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Tag: Cookbook

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

    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.

  • Thursday, August 1, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm – Curious About Canning?

    Want to learn how to preserve your garden produce? Cookbook author Marisa McCleellan will walk you through the steps of pickling and boiling water bath canning in this two-hour hands-on Dilly Bean workshop, sponsored by the Massachusetts Horticultural Society and taking place Thursday, August 1, from 6 – 8 at Elm Bank in Wellesley. You’ll learn how to tackle a mess of beans and have the opportunity to ask all your burning preserving questions.

    Marisa McClellan is a food writer, canning teacher, and dedicated pickler who lives in Center City Philadelphia. Her first cookbook, Food in Jars: Preserving in Small Batches Year-Round is now available. Find more of her jams, pickles, and preserves (all cooked up in her 80-square-foot kitchen) at her blog, Food in Jars. (www.foodinjars.com).  Cost – $50.00 for Mass Hort members, $55.00 for non-members.  Reserve on line at www.masshort.org.

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  • Sunday, January 30, 1:00 pm – Clean Out the Bookshelf: A Cookbook Swap

    Admit it. You have shelves and shelves oozing with cookbooks and cooking magazines… some of which have rarely (if ever!) been cracked open. We know, because gardeners are often somewhat obsessive about collecting. Just how many perennial geranium cultivars are planted in your garden?

    So what to do about it? How about joining Slow Food Boston on Sunday, January 30th from 1:00 to 4:00PM for a good old book swap? Load up your old cookbooks you never use anymore, or maybe those esoteric ones you’ve received as gifts & never used… Don’t forget any food & dining magazines, too! And why not go one step further and bring on down any food-related novels or written collections you’ve read and want to pass on?

    The organizers ask for a $5 donation to SFB (payable in cash at the door) in order to participate; in exchange you get a way to give your books to others who will find joy in them, and you get to peruse the piles and take a few items that will bring yourself a little joy! Share the love, people, share the love….

    And speaking of sharing the love, all leftover items with will be donated to More Than Words Cafe. The cafe is an organization in Waltham that empowers youth who are in the foster care system, court involved, homeless, or out of school to take charge of their lives by taking charge of a business.

    The event takes place at Green City Grocers, 600 Windsor Place in Somerville, between Union and Inman Squares.  Directions are on the Slow Food website.  There is even parking! Cookbook image from The Perfect Pantry.

  • Thursday, October 21, 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm – Climbing the Mango Trees

    Madhur Jaffrey, the seven-time winner of the James Beard Award, is coming to the Coolidge Corner Theatre, 290 Harvard Street in Brookline, on Thursday, October 21 beginning at 6 pm  to share her new cookbook, At Home with Madhur Jaffrey, and discuss her memoir, Climbing the Mango Trees. There are few better places to be than Madhur Jaffrey’s kitchen. The actress-turned-cooking-guru has won five James Beard Foundation awards and is a world authority on Indian cuisine. Come to the Coolidge Corner Theatre for a taste of her new book, which includes simple South Asian recipes perfect for time-pressed cooks. Tickets for this event are just $5 dollars. Purchase tickets by calling  617-566-6660.

  • Monday, March 8, 7 pm – The River Cottage Cookbook Class

    British chef, writer, activist and teacher Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall is widely known and respected for his dedication to creating beautiful dishes comprised of seasonal, ethically produced food and raising a general awareness of where our food comes from. One of several impressive River Cottage books, The River Cottage Cookbook is as much a fantastic collection of gorgeous, simple, rustic dishes as it is an inspirational treatise on how one chef grows, gathers, and cooks his own food.  Join Barbara Lynch Gruppo’s Stir chefs for an enlightening evening full of discussion, cooking and eating.  The price is $145,  and the program will repeat on Tuesday, March 9 and Wednesday, March 10.  For information, or to register, log on to www.stirboston.com, or call 617-423-STIR.