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Date Event/Topic Guests/Lecturers
6/12/2010 Of Fiddle Rails and Foie Gras: A History of Dining at Sea Bruce Vancil
(PODCAST)
5/8/2010

“Old Recipes in the Kitchen”

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Anne Willan

(PODCAST)

4/10/2010

The L.A. Times Food Section Gals

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Betsy Balsley, Donna Deane, Rose Dosti and Barbara Hansen (PODCAST)
3/13/2010 History of Chinese Food in America Andrew Coe (PODCAST)
2/27/2010 A Pre-Carême Feast Fundraiser hosted by Charles Perry
2/16/2010 Hungarian Easter feast at Duna Csardas Restaurant Members only
2/13/2010 ‘A Tra-ful for a Tri-ful’ – Mr. Clinton’s Cafeteria of the Golden Rule” Glenna Dunning (PODCAST)
1/16/2010 "When Los Angeles Was America's Wine Country" CHSC-Sponsored Charles Perry Lecture at Palisades Library
1/9/2010 “Eddie Brandstatter, the Party King of the Twenties” Annual Charles Perry lecture (PODCAST)
11/14/2009 "Pop Culture: The History of Carbonated Beverages" Eric Boardman (PODCAST)
11/10/2009 Dinner at Indo cafe Members only (PODCAST)
11/1/2009 “Octoberfest” Members only
10/10/2009 "Eating History" Andy Smith (PODCAST)
9/12/2009 "The Rise of Regional Cuisines in the San Gabriel Valley" Jonathan Gold (PODCAST)
8/16/2009 Used Cookbook sale at the Hollywood Farmer's Market  
6/13/2009 "150 Antique Aprons" Ruth Reedar (PODCAST)
5/9/2009 Researching Emma Darwin's recipes - problems and opportunities Weslie Janeway (PODCAST)
4/28/2009 Greek Easter at Papa Christo's Members Only
4/11/2009 “Piedad Yorba y Sowle and Casa Verdugo Restaurant” of Glendale Charles Perry (PODCAST)
3/16/2009 Farmers Kitchen fundraising dinner Members only
3/14/2009 An Incomplete History of Irish Food Carol Penn-Romine (PODCAST)
2/21/2009 Free hands-on cooking class - Vegetarian culinary treasures of Aghanistan Members only with Zel and Reuben Allen
2/16/2009 A celebration of the Great American Hamburger at Bob's Big Boy, Burbank Members only with Andy Smith
2/14/2009 Hamburgers Andy Smith (PODCAST)
1/10/2009 Charles Perry's annual lecture - "The Great American Soda Fountain" Charles Perry (PODCAST)
12/13/2008 Beans Ken Abala and Steve Sardo
11/23/2008 After program lunch at Cliftons Cafeteria Members only
11/08/2008 From Tourist Traps to High Art: A Hundred Years of Dining in L.A.'s South Bay Cities,  Part 2 Richard Foss
10/19/2008 1st Annual Fall Party - California 1903 at Sally MacAller's Octagonal house, Glendale Members Only
10/11/2008 California 1903 Charles Perry
09/23/2008 Dinner at Du-Par's at Farmer's Market Members only
09/13/2008 Let Them Eat Cupcakes: The History of Breakfast in America Linda Civitello
08/17/2008 Used Cookbook sale at the Hollywood Farmer's Market  
06/14/2008 The Mother of All Food Fairs: Slow Food's Salone del Gusto Dr. Allana Elovson
05/10/2008 From Tourist Traps to High Art: A Hundred Years of Dining in L.A.'s South Bay Cities,  Part 1 Richard Foss
04/12/2008 Dining and the Spice Trade in the Classical Greek and Byzantine World Harry Turtledove
03/08/2008 Bread, the Staff of Life: from England's torture chambers to the tables of the French elite, European bread culture, recipes, techniques and tastes 1500 to 1800 William Rubel
02/18/2008 The Robin Hood Pub, Burbank Members only dinner with Marc Meltonville and his family
02/17/2008 Holiday Party, A Souful Holiday Celebration Salute to Edna Lewis, Private Home, Pacific Palisades Members only
02/09/2008 "L.A.'s Beat Generation Coffeehouses, Clubs and Bars" Domenic Priore and Brian Chidester
01/12/2008 "How LA Invented the Backyard Barbeque" Charles Perry
12/09/2007 12th annual December Holiday Party TBA postponed to 2/17/08 because of rain  
11/13/2007 Tour to the Ritz Carleton, Pasadena Members only with Ricki de Kramer
11/10/2007 From Entremets to Sotelties: The Orchestration of the Meal Darra Goldstein
10/21/2007 Fairfax district tour and lunch at Canters Members only with Lynn Kronzek
10/13/2007 When SoCal Went Ag: Past and Present Stories of Farming and Farmers' Markets in So Cal Amelia Saltsman,Molly Iwamoto Gean, Laura Avery
09/12/2007 Ngoma African Restaurant dinner Members only
09/08/2007 Fish on Friday: Feasting, Fasting and the Discovery of the New World Brian Fagan
08/26/2007 Used Cookbook sale at the Hollywood Farmer's Market  
07/15/2007 Annual Summer Picnic: An Old California Bull's Head Breakfast at Adobe de Palomares, Pomona Members only
06/09/2007 Ten Historical Events that have Shaped what Americans Eat Today Andrew F. Smith
05/26/2007 So Cal Restaurant Society: A Salute to Cafeterias (at Cliftons's) Charles Perry
05/21/2007 Rustic Italian Dinner at Il Moro Members only
05/12/2007 Liquid Jade: The Story of Tea from East to West Beatrice Hohenegger
04/14/2007 Report from the Oxford Symposium 2006 Topic, "Eggs" Charles Perry and Dan Strehl
03/11/2007 Sunday Supper with Sandy Oliver at Angeli Caffe Members only
03/10/2007 Beyond Baked Beans: New Englanders and Their Food Sandra L Oliver
02/12/2007 Whale & Ale dinner, San Pedro Members only with Marc and Richard
02/10/2007 News from the Hampton Court Palace Kitchens Marc Meltonville and Richard Fitch
01/13/2007 The Wild Old Westside Beach Town Restaurants 1880-1940 Charles Perry
12/10/2006 11th Annual Holiday Party-"A Scandinavian Smorgasbord", Kitchen Academy, Hollywood Members only
11/18/2006 Hollywood catering, book research and other stories Akasha Richmond
10/14/2006 My Life in France, all about Julia Child from Julia's biographer and great nephew-in-law Alex Prud'homme
10/03/2006 In the Grand Manner-Tastes of the Gilded Age, Pasadena Museum of History  
09/09/2006 Edible Gold and Silver Through the Ages-In Pasadena at All Saints Church Lynn Neuberg
08/06/2006 Used Cookbook sale at the Hollywood Farmer's Market  
07/15/2006 Annual Summer Picnic- "Rancho Gilmore Fiesta" at the Gilmore Adobe, Farmers Market Members only
06/10/2006 Lunch at Empress Pavilion Restaurant Members only
06/10/2006 History of Chinese Food in L.A. Carl Chu, Lisa See, Michael Woo and Sonia Mak
05/13/2006 La Bonne Cuisine de Madame E. Saint-Ange: The Original Companion for French Home Cooking Paul Aratow
04/22/2006 Bus Tour McDonalds, Riverside. Etc.organized by Chris Nichols Members only
04/08/2006 California Pioneer Cuisine: Every Recipe Tells a Story Elizabeth Cox
03/11/2006 200 Years of Santa Monica Food Charles Perry
02/11/2006 History and Lore of Olive Oil Carol Firenze
02/05/2006 A Food Historians' Workshop: Reading Cookbooks as Sources for the Study of Social History Barbara Ketcham Wheaton
01/14/2006 When L.A. Was America's Wine Country Charles Perry
12/11/2005 10th Annual Holiday Party-Julia Child Holiday Celebration, Raleigh Studios, Manhattan Beach Members only
11/19/2005 Culinary Bus Tour of the Ritz-Carleton Huntington kitchens, E. Waldo Ward, Grabers' Olives Members only
11/12/2005 Then and Now: Thai Food in Los Angeles Jet Tila
10/15/2005 The Renaisance and the Modern: The Art of Eating Well in Italy Luigi Ballerini
09/12/2005 Dinner at Nonya restaurant, Pasadena Members only
09/10/2005 Malaysian Cooking, Including Nonya cuisine Carol Selvah Rajah
08/07/2005 Used Cookbook sale at the Hollywood Farmer's Market  
07/17/2005 Annual Summer Picnic-Beard at the Beach-Portugese Bend Beach Club, RPV Members only
06/11/2005 Flavors of Greece Tom Apostol and Akrevoe Emmouliades
05/14/2005 Vanilla:It's Amazing History and it's Exotic Uses Patricia Rain
04/09/2005 History of Starbucks and Peet's Coffee and Tea Jerry Baldwin
03/19/2005 Drinking Beer in a Blissful Mood: Alcohol Recipes and Feasting in the Ancient World Justin M Jennings
03/07/2005 Dan Strehl's Retirement Party at El Cholo Members only
02/26/2005 Mildred Pierce: The Suffering Pie Queen as Restaurateur (Alex Theatre, Glendale) Charles Perry
02/12/2005 From Our Valentine, See's: A Sweet Success Since 1921 Jody Scott
01/29/2005 Reconstructing the Kitchens of Hampton Court Palace: Experimenting with a Tudor Kitchen Marc Meltonville and Richard Fitch
01/12/2005 Tam O'Shanter dinner with Charles Perry Members only
01/08/2005 Bluebird Cafeteria and Pink Rat Café:LA Dining in the 1920's Charles Perry
12/12/2004 9th Annual Holiday Party-50's Brunch, Private home, Northridge Members only
11/13/2004 A look at LAPL's Ibero-Mexican Culinary Collection Dan Strehl
10/14/2004 Anne Willan and Mark Cherniavsky "A Feast of Words" Special Evening Event
10/09/2004 Tastes of America: What Are We Eating? What Are We Drinking? Andrew F. Smith
09/11/2004 Ain't Sunkist Sweet? The CA Fruit Growers Exchange, The CA Dream, and the Shaping of American Tastes 1912-80,Vincent Moses 
08/22/2004 Used Cookbook sale at the Hollywood Farmer's Market  
07/11/2004 Annual Summer Picnic-Fiesta del Molino Viejo- The Old Mill, San Marino Members only
06/12/2004 Lost Arts Lynn Alley
05/08/2004 Mezcal Mystique Ron Cooper
05/08/2004 Lunch at El Paseo restaurant, 11 Olvera Street and Del Maguey mezcal tasting  Members only
04/17/2004 Escoffier: The Man, The Legacy Bert Sonnenfield
03/13/2004 St. Joseph's Table and Feeding the Poor in Los Angeles Luisa Del Giudice
02/14/2004 Sugar and Vice: From Columbus to Vassar Fudge Linda Civitello
01/12/2004 Taylor's Steakhouse dinner Members onlywith Charles Perry
01/10/2004 L.A.'s Steakhouses: History and Survival Charles Perry
12/14/2003 8th Holiday Party-Dreaming of a Winter Wonderland…in Sunny So Ca, Elysian Park Members only
11/08/2003 The Sophie Cubbison Story Leo Pearlstein
10/14/2003 Wonders of Hungarian Cuisine-Hortobagy Restaurant, Studio City Susanna and Joanna Erdos, event chairs
10/11/2003 A Personal History of Sausage in America Bruce Aidells
09/20/2003 A Celebration of Herbs and Cookbook Treasures of the Huntington  Romaine Ahlstrom, Shirley Kerins
08/17/2003 Used Cookbook sale at the Hollywood Farmer's Market  
07/13/2003 Summer Picnic: An Afternoon Garden Party at the Gamble House, Pasadena Members only
06/14/2003 A Century of Soy in the U.S.A. Akasha Richmond
05/10/2003 Black Rice: The African Origins of Rice Cultivation in the Americas Judith Carney
04/12/2003 A Bowl and a Basket- Picnics under the Stars Carol Merrill-Mirsky
04/02/2003 Flavor of India Restaurant-Telegu New Year Celebration Members only
03/08/2003 Henri Soule: The Forgotten Man of the American Restaurant Patric Kuh
03/08/2003 Tour of Natural History's Chocolate exhibit, lunch at Margarita Jones Members only
02/08/2003 Chocolate through the Ages Jan Gasco, W. Warner Wood,Robert Small
01/11/2003 Food and The Times: A Century of Calif. Cuisine as recorded by the LA Times Charles Perry, Rose Dosti
12/14/2002 Christmas-The Baker's Holiday Susanne Dunaway, Paul Shrade, Sherry Yard
12/02/2002 No Holiday Party this year  
11/10/2002 Authentic 19th Century three course meal at Salvatori Room, Music Center Barbara Wheaton, Carrie Tillie 
11/09/2002 The French Country Kitchen and Table in the Early 19th Century  Barbara Wheaton
10/12/2002 General planning meeting  
09/14/2002 Flexing Abs and Mussels Justin Malan, David McHone, Mark Caywood
08/18/2002 Used Cookbook sale at the Hollywood Farmer's Market  
07/13/2002 Summer Picnic:A Hawaiian Luau Picnic Members only
06/15/2002 Homage to the Maize God: Ancient and Modern Maya Food Gene Anderson
06/08/2002 Field Trip to Santa Barbara Wineries, inc. lunch and dinner Don Corbett, organizer
05/11/2002 Santa Barbara County Terroir: A History of Wines & Vines Norman Beko and Ardison Phillips
04/23/2002 Lawry's Restaurant, La Cienega, Barbara Haber: From Hardtack to Homefries Members only
04/13/2002 Parmigiano-Reggiano Nancy Radke
03/09/2002 Researching Culinary History Russ Parsons, Myra Appel, Dan Strehl
02/12/2002 Tommy Tang's Restaurant, West Hollywood: Dinner, Thai Food Lecture Members only
02/09/2002 The Evolution of the California Coffee Shop Architecture  Chris Nichols and John English
01/12/2002 Partying like it's 1399: Adventures in 14th Century Cooking Charles Perry
12/09/2001 7th Holiday Party:Hollywood Film Food Theme, Raleigh Studios Members only
11/16/2001 Tour of Bullocks Wilshire Tea Room Members only
11/10/2001 Cracking the Coconut Su-Mei Yu
10/13/2001 Slow Food Movement Evan Kleiman
09/08/2001 The Fork and Civilization Albert Sonnenfeld
08/12/2001 Used Cookbook sale at the Hollywood Farmer's Market  
07/08/2001 Summer Potluck: Uplifter's Prohibition Picnic, Uplifter's Ranch Clubhouse, SM Members only with Randy Young
06/02/2001 Helen Evans Brown and Her Books Janet Jarvits
05/12/2001 Edible Flowers Rosalind Creasy
04/21/2001 Memories of an Italian Kitchen Vincent Schiavelli
03/13/2001 Dining Out at the Bombay Café, West Los Angeles Members only with Neela Paniz
03/10/2001 Beyond the Moguls: India's Changing Food Mosaic Julie Sahni
03/09/2001 Secrets from a Brahmin Kitchen-cooking class Members only with Julie Sahni
02/10/2001 The World of Jewish Food Faye Levy and Judy Zeidler
01/13/2001 Tiki Food Charles Perry
12/10/2000 6th Holiday Party: Une Fete Francaise Traditionnelle at the Marina City Club, MDR Members only
11/04/2000 Slippery as a Wet Noodle: Macaroni Clifford A Wright
10/07/2000 Mocha: Legacy of the Coffee Trade in Yemen Nancy Um, Timothy Castle
09/16/2000 Fig Heaven David Karp
08/20/2000 Used Cookbook sale at the Hollywood Farmer's Market  
07/15/2000 Summer Picnic: A Toast to the Coast, Malibu Estate Winery, Malibu Members only with George Rosenthal
06/10/2000 Lawry's Restaurants: Van de Kamps Bakery, Lawry's, Tam O' Shanter Richard N. Frank
05/15/2000 Authentic Flavors of Oaxaca at Guelaguetza Restaurant in West Los Angeles Members only
05/13/2000 Corn: A Gift from the Gods Toni Sobel
04/08/2000 Meals on Reels: Celebrating Food in Film Doris Weisberg
04/07/2000 The Edible Monument exhibit at the Getty Research Center, West Los Angeles Marcia Reed
02/05/2000 America's Favorite Foods Nancy Zaslavsky, Victor & Mary Lau Valle
01/08/2000 The Little Medieval Manuscript That Grew: a new look at Arab Cuisine Charles Perry
12/12/1999 5th Holiday Party: Renaissance Themed Holiday Party, Private home, Pasadena Members only
11/06/1999 Cooking, the state of the Art: a conversation with Marcella Hazan Marcella Hazan
10/16/1999 Arnenia in California: a changing cuisine Magda Harout, Khatchig Kradjianm and Sylva Natalie Manoogian
09/11/1999 Tamale as Metaphor:traditional Latin dishes in modern society John Rivera Sedlar
08/15/1999 Used Cookbook sale at the Hollywood Farmer's Market  
07/11/1999 Hooray for Hollywood 4th annual Picnic-Hollywood Bowl Cottage Members only
06/16/1999 Evening in Ethiopia at the Abyssinia Restaurant, Los Angeles Members only
06/05/1999 Mediterranean Grains and Greens Paula Wolfert
05/08/1999 Remembering Chasen's: Film and Conversation Doris Weisberg, Raymond Bilool
04/10/1999 Transcontinental Class: The Harvey Girls Tame the West Barbara Haber
03/13/1999 From a Moroccan Kitchen: A historical taste of the Kasbah Kitty Morse
02/13/1999 Recipes as Resistance-In Memory's Kitchen Cara De Silva
01/09/1999 Mongolians and the Silk Road Dr. E.N. Anderson
12/12/1998 4th Holiday Party: Italian Themed Holiday Party-Italian Consulate in Westwood Members only with Dr. Luigi Ballerini
11/21/1998 Citrus through time and space-the sweet and sour of it! Ottillia Bier
10/17/1998 Betty Crocker's Polka Dot Kitchen, Art Gallery, Old Pasadena Ann Ayres, Sally Elesby
09/13/1998 Used Cookbook sale at the Hollywood Farmer's Market  
09/12/1998 You say TOMATO: I say TOMAAHTO! Gary Ibsen
07/11/1998 Summer Potluck The Pic-A-State Picnic-Cabrillo Marina, San Pedro Members only
06/06/1998 May I Take Your Order? American Menu Design Jim Heimann
05/09/1998 Getting Used to Foreign Food: A Spanish Doctor in Mexico 1570-1577 Simon Varey
04/18/1998 Ringside at the Revolution: History of "California Cuisine" Rose Dosti, Steve Knight,and Kristine Kidd
03/14/1998 The Quintessential Trader Joe Joe Coulombe
02/14/1998 Sweets for the Sweet-The Romance of Candy  Carole Bloom, Marilyn Beaudry Corbett, Gary Guittard, Laurie Ochoa, Carol Klingenber, John Scharffenberger
01/10/1998 Totally Nuts! Nut Industry leaders
12/13/1997 3rd Holiday Party: Mexican Fiesta Holiday Party at La Casita Del Arroyo, Pasadena Members only
11/09/1997 Jumbles & Gems: A look at California's first cookbooks Dan Strehl
10/19/1997 The Foods of Puglia: Traditional Recipes from Italy's Boot Nancy Harmon Jenkins
10/11/1997 Celebrating the  125th Anniversary of the first cookbooks in California Charles Perry, Nancy Zaslavsky, Dan Strehl and Russ Parsons  
09/13/1997 Cooking for a Cause: Publishing charitable cookbooks Amy Lamb, Lois Petrovich, Helen Hayes, and Joan Nielsen
08/17/1997 Used Cookbook sale at the Hollywood Farmer's Market  
07/12/1997 A Summer Bastille Day Picnic,The Barbra Streisand Center,Malibu Jean Francois Meteigner, Ken Frank and Michael Roberts
06/14/1997 What's the Beef: at La Luna Negra Restaurant in Pasadena Mike Bennett, Ron Smith, and Peter Dills
05/10/1997 Hooked on Tuna: Another California First Dr. James Joseph, August Felando, Steve Edney
04/05/1997 Eating, Drinking & Entertaining in the Early Republic Joe Carlin
03/15/1997 Are the Stars in tonight? Celebrities' Chefs share their secrets Meeshell Block, Paul Canzano, Margaret Ferrazzi, Raphael Gamon, Lisa Gates, Lulu Powers, Christian Paier and Harry Schwartz
02/08/1997 Flappers and Frigidaires: Calif. Food trends of the twenties Charles Perry
01/11/1997 Catching up with Ketchup and Tomatoes Andrew F. Smith
12/14/1996 2nd Holiday Party: Charles Dickens Victorian Holiday Celebration,Peg Rahn's, Pasadena Members only with Diana Armstrong
11/09/1996 Contemporary Wine-Making in Southern California Dan Galleano, Bruno D'Alfonso, Alex Villacana and George Rosenthal
10/12/1996 Prohibition in the Wine Country Charles Perry
09/14/1996 The Beginnings of Wine-making in S. Calif.:the Mission Era Dr. Thomas Pinney
08/25/1996 Used Cookbook sale at the Hollywood Farmer's Market  
07/13/1996 The 1986 Fannie Farmer Picnic at The Will Rogers State Park Members only with Marion Cunningham
06/15/1996 Glamour, Gossip & Gourmets: Legendary Restaurants of Hollywood Betty Goodwin,Jim Heimann, Greg Williams, Mark Willens and Sally Wright Cobb
05/11/1996 Coffee, Java & Joe Tim Castle, Norman Kolpas and Martin Diedrich
04/21/1996 California Native American Indian Foodways Sindi Alzitre and Jan Timbrook
03/09/1996 Authentic Mexican, Then and Now Nancy Zaslavsky with Victor and Mary Lau Valle
02/24/1996 Edible Baroque: Making Mexican Bread and Culture Alicia Gonzalez (Smithsonian)
02/18/1996 The Cook Not Mad: 200 years of American Cookbooks Janice Bluestein Longone
01/13/1996 Making the Most of L.A.'s Diverse Marketplace Karen Berk, Linda Burum and Roger Hayot
12/09/1995 1st Annual Holiday Party: A Scholarly Potluck at the Brewery, Downtown LA Members only
11/11/1995 Taming the Eggplant in Ninth Century Bagdad Charles Perry


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