Last Updated December 4, 2008

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2008

On-going

Culinary Historians and Foodways Groups Monthly and Bi-monthly Meetings and Programs
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Long-term
Forks in the Road: Food, Wine, and the American Table. Copia: The American Center for Wine, Food & the Arts, Napa, CA.
Copia's longterm center-piece exhibit examines contemporary culture
through shared experiences of food and drink, chronologically [with humankind's domestication of plants and animals, through cooking with fire, using fermentation, and up to the Columbian Exchange] and thematically [inventions and developments, imports, viticulture.] Copia is open Wednesday through Monday, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. For more information: 888-51-COPIA, or visit the museum's web site.

Through February 1, 2009
Feeding Desire: Design and the Tools of the Table, 1500-2005, Winterthur Museum & Country Estate Winterthur, DE, 19735
Five centuries of European and American dining through the designs and functions of eating implements. The exhibition, created and curated by Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, New York (a branch of the Smithsonian Institution), features 300 objects, enhanced by works from Winterthur's extensive collection of prints, books, and manuscripts. FMI 302.888.4600 www.winterthur.org.

December 2008

December 4, 2008, 3:30-5:30 pm
The Americanization of Coffee. Winterthur Museum & Country Estate, Winterthur, DE, 19735.
Coffee Tasting and Lecture by Michelle McDonald, assistant professor of history, Stockton College, New Jersey, discusses the history of coffee in a program associated with the exhibit Feeding Desire. Three area roasters, Crescent Moon Coffee Roasters, Pike Creek Coffee Roasterie, and Brew Ha Ha, offer tastings. Guided tours of Feeding Desire are available at 3:00, 4:30, and 5:00 pm. Included with all admission tickets. Members free. FMI 302.888.4600 and www.winterthur.org.

Dec. 10, 2008
Understanding 'A Christmas Carol.' Alexander Ramsey House, 265 S. Exchange St., St. Paul, MN.
Costumed guides read excerpts of "A Christmas Carol" and explain what Victorian life was like in 1840s London as well as at the Ramsey House in the 1870s. Visitors will also taste plum pudding made from a popular recipe of the era. FMI, phone: 651-296-8760. Tours leave at 6, 6:30, 7, and 7:30 p.m. Fee: $10 for adults, $9 for seniors, $9 for children ages 6-17. $2 discount for MHS members. Reservations: required; call 651-296-8760.

December 13, 2008, 2:00 PM
Colonial and Victorian Christmas Customs. Evesham Library, 984 Tuckerton Rd., Marlton, NJ 08053
Judith Krall-Russo, speaker. For reservations call Katheryn Woodworth at 856-983-1444X-2047.

December 14, 2008, 2:00 PM
Colonial and Victorian Christmas Customs. Long Hill Township Public Library, 917 Valley Rd., Gillette, NJ 07933.
Judith Krall-Russo, speaker. For more information call Mary Martin at 908-647-2088.

January 2009

January 4, 2009, 1 p.m.
Baking Memories: Scratch vs. Mix: Which Brownie is Better? Mill City Museum 704 South Second Street, Minneapolis, MN
History is revealed with food as Mill City Museum staff lead a series of demonstrations in the Baking Lab making brownies from scratch and from a mix, and discuss history of baking mixes. Visitors will taste the results and vote on their favorite. FMI phone: 612-341-7555. Fee: Programs included with museum admission of $10 adults, $8 seniors and college students, $5 children ages 6-17.

January 10 and January 24, 2009 1 p.m.
Washburn A Mill Tour. Mill City Museum 704 South Second Street, Minneapolis, MN
Get an in-depth look at the historic Washburn A Mill complex and the award-winning Mill City Museum building. A museum interpreter will take visitors into the building's many nooks and crannies, highlighting the lives of the men and women who worked there, how the building functioned during its peak flour milling years and the many changes to the building over time. The tour includes museum admission. FMI phone: 612-341-7555 Fee: $12 adults, $10 seniors and college students, $8 children ages 6-17 and MHS members. Reservations: required; call 612-341-7555.

January 18, 2009, 2 p.m.
Baking Memories: Winning Recipes from the Pillsbury Bake-Off. Mill City Museum 704 South Second Street, Minneapolis, MN
History is revealed in food as Mill City Museum staff lead a series of demonstrations in the Baking Lab about the 58-year history of the Pillsbury Bake-Off. Visitors will try samples from a Bake-Off winning recipe. FMI phone: 612-341-7555. Fee: Programs included with museum admission of $10 adults, $8 seniors and college students, $5 children ages 6-17.

January 31, 2009
Food in the California Gold Rush. California State Railroad Museum, 111 I Street, Sacramento, CA.
Food historian Ann Chandonnet will speak. The event focuses on the history of Sutters Fort and is sponsored by the Robert Mondavi Institute for Wine and Food Science at UC Davis. Chandonnet is the author of Gold Rush Grub: From Hoochinoo to Turpentine Stew (University of Alaska Press). For details, call 916 445-7387.

February 2009

March 2009

March 2009

March 7, 2009.
Symposium on Chocolate. American History Museum, Washington, DC.
Save the date, details forthcoming.

April 2009

May 2009

May 1 to 3, 2009
Culinary Landmarks. University of Toronto, Toronto, ON.
A conference to celebrate Elizabeth Driver's A Bibliography of Canadian Cookbooks, 1825-1949. Keynote Speaker: Liz Driver. Many panels and events associated with the theme plus an evening reception May 1: featuring historic recipes, and a 19th-century breakfast on May 3 prepared on the hearth of Campbell House Museum. Planning still in progress. http://www.culinaryhistorians.ca/

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