Concertos (aka presentations) given at meetings of BACH
Note that there are not presenters at every meeting and not all presentations are recorded. Chronological gaps in the list below are intentional.
Each Concerto is © copyright the speaker, to whom all rights are reserved.
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| #1 | 04/14/2022 | Peter Hertzmann | Escoffier and a Spoonful of Umami | Peter Hertzmann, culinary historian and BACH member presents the first ever talk for BACH. He presents here his paper that was previously published in Petits Propos Culinaires #104. | |
| #2 | 05/12/2022 | Carolyn Tillie | Travelling Silver for Those Not to the Manor Born | Carrie Tillie presents a dress rehersal of her upcoming presentation for the Oxford Food Symposium 2022, entitled "Travelling "Silver" for Those Not to the Manor Born: Old Sheffield Plate and Electroplated Silver in Travel Equipage and Cutlery from 1730 to the Belle Epoque." | |
| #3 | 07/14/2022 | Oliver Pollak | Rebbetzins, faith and food - Simulcast virtual event on Zoom and in-person potluck | Oliver Pollak presents on the cookbook, The Jewish Home Beautiful and its relationship to the Conservative movement in America. | |
| #4 | 08/11/2022 | William Rubel | Smoked Milk of Samburu tribe of Kenya | William Rubel describes the unique milk handling tradition of "smoked milk." He also presents the almost total collapse of the culture of the Samburu people as ecological devastation is wiping out their way of life. | |
| #5 | 09/08/2022 | Maryellen Burns | A Taste for Comedy | Long before the first creamy custard pie was thrown in the face of Ben Turpin in the 1909 silent film Mr. Flip, food and comedy has been a staple of western literature and remains a mainstay of popular media. Maryellen Burns, writes about food in an often-humorous vein, and will guide us through some of history's most iconic comedic bits in which food takes center stage. | |
| #6 | 10/13/2022 | Shelley Handler | Chez Panisse: Evergreen (the early days at Chez Panisse) | The early days of the seminal Berkeley restaurant Chez Panisse and the way this restaurant helped to usher in the era of California Cuisine. | |
| #7 | 12/08/2022 | Richard Foss | A Dickens Dinner - Video TBD | Charles Dickens’ unusual relationship to food. | |
| #8 | 01/22/2023 | Pam Elder | Historic postcards from San Francisco restaurants - Video TBD | Rarely seen San Francisco restaurant postcards and a discussion of some of the changes that have happened to dining out over the past 150 years. | |
| #9 | 02/26/2023 | Donna Green-Tye | All about the West Coast Culinary Symposium (WCCS) - Video TBD | Donna regaled us with stories from this year’s event, as well as exciting moments from years gone by. She also spoke about how the SCA and WCCS help to bring culinary history alive and add to our knowledge and understanding of early foodways. | |
| #10 | 05/28/2023 | Lizzie Stark | Egg: A Dozen Ovatures | TBA - Stay tuned for details. | |
| #11 | 06/25/2023 | Ken Albala | The Great Gelatin Revival: Savory Aspics, Jiggly Shots, and Outrageous Desserts | TBA - Stay tuned for details. | |
| #12 | 07/23/2023 | TBA | TBA | TBA - Stay tuned for details. | |
| #13 | 08/27/2023 | TBA | TBA | TBA - Stay tuned for details. | |
Each Concerto is © copyright the speaker, to whom all rights are reserved.