Daily Archives: June 9, 2015

Tuesday, June 23, 6:00 pm – The Culinary Lives of John & Abigail Adams

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Throughout their fifty-four-year marriage, John and Abigail Adams enjoyed diverse cuisine in both Massachusetts and Europe. Raised with traditional New England palates, they feasted on cod, mince pie, and plum pudding. These recipes, as well as dishes from published cookbooks settlers brought from the Old World such as roast duck and Strawberry Fool, are included in Rosanna Wan’s new book The Culinary Lives of John & Abigail Adams: A Cookbook. Together or separate, at home or abroad, this extraordinary couple humbly experienced an international style of cookery that inspired modern American culinary culture. Born in Hong Kong and raised in the United States, Rosana Wan is a park ranger at the Adams National Historical Park, a sergeant in the Army National Guard, and the first recipient of the John C. Cavanagh Prize in History at Suffolk University. She will give a talk on Tuesday, June 23 at 6 pm in the Commonwealth Salon of the Boston Public Library at 700 Boylston Street.

Saturday, June 20, 10:00 am – 4:00 pm – South End Garden Tour & Art!

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On Saturday, June 20, 2015, this year’s rain-or-shine, self-guided South End Garden Tour will kick off at the South End Branch of the Boston Public Library at 685 Tremont Street from 10 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. The Tour will feature many beautiful, diverse gardens in the South End – from pocket-sized patio spaces to rooftop terraces to neighborhood parks and community gardens. All of the gardens show the creativity of the owners and gardeners, and the joy they receive from developing and caring for a city garden. The Tour, a major neighborhood event, attracts garden lovers from all over the city as well as the suburbs, who are often surprised and amazed to find such creative use of outdoor urban space. South End artists will be creating paintings in the Tour gardens and other designated locations within the Tour area. The painting will be available for purchase at the reception from 4 – 6 immediately following the Tour.  The reception/art sale will be held at City Year headquarters, 287 Columbus Avenue, Boston MA 02116 (corner of Clarendon Street). Proceeds of the Tour exclusively benefit the South End & Lower Roxbury Gardens, through The Trustees of Reservations Boston Region, a non-profit organization supporting community gardens and urban green spaces. South End & Lower Roxbury Gardens was established to protect community gardens and pocket parks in this historic Boston neighborhood.  For complete information and to purchase tickets ($20 in advance, $25 day of tour) visit www.southendgardentour.org.  Photos by Ben Watkins.