Frigid Golden Age. Dr. Chelsea Teale historical geographer. New Amsterdam Historical Center. HERE. Info and tape HERE or Vimeo tape HERE
[Jan 6 Everyday Life in the Ice Age; Jan 13 Networks of Petitions and Trade: The Anglo-Dutch Atlantic in 17th cen].

Peter Breugel the Elder’s 'The Return of the Hunters', 1565. Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna, Austria. click to enlarge.

Jan 24 Tue 7 Big House, Little House, Back House, Barn: The Connected Farm Buildings of New England. Thomas Hubka. Franconia Area Heritage Council NH HERE

Jan 24 Tue 7 Lunar New Year Dumplings. “a traditional dish eaten on Chinese New Year's Eve” for Year of the Rabbit. Boroondara Libraries, Australia. HERE

Jan 24 Tue 8 5 Great Teas of China. Bruce Richardson. Elmwood Inn Fine Teas $25 HERE

Jan 25 Wed 11AM-12:30 Peasants making history: Living In an English Region 1200-1540. author Chris Dyer; Dawn Hadley. Society for Medieval Archaeology. HERE

Jan 25 Wed 1 Britons Foraging for Food: The return of an ancient tradition. “definition of foraging, explore the reasons for its revival over the last two decades and the evolution process that this ancient living tradition has undergone in the intervening period.” Fergus Drennan. ICOMOS-UK £7.50 HERE CANCELLED

Jan 25 Wed 1-2:30 The Delicious History of French Cuisine. Edith de Belleville. New York Adventure Club. $10 tape for week HERE

Jan 25 Wed 6:30 A Recipe For Success: Finding Women Through Community Cookbooks. Erin E. Moulton. Boston Public Library. HERE CANCELLED

Jan 25 Wed 8 Mooooving Day – Transhumance and the Impact on Dairy Cultures. Adam Centamore. Culinary Historians of Chicago HERE TAPE HERE
[Jan 13 Soil, Pasture & Animal breeds: Why Diversity Matters in Meat and Dairy, TAPE HERE ]

Jan 26 Thu 6:30 A Taste of Old Colony History: Butternut Bisque. Old Colony History Museum HERE TAPE HERE

Jan 26 Thr 7 The History of Bar Culture in Ottawa: The Chateau Lafayette. c1849. Canada “…activities, drinks, and anecdotes of the oldest bars in the city, generation by generation.” Deek Labelle. Bytown Museum. Donation HERE

Jan 28 Sat 11-12:30 From Seed to Farmer to Table - Lessons Learned along a Food Justice Journey. Phil Kauth, the director of the REAP Food Group in Madison, WI Friends of Allen Centennial Garden $15 HERE

Jan 29 Sun 5 Bitter Sweet: A Wartime Journal and Heirloom Recipes from Occupied France. author Kitty Morse. IACP The International Association of Culinary Professionals $30 HERE

Jan 30 Mon 12:30 Making Beds and Stuffing Pillows: Sleep, Materiality and Environment in Early Modern England. Dr Holly Fletcher. IHR HERE no tape [why included? Beds were in some kitchens. And. Lady’s Bedstraw was grown at Bulloch Hall, where I first hearth cooked.]

Bedding ‘Down’ in Early Modern England. Dr Holly Fletcher. “In addition to…feathers, woollen flocks or straw, such items could be filled with plant ‘down’. This consisted of the fluffy seed heads of plants such as the thistle (white cotton thistle) or cattail (bulrush)...” short write-up with pics Nv 2022 HERE. Materials of Sleep blog with other posts

Jan 30 Mon 1-2:30 ‘There is scarcely a greater plague that can infest society than swarms of beggars’: the rise and fall of the mendicity society movement in Ireland, 1815–45. Ciarán McCabe. IHR Institute of Historical Research HERE TAPE may be HERE

Jan 31 Tue 5-6:30 AM Fishponds. Garden Archaeology. Roman, medieval to “semi-industrial use in developing what in effect were fish farms. We shall look at transformations in diet and religious practice post-reformation that led to many ponds enjoying a new lease of life…” Dr. Stephen Wass. The Gardens Trust. £5 HERE

Jan 31 Tue 11-11:30AM Terroir and Technology – A Guarantee of Origin of a wine down to vineyard parcels that may only be a hundred metres apart. Christina Pickard, Steve Smith, Alastair Maling. NZ Winegrowers HERE

Jan 31 Tue 12 Floating Palaces of the Great Lakes: A History of Passenger Steamships on the Inland Seas by Joel Stone. Book club discussion lead by museum staff, but author will be sitting in. National Museum of the Great Lakes HERE

Jan 31 Tue 12:30 Yerba Mate: The Drink That Shaped a Nation. author Julia Sarreal talk with Christine Mathias. IHR HERE TAPE may be HERE

Jan 31 Tue 12:30 Why wasn’t there cheese in the Chinese diet? “I propose that dairy products faded from the elite Chinese diet in the eighteenth century for a combination of economic and ecological reasons.” Miranda Brown. IHR HERE TAPE HERE

Jan 31 Tue 2-2:30 What are New Zealands's main wine regions? Edward Wicks. Wine & Spirit Education Trust (WSET) HERE TAPE may be HERE

Jan 31 Tue 8 Chicago’s Sweet Candy History. “Chicago produced one-third of the nation's candy including such superstars as Snickers, Milky Way, Wrigley's gum, Cracker Jack, Butterfinger, Tootsie Rolls, and Frango Mints.” Dr. Leslie Goddard. Lake Forest Library HERE no tape

FEBRUARY EVENTS -- Eastern time zone
101 / 87 start of month.

Links for new virtual talks are added as I find them, so keep checking back. Also added at end of my weekly blog posts.

***Please donate to the non-profits and support small businesses.***

African American foodways talks - Feb and taped talksHERE

Feb 1 Wed 7pm Haymaking, Barns, and Farm Memories. Dr. Steven Hoffbeck. book The Haymakers: A Chronicle of Five Farm Families. Vermont Humanities HERE

Feb 1 Wed 7 New Hampshire's Long Love Hate Relationship With Its Agricultural Fairs. Steve Taylor. New Hampshire Historical Society HERE

Feb 1 Wed 7:30-8 Talking Food and Cultural Identity. East Brunswick Public Library HERE

Feb 1 Wed 8 From 1970s Madison to The Manna Cafe and Bakery Cookbook: How Two Businesses and a Cookbook Took Root. Barbara Pratzel. CHEW Culinary History Enthusiasts of Wisconsin. hybrid HERE TAPE HERE

Feb 1 Wed 8:30 Crazy for Cacao. “From creme de cacao to chocolate bitters to milk washing, we'll explore all things chocolate and cocktails.” Tammy’s Tastings. $19 HERE

Feb 1 Wed 10 The Forgotten Caste: An Exploration of Drones [Bees] and Their Critical Role in Colony Health. Dr. Garett Slater. BCBBA Education Series HERE TAPE HERE

Feb 2 Thu 9-10:30AM Working with Heritage Barley. 4 talks: Heritage barley for malting and distilling/ Heritage barley and future/ Bere and Brewing History/ Reviving Chevallier: the Victorian malting barley. (more on Bere talk: “ERC FoodCult project recreated a beer last brewed in the sixteenth century… by reconstructing the recipes, equipment, and techniques used at Dublin Castle… colleagues in a multitude of fields including agronomy, microbiology, brewing science and craft-based historical interpretation.”). IBH International Barley Hub; James Hutton Institute. HERE TAPE HERE

Feb 2 Thu 12-1:30 Burns Night III. “follow the structure of a traditional Burns Night celebration, with the Immortal Memory celebrating the life and work of Burns, followed by the Toast to the Lassies, and the Reply to the Laddies. Toasts and readings. BARS British Association for Romantic Studies, Digital Events HERE

Feb 2 Thur 12:30 Food Order in the Court: the Star Chamber diet books, 1547-1637. Daniel Gosling (The National Archives) IHR HERE TAPE may be HERE

Feb 2 Thu 12:30 ‘Ite dolci alimenti’: a confectionery speculum principis for a cardinal-duke. 1587-88 edible monument of cotognata (quince paste) with 12 allegorical figures of virtues holding 12 madrigals. Virginia Cox IHR Institute of Historical Research HERE TAPE may be HERE

Feb 2 Thu 4 Eating to Extinction: The World's Rarest Foods and Why We Need to Save Them. author Dan Saladino; Paul Freedman. Book Passage CA. info and link HERE

Feb 2 Thu 6:45-8 Rick Steves on Eating in Italy: A Cultured Conversation. Fred Plotkin. “…Italy’s cuisine developed, the food specialties of Italy’s different regions …” Smithsonian $30 HERE

Feb 2 Thu 7 Learn About Japanese Snacks in Japan. Heygo HERE

Feb 2 Thur 7 Indian Meal & Molasses: The Making of New England Cuisine. Sarah Wassberg Johnson. Beverly Historical Society, Beverly, MA $20 HERE

Feb 4 Sat 12-1:30 Black Homesteaders of the South. “African American families who became landowners through the Homestead Act of 1862.” author Bernice A. Bennett. Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture. Hybrid HERE TAPE HERE

Feb 6 Mon 1:30 Poor Houses and Town Farms: The Hard Row for Paupers. Stephen Taylor. Active Retirement Assn. NH HERE

Feb 7 Tue 10:30-11AM What is Carmenère? Rediscover the lost grape of Bordeaux. Disappeared France late 1800s then to Chile. Wine & Spirit Education Trust (WSET) HERE

Feb 7 Tue 2 The Newport Medieval Ship: The Fascinating Journey from Discovery to Future. “medieval life onboard and in Newport.” Dr Toby Jones. Living Levels HERE TAPE HERE

Feb 7 Tue 3 The Grove Tavern in Dulwich. “buildings themselves but also the men who ran the pubs as well as some of the characters who used them.” Ian McInnes. Bell House. £5 HERE TAPE HERE

Feb 7 Tue 6:30 Gladiator Snacks & the Super Bowl: Sports & Food of Ancient Greece. Francine Segan. AARP not have to be member HERE

Feb 7 Tue 8-10pm 5 Great Teas of Japan. Bruce Richardson. “40% of the tea consumed in America at the turn of the twentieth century came from Japan's new tea gardens - and it was all green!” Elmwood Inn Fine Teas. $25 HERE

Feb 8 Wed 12-1:30 Ginger. Eleanor Ford, author of The Nutmeg Trail: Recipes and Stories Along the Ancient Spice Routes. Smithsonian Associates. $30 HERE

Feb 8 Wed 1 Sennacherib: Father of His People. “Over 2700 years ago, King of Assyria… projects… canals and monuments still visible in northern Iraq — offered freedom from the perils of drought, famine, and other insecurities.” Dr. Julian Reade. The National Arts Club HERE TAPE HERE

Feb 8 Wed 3 Traditional Korean Street Food. Cozymeal $29 HERE

Feb 8 Wed 3 Local Living: What to Eat in Lisbon, Portugal. Estela Mendes. Context travel learning. $26.50 tape for 30 days HERE

Feb 8 Wed 7 The English Barn in America, An Introduction to its Layout and Carpentry. Jack A. Sobon. Friends of Ohio Barns HERE TAPE HERE

Feb 8 Wed 7:30-9 Virtual Beekeeping Lecture: A healthy queen is vital for a colony to thrive. Dr. Katie Lee. Garfield Park Conservatory Alliance IL HERE

Feb 9 Thu 11AM Food Tour: The Belly of Paris. “Les Halles, home to one of the best market streets of Paris. Built in the 1100’s… Stohrer, including the macarons, the oldest pastry shop of Paris, a place opened in 1730 where the baba au rhum were invented…” Heygo HERE

Feb 11-12 S-S 10 hours. Seed Gathering 2023. Multiple speakers and panels. Dan Saladino (Eating to Extinction) keynote speaker. The Gaia Foundation’s Seed Sovereignty Programme. $20-40 Website complete schedule HERE TAPES may be HERE

Feb 11 Sat 10:30-11:15AM History in the Kitchen. “Every 45-minute session spotlights a dish eaten by one of the following groups: the Mason family, people enslaved at Gunston Hall, and the white laborers, shopkeepers, and tenant farmers of Virginia.” Kids 10-18, adults. Gunston Hall HERE

Feb 12 Sun 2 Sephardi: Cooking the History. Recipes of the Jews of Spain and Diaspora, from the 13th Century to Today. author Dr. Hélène Jawhara Piñer. CHoW HERE

Feb 13 Mon 2-4 Astoria, Queens - Flavors of the world. “restaurants, cafes and food shops…Learn the history of Greeks, Italians, Germans, Middle Easterners, South Americans, and Southeast Asians…” foods. Susan Birnbaum. $15 HERE

Feb 13 Mon 3 Aphrodisiacs: Myth or Reality? Francine Segan. Context $26.50 tape HERE

Feb 14 Tue 1 Inside Monticello's 1809 Kitchen. Live Q&A with Dr. Leni Sorensen. "talk about cooking in the Monticello kitchen and discuss the enslaved people who grew and prepared the food for Jefferson and his family." Thomas Jefferson's Monticello. livestream HERE TAPE HERE

Feb 14 Tue 2 Love and Loathing: A St Valentine's Day Event. Sarah Tobias, Paul Couchman, The Regency Cook. £15 HERE

Feb 14 Tue 6-8:30pm Australian Bush Foods – Part 1. WorkshopMyGarden, Australia HERE

Feb 14 Tue 6:30 Bread. Catherine Prescott, Mary Tsaltas-Ottomanelli. Keeler Tavern Museum. CT donation HERE TAPE HERE

Feb 15 Wed 1-2:30 Here's a Good Health to Dr Wall - Worcester porcelain and hot drinks in Georgian England. John Sandon. Museum of Royal Worcester HERE TAPE may be HERE

Feb 15 Wed 2 “English” Animals in an Irish Landscape? Vicky McAlister. Animal History Group HERE

Feb 15 Wed 2 Wiltshire’s Woodland Biography: a new Ancient Woodland Inventory. “database of woodlands that are at least 400 years old. … reviewing historical maps and documents, as well as field surveys for woodland plants and archaeology.” Euan Mckenzie. Avon Needs Trees HERE

Feb 15 Wed 2:30-4 Sustainable Development on a Prince Edward Island (Canada) Farm: The David Ross Diary, 1836-1882. Matthew Hatvany. U of Guelph Rural History Roundtable HERE

Feb 15 Wed 5:30 The Jewish Deli: History of a New York Institution. Kyle Einhorn. New-York Historical Society exhibit: "I'll Have What She's Having": The Jewish Deli. New York Adventure Club. Tape for week $10 HERE

Feb 15 Wed 6:15-7:30 How contact and colonialism have affected Indigenous food ways. Dr. Daniel Sims. Northern Indigenous Food Ways: Learning Circle Series. Farm to School BC British Columbia Canada HERE

Feb 15 Wed 7 Crystal Products of the Frost King: Ice Harvesting and the Natural Ice Industry in New England. Dennis Picard. The Bidwell House Museum $15 HERE

Feb 15 Wed 8 Bitter Sweet: A Wartime Journal and Heirloom Recipes from Occupied France. author Kitty Morse. Culinary Historians of Chicago HERE TAPES HERE

Feb 15 Wed 8:30 Toddy Time. “hot cocktails, from classic toddies to spiked hot chocolate and apple cider.” Tammy’s Tastings. $19 HERE

Feb 15 Wed 9:30 Food in Space, in Science Fiction and Reality. "When science fiction authors did get around to addressing [what they eat], their solutions were sometimes novel but impractical. How do their fantasies match up with reality..." Richard Foss. Torrance Public Library CA HERE

Feb 16 Thu 9AM Street Food and the Hawkers of London. “from the age of Shakespeare to the brink of the First World War.” Dr Charlie Taverner author. Guildhall Library HERE [Feb 19 London's Historic Markets] Don’t count on Eventbrite.

Feb 16 Thur 12 We need to talk about...Food in Translation! Maureen Fant, Anthony Buccini and Ken Albala. Kitchen Table. Oxford Food Symposium £15 HERE

Feb 16 Thu 12:30 The question of Honey adulteration in nineteenth-century Britain and America. “one of the most adulterated products in history. … Apicius, discusses the issue as far back as the 5th century… ” US & UK in 19th cen. “beekeepers, honey producers, chemists, and politicians positioned themselves in the wider debates” Matthew Phillpott. IHR HERE POSTPONED

Feb 16 Thu 2 The economic (mis)management of landed estates in the nineteenth century. “‘An Irish estate is like a sponge and an Irish landlord never so rich as when he has rid himself of it.’ … motivations, consumption and consequences..” Public Record Office of Northern Ireland HERE X

Feb 16 Thu 5 Cocktail-Making Class: Iconic Bars and Drinks of New Orleans. Diana Pittet. Context $26.50 tape HERE

Feb 16 Thu 5-6:15 Living with Climate Change in Northern New England. “how farmers and fishers have long responded flexibly and creatively… variable climate change on seasonal scales facilitated multiscalar adaptations across rural agro-ecologies..” Emma C. Moesswilde. Massachusetts Historical Society HERE TAPE may be HERE

Feb 16 Thur 6:30 Talking Salt: Its Geographies and Histories. Naomi Duguid. Culinary Historians of New York. $10 HERE

Feb 16 Thu 7 Taste of the Nation: The New Deal Search for American's Food. author Camille Begin. HFSDV Historic Foodways Society of the Delaware Valley. HERE TAPE HERE

Feb 16 Thu 7 Cornbread & Collard Greens: how West African cuisine and slavery influenced soul food. author Deah Berry Mitchell. Smith Public Library. HERE

Feb 16 Thu 7 Exploring The World of Japanese Craft Sake. Nancy Matsumoto, Michael Tremblay. Japan America Society of Chicago HERE

Feb 16 Thu 7 The Story of Maple Syrup. Sarah Lohman. Chelmsford Public Library. HERE TAPE HERE

Feb 16 Thu 7-9 Anthropology Day Lecture. “elements of Vermont Abenaki culture that have a deep-time presence in the state, from music and dance to subsistence… re-configure a nearly lost Northeastern agricultural heritage.” Dr. Frederick M. Wiseman of Vermont Indigenous Heritage Center and Botanical Gardens. The Institute for American Indian Studies HERE

Feb 17 Fri 11AM Wine Explorer - Celebrating #DrinkWineDay. Sam Povey "...brief history of wine... six key grape varieties, where in the world they are grown, and the styles of wine they produce." Wine & Spirit Education Trust (WSET) HERE TAPE HERE

Feb 17 Fri 8AM Food and wellbeing from the traditional Chinese medicine perspective. Dr. Xing Mei. The OU Online Confucius Institute HERE

Feb 17 Fri 8:15 Hidden Hong Kong: Traditional fishing village. The last one in Victoria Harbour. Heygo HERE

Feb 18 Sat 7AM An Gorta Mór: The story of Ireland's Great Hunger. Heygo HERE

Feb 18 Sat 7 Spreckels' Sugar Empire. 1850s from San Francisco to Hawaii. Bruce Bennett. SF City Guides HERE

Feb 19 Sun 1 The Bakery of Erfurt's Jewish-Medieval Community: An Excavated Element of Jewish-Medieval Heritage. Germany. “the few archaeological parallels throughout Germany will be presented… organization of the supply of baked goods to the local population …. For Jewish communities, for example, the supply of matzo was particularly important…” Dr. Karin Sczech. The National Library of Israel HERE TAPE HERE or HERE; The Beginnings of Israeli Cuisine (written info, archival pics, links) HERE

Feb 19 Sun 3 London's Historic Markets. “some of London's famous markets, including ones that are still in their original location, like Smithfield Market, some that have moved like Spitalfields Market, and some that are no more like Hungerford Market.” Rob Smith. Footprints of London £10 HERE [Feb 16 Street Food & Hawkers London]

Feb 19 Sun 4 Bound to the Fire: How Virginia’s Enslaved Cooks Helped Invent American Cuisine. Kelley Fanto Deetz. Culinary Historians of Ann Arbor HERE TAPE HERE

Feb 19 Sun 6-7:30pm Australian Bush Foods – Part 2. WorkshopMyGarden, Australia HERE

Feb 20 Mon 3 London's Food Factories. 19th cen. A “few of these remain, like the Lyle's Golden Syrup factory in Silvertown or McVities biscuit factory in Harlesden. Others, like Gordon's gin distillery or Sarsons vinegar works have been converted to other uses.” Rob Smith. Footprints of London £10 HERE

Feb 20 Mon 8:30 Mardi Gras Mixing. “history of Crescent City cocktails like Sazerac, Vieux Carre and Ramos Gin Fizz, as well as modern creations” Tammy’s Tastings. $19 HERE

Feb 21 Tue 1AM Indigenous fish traps and fish weirs on the Darling (Baaka) River, Australia. Sarah Martin and others. Australian Rivers Institute, Griffith University HERE TAPE HERE

Feb 21-Mar 28 Tue 5-6:30AM Garden Technology. 6 talks in series (Tools, Plant breeding, Pest Control, Glasshouse, Mowers, Poo. £24. The Gardens Trust HERE

Feb 21 Tue 5-6:30AM Garden Technology: Tools of the Trade. Jill Francis. 6 talks in series. The Gardens Trust £5 HERE

Feb 21 Tue 8AM The Birth of Brookville: Methwold Fruit Farm Colony 1889-1917. author Chris Stone. Norfolk Heritage Centre UK HERE

Feb 21 Tue 9AM Hogarth's London “paintings and engravings and 18th century London life.” Guy Rowston. Guildhall Library HERE Don’t count on Eventbrite.

Feb 21 Tue 1:30 Heart Like a Fakir: General Sir James Abbott and the Fall of the East India Company. Chris Mason. The British in India Historical Trust. £5 HERE

Feb 22 Wed 1 A to Z of Amsterdam: E is for Eating. “Cheesemaster Erik will lead us through different families of Dutch cheese. These are goats milk / White / Blue / Red / Hard cheeses… array of cheeses in this local Amsterdam cheese shop.” Heygo HERE

Feb 22 Wed 1 St Helena: Napoleon’s Garden Island. “Lying in the path of the trade winds on the homeward voyage of the great East India Company’s fleets from Asia, St Helena became a refreshment station and military bastion and also the resting site for exotic plants from Asia and Africa…” Donal McCracken. Linnean Society of London HERE TAPE may be HERE

Feb 22 Wed 1-2:30 Champagne! A Sparkling History of French Bubbly. Edith de Belleville. New York Adventure Club. Tape for week $10 HERE

Feb 22 Wed 1:30 In Search of Britain’s Oldest Pub. James Wright buildings archaeologist. Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea Libraries HERE no tape

Feb 22 Wed 6 "The Automat" documentary. behind-the-scenes account by director Lisa Hurwitz. Museum at Eldridge Street. NYC Donation HERE

Feb 22 Wed 7 Food Fads from the 40's, 50's and 60's. Dr. Leslie Goddard. Sachem Library, NY HERE

Feb 22 Wed 8 Southern Black Chefs in the White House. Adrian Miller. UNC Asheville. HERE

Feb 23 Thu 1 "Protector of the Poor": Iowa's Poor Farms and Midwestern Social Welfare. Megan Birk. State Historical Society of Iowa HERE TAPE HERE

Feb 23 Thu 4:30 Womens Research: Community Cookbooks & what they tell us about our Ancestors. Gena Pillibert-Ortega. Pastfinders of South Lake Co. Genealogical Society. FL HERE

Feb 23 Thu 8 History of American Pies … and Illinois is well represented! Catherine Lambrecht. Chicago Foodways Roundtable HERE TAPES may be HERE

Feb 23 Thu 8-9:30 Sweets & Femininity in Early Modern Spain, Women & the Confectionery Trade. Dr. Marta Manzanares Mileo won the 2022 Sophie Coe Prize. Culinary Historians of Northern Illinois HERE

Feb 24 Fri 1-1:30 Baltimore's Early Trade with China. John Danz, Jr. Baltimore Architecture Foundation HERE TAPE may be HERE

Feb 25 Sat 1-2:30 Food Justice: Grounding Ourselves in History. “the historical timeline of African American and Native American land stewards.” Eric Jackson, Hemi Kim, Crystal Forman. Holistic Wellness and Health HERE TAPE may be HERE

Feb 25 Sat 5-10AM Imagining the Medieval City. many speakers. London Medieval Society HERE

Feb 25 Sat 3-5 Climate Change and Migrating Farmers: The Spread of Agriculture to Southern Europe. From western Asia during Holocene, then paused. Dr. Andrew Moore. Archaeological Institute of America-Denver Society and the Denver Public Library HERE

Feb 26 Sun 2 Food and Drink Emporiums of the West End. “from breakfast tea to after-dinner drinks.” Joanna Moncrieff. Footprints of London £10 HERE

Feb 26 Sun 6-7:30 Australian Bush Foods – Part 2. WorkshopMyGarden, Australia HERE

Feb 26 Sun 10:30pm West Coast Culinary Symposium (described in talk). Society for Creative Anachronism (SCA) . Donna Green-Tye. BACH Bay Area Culinary Historians CA HERE

Feb 27 Mon 5 Potatoes: Food History and Culinary Inspiration. Samantha. ShopRite Nutrition Team HERE

Feb 27 Mon 7:30? Rhythm of Life in Dong Ba Market. in Hu, Vietnam since 18th century Heygo HERE

Feb 27 Mon 7:30 Beyond Hamantaschen: Moroccan, Greek and Hungarian Dishes for Purim. Chef Vered Guttman. The Nosher HERE

Feb 28 Tue 5-6:30AM Garden Technology: Plant Breeding – a Short History. Noel Kingsbury. 6 talks in series. £24. The Gardens Trust £5 HERE

Feb 28 Tue 12:30 Cultivating subsistence, planting resistance: Africa’s food legacy in the Atlantic World. “the enslaved grew food on the small plots allotted them for subsistence… emphasized food forests or polycultures for their dietary needs…” Judith Carney. IHR Institute of Historical Research HERE CANCELLED

Feb 28 Tue 5:15-6:30 The Jewish Recipes Within a 13th Century Andalusian Cookbook in Arabic. Hélène Jawhara Piñer. author Jews, Food and Spain. The oldest Medieval Spanish cookbook and the Sephardic culinary heritage. UPenn Jewish Studies Program. Hybrid HERE TAPE may be HERE

CONFERENCES, SYMPOSIUMS, LONG TALKS

Jan 5 Thu 8 Eat, Drink and Be Merry: The History of Food and Hospitality in Lake County, 8th Annual Lake County History Symposium. IL. 3 talks: Mary Ethel Crofton’s 1895 Cookbook Used at Fort Sheridan; Highland Park Community Cookbooks circa 1911&1925; The Rustic Manor restaurant: Good Food, Cocktails and the American Old West From 1947 to 1986 HERE TAPES HERE [pt 2 Jan 19]

Jan 13 Fri 4AM-2:30 Food Diversity Day. 11 free talks “to celebrate Britain's most endangered foods and to help get more food diversity onto our plates.” Dan Saladino (Eating to Extinction) and leading scientists, writers, chefs, farmers, campaigners and entrepreneurs. Website with all talks on one page HERE Resource links HERE TAPES HERE.

Jan 19 Thu 8 Eat, Drink and Be Merry: The History of Food and Hospitality in Lake County IL, 8th Annual Lake County History Symposium. 3 talks: The History of Libertyville Hotels; Flora and Fauna (Recipes recorded orally by Native Americans and written by local pioneer settlers demonstrate sustenance and diet using native flora and fauna.); Eating Wild in Deerfield (history of Wild Game Fund-Raising Dinners... one with raccoon) HERE TAPES HERE

Jan 21 Sat 6-11AM Watermills - not just for flour. “history of watermills from the Roman period to the eve of the Industrial revolution.” Dr. Birgitta Hoffmann, who runs a field work project studying the remains of watermills from the 15th cen. on, in Glenesk, Scotland. MANCENT, The Manchester ContinuingEducationNetwork £20-35 / 5 hours HERE


Feb 11-12 S-S 10 hours. Seed Gathering 2023. Multiple speakers and panels. Dan Saladino (Eating to Extinction) keynote speaker. The Gaia Foundation’s Seed Sovereignty Programme. $20-40 Website complete schedule HERE TAPES may be HERE

Feb 21-Mar 28 Tue 5-6:30AM Garden Technology. 6 talks in series (Tools, Plant breeding, Pest Control, Glasshouse, Mowers, Poo). £24. The Gardens Trust HERE

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