David Tanis has worked as a professional chef for over three decades, and is the author of several acclaimed cookbooks, including A Platter of Figs and Other Recipes—chosen as one of the 50 best cookbooks ever by the Guardian/Observer (U.K.)—and Heart of the Artichoke, which was nominated for a James Beard Award. He spent many years as chef with Alice Waters at Chez Panisse restaurant in Berkeley, California; he ran the kitchen of the highly-praised Café Escalera in Santa Fe, New Mexico; and he operated a successful private supper club in his seventeenth-century walk-up in Paris. David Tanis Market Cooking is about seeking out the best ingredients, learning the qualities of each, and exploring the methods and recipes that showcase what makes those ingredients special—pulling from all the world’s great cuisines. Boston University’s Food and Wine Program will host David Tanis on Thursday, November 30 from 6 – 8 in the Demonstration Room, Room 117 at 808 Commonwealth Avenue. $80, includes demonstration and small tastings from the new cookbook, paired with a beverage. Register at http://www.bu.edu/foodandwine
Tag: James Beard Award
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Thursday, October 8, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm – Anson Mills
Chefs all over the country turn to one source for hand-milled, heirloom grits, grains, and flours: Anson Mills. Anson Mills’ products are grown, cultivated, and processed in the traditional Southern style, nearly lost to modernity and revered by professional cooks and home consumers alike. At Boston University’s Demonstration Kitchen at 808 Commonwealth Avenue on Thursday, October 8, from 6 – 8, Barry Maiden, winner of the prestigious James Beard Award for Best Chef Northeast 2015, will demonstrate recipes showcasing some of these exemplary products, while Glenn Roberts, founder of Anson Mills, will discuss the creation and journey of each bag, from plant to plate. $70. Register online at http://www.bu.edu/phpbin/registration-manager-catalogs/foodandwine/app/catalog.php?action=section&course_section_id=3201
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Friday, November 15, 6:30 – 8:30 pm – Inventing Wine: A New History of the World’s Most Ancient Pleasure
Join The Arnold Arboretum on Friday, November 15, from 6:30 – 8:30 in the Weld Hill Building, 1300 Centre Street, Roslindale, for a lecture and informal wine tasting with Paul Lukacs, professor by day and wine connoisseur by night. Paul will speak on the subject of his most recent book in which he chronicles the 8,000 year history of wine, from spiritual and bodily nourishment to an everyday pleasure.
Paul is the author of Inventing Wine: A New History of One of the World’s Most Ancient Pleasures; American Vintage: The Rise of American Wine, winner of the James Beard Foundation, International Association of Culinary Professionals, and Clicquot Wine Book of the Year awards; and The Great Wines of America: The Top Forty Vintners, Vineyards, and Vintages. He has been writing about wine and its cultural contexts for nearly twenty years. Attend the lecture and sample several vintages (must be 21 or older). $40 ($30 if an Arnold Arboretum member.) Phone 617-384-5277 to register.
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Thursday, September 19, 6:00 pm – Vegetable Literacy: An Evening Discussion with Deborah Madison
The Cambridge School of Culinary Arts is pleased to host Deborah Madison, renowned vegetarian cookbook author, for an evening discussion, book signing, and recipe tasting on Thursday, September 19 at 6 PM. Tickets are on sale for $50 and include a signed copy of Madison’s new book Vegetable Literacy, as well as a selection of recipes from the book. All proceeds will benefit The Boston Public Market Association.
For over three decades, Madison has been at the vanguard of the vegetarian cooking movement, authoring classic books on the subject and emboldening millions of readers to cook simple, elegant, plant-based food. Her recipes have appeared in Gourmet, Food & Wine, the Time-Life Cookbook series, Bon Appetit, and Home and Garden, among many other publications. Her awards include the Andre Simon Memorial Prize, multiple James Beard awards, and induction into the James Beard Foundation’s “Who’s Who of Food and Beverage in America.â€
Madison’s new book Vegetable Literacy explores the diversity of the vegetable kingdom. Madison reveals the surprising relationships between vegetables, edible flowers, and herbs within the same botanical families, and how understanding these connections can help home cooks see everyday vegetables in new light. The event will take place at 2020 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge. Register online at http://www.cambridgeculinary.com/news/DeborahMadison.asp.
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Wednesday, September 30, 2:00 – 3:30 pm – Food, Inc.
Harvard Pilgrim Health Care has teamed up with the Museum of Science to present a free screening of the critically acclaimed film FOOD, INC., by noted documentarian Robert Kenner. Narrated by experts Eric Schlosser (Fast Food Nation) and Michael Pollan (The Omnivore’s Dilemma, In Defense of Food: An Eater’s Manifesto), and featuring interviews with forward-thinking entrepreneurs such as Gary Hirshberg of Stonyfield Farm and Joel Salatin of Pollyface, Inc,, FOOD, INC. reveals surprising, shocking truths about what we eat, how it is produced, who we become as a nation, and where we go from here. The screening will be at the Museum of Science’s Cahners Theater, and the doors will open at 1:15 pm. A panel discussion will follow with Gary Hirshberg, Chairman, President, and CEO of Stonyfield Farm, Jody Adams, James Beard award-winning Chef/Owner of Rialto, and Jessie Banhazl, Owner and Co-Founder of Green City Growers. This discussion will be moderated by Louisa Kasdon, writer and food editor of Stuff Magazine. Registration is available through the Museum of Science , or you may email David Sittenfeld at forumrsvp@mos.org, or call 617-589-4258.
