“Dining Out in Paris Before Restaurants” by Jim Chevalier
Long before the restaurant, Parisians had far more public food ...
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“More Than a Market: L.A.’s Grand Central Market 1917-2020” by Kevin West
Since its opening in 1917, Grand Central Market in downtown ...
“Japanese Luxury Ingredients and Their Transmission to the West” by Ken Abala
Ken Albala describes the initial impression of Japanese Cuisine and ...
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11Jan
“Yelping the 1880s: L.A. Restaurants from Adobe Eateries to 24-Hour Gastro-Palaces” by Charles Perry
Downtown Los Angeles Central Library -- Mark Taper Auditorium
21Dec
“The Strangest Cooking Methods in the World” by Richard Foss
Pacific Palisades Library, 861 Alma Real Drive, Pacific Palisades, CA
14Dec
“The California Cheese Trail: History and Future of Cheesemaking in Our State” by Sue Conley
Downtown Los Angeles Central Library -- Mark Taper Auditorium
09Nov
“Aleppo: Culture and Cuisine” by Seta and Alec Ekmekji
Downtown Los Angeles Central Library -- Mark Taper Auditorium
19Oct
“We All Scream For Ice Cream: Ice Cream and Frozen Desserts from the Roman Empire to the Present Day” by Valerie Campbell
Palisades Branch - Los Angeles Public Library
12Oct
“Pizza History: Fact and Fiction” by Andy Smith
Downtown Los Angeles Central Library -- Mark Taper Auditorium
14Sep
“Food on the Westward Trail: More Than Bacon, Beans, and Biscuits?” by Richard Foss
Downtown Los Angeles Central Library -- Mark Taper Auditorium
17Aug
“Surrealism, Cubism, Modernism, and Food” by Carolyn Tillie
Palisades Branch - Los Angeles Public Library
14Jul
“Can Artisan Food Producers Survive in LA?” with Leah Ferrazzini, Alex Motamedi, and Christina Sleeper, moderated by Richard Foss.
Downtown Los Angeles Central Library -- Mark Taper Auditorium
15Jun
“THE GOOD COMPANIONS: The Unlikely Journey of Fish & Chips, from Meso-America to Yesterday’s Newspaper” by Simon Majumdar
Palisades Branch - Los Angeles Public Library
08Jun
“Decoding the L.A. Restaurant Scene: 20 Years Past and Future” by Josh Lurie
Downtown Los Angeles Central Library -- Mark Taper Auditorium
11May
“The History of Crazy Foods from the Boardwalk to the Midway” by George Geary
Downtown Los Angeles Central Library -- Mark Taper Auditorium
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