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winter 2024 newsletter

In This Edition

  • Hot Sauce, Wherefrom Art Thou?

  • Program Notes

  • We Have An Official State Mushroom Now!

  • Rotten Ratings: Why Were Tomatoes Thrown At Bad Actors?

  • A Letter from the Editor 

  • The Sailor Who Invented The Doughnut Hole

  • Laura Scudder didn’t invent potato chips but she did invent a way to keep them crispy!

  • The DIRTY SECRET of “Secret Family Recipes”

  • Wacky Accessories for Dinner Parties

  • Delicious Food Named After Famous Musicians

  • Sometimes You Feel Like a Nutburger

Summer 2023 newsletter

In This Edition

  • Learning from Nickie V

  • Program Notes

  • Upcoming Programs at the Central Library’s Mark Taper Auditorium

  • San Francisco’s Anchor Brewing, the Oldest Craft Brewer in the U.S., Closed After 127 Years

  • Amusing Drinking Cups and Accessories

  • A Letter from the Editor 

  • Los Angeles Cocktails

  • Prohibition and Wine's Darkest Hour

  • God, Guts, and Rum

  • Interesting Tidbits

  • The Real History of Orange Julius

  • Found in the Stacks: Salute to the Salad Maker

WINTER 2023 newsletter

In This Edition

  • What’s Spanish about Espagnole?

  • Program Notes

  • I’ll Have Mine Rare, Books That Is

  • Letter From The Editor

  • The Hidden Histories of To-Go Container Art

  •  The History Of the Pink Doughnut Box, AKA, the '994'

  • The Tasty History of Takeout & Delivery

  • Ex Libris Dan Strehl

  • CHSC Book Group meets in person for the first time

  • Found in the Stacks: Victory Vittles (1941-1945)

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Summer 2022 Newsletter

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In This Edition

  • Siberian Brandy

  • Program Notes

  • Upcoming Zoom Events

  • What Are Those Aromas Doing In Your Kitchen?

  • The Talented Groceries of Hollywood Post-Production

  • A Letter from the Editor 

  • Why Is It Called Canola Oil

  • I Scream, You Scream for Avocado Ice Cream

  • Hired Help

  • Celebrate Summer with New Fruit Varieties

  • A new reason to visit DTLA: LA Plaza Cocina 

  • Forbidden Berries (or Appetite for Distraction)

winter 2022 newsletter

By chscadmin

In This Edition

  • Cooking With Pills

  • Program Notes

  • Found in the Stacks: Chef Wyman (1927)

  • Was Hangtown Fry the first example of California Cuisine?

  • A Letter from the Editor 

  • 8 Delicious Dishes That Were Actually Invented in Los Angeles

  • California Food History Books 

  • The Gnarled History of Los Angeles’s Vineyards

  • In Diverse Southern California, Loquats are the Real Fruit MVPs

Summer 2021 newsletter

By chscadmin

In This Edition

  • The Triumph of the Eggplant 

  • Program Notes

  • Upcoming Zoom Events 

  • Here’s to 25 years of culinary historical merrymaking 

  • “Dining with the Persian Emperor”

  • Members Remember 

  • A Letter from the Editor 

  • What the great ate: Maria Callas

  • Hot Dogs in Southern California Before Pink’s

  • Deep Dive Into Cuisine of Philippines 

  • The Wonder and Wisdom of Edible Botanicals 

  • The Pirate Who Penned the First English-Language Guacamole Recipe

WINTER 2021 newsletter

By chscadmin

In This Edition

  • Twenty-Five Years. Who Knew?

  • Program Notes

  • Upcoming Zoom Events

  • Happy 25th Anniversary to CHSC!

  • Fun With Food Puzzles

  • Letter From The Editor 

  • The Trendy Restaurant Glossary 

  • A Chinatown Kid Remembers Ghosts Of Christmas Past

  • What About Funny Food Books?

  • I Took The Advice Of A Book Called “Cooking For A Man”

  • The Art of The Cooking Demo Disaster 

Summer 2020 newsletter

By chscadmin

In This Edition

  • Before Cookbooks Stalked the Earth

  • Program Notes

  • Upcoming Zoom Events

  • Safes at Home Archive Project 

  • Members Remember 

  • Antiquarian Acquisition

  • Put Down Your Guns, Pick up Your Forks, And Sing

  • Sourdough and Staying At home

  • Flavor, The Science of Our Most Neglected Sense

WINTER 2020 newsletter

By chscadmin

In This Edition

  • That Lovely, Repellent Scent

  • Program Notes

  • LA Events

  • A Letter from the Editor

  • What is Cock Ale?

  • The History of Chicken and Waffles

  • Banana: The Fate of the Fruit That Changed the World

  • New Food History Books

  • California Brewers are Growing and Getting More Creative

  • Members Remember: Best Movie About Food

Summer 2019 Newsletter

By chscadmin

IN THIS EDITION

  • I Speak for Mutton

  • Program Notes

  • LA Events

  • A Letter from the Editor

  • Why Aren’t Figs Considered Vegan?

  • EatSeeGo/ Foodie Lunches

  • Big Brains, Small Guts and the Politics of Meat

  • For Kids Who Love Food

  • What, Me Worry?

  • Members Remember: What’s Your Favorite Cookbook

  • Food is a Source for Endless Creativity (and Misbehavior)

WINTER 2019 Newsletter

By chscadmin

IN THIS EDITION

  • Land of Baklava

  • Program Notes

  • LA Events

  • A Letter from the Editor

  • Story of the Popsicle

  • Food Landscapes

  • Lemonade and the Plague

  • Candy Quiz

  • Susan Orleans Ignites Library Love

  • Mapping Culinary Landmarks

summer 2018 Newsletter

By chscadmin

IN THIS EDITION

  • Badmouthing Your Grub

  • Program Notes

  • LA Events

  • A Letter from the Editor

  • The Wedding Cake Toss

  • Obviously Instagram and Food Photography are a Match Made in Heaven

  • Traveling This Summer?

  • Foam-enting a Brewing Revolution in Early L.A.

  • Our Menu Collection at the Los Angeles Public Library is Still Among the Best

  • Trending Harissa Connects the Culinary World to Ancient Tunisian Cuisine

winter 2018 Newsletter

By chscadmin

IN THIS EDITION

  • Why Not Eat Zombies?

  • Program Notes

  • Events Around Los Angeles

  • A Letter from the Editor

  • Wanna Try Tricking Your Tongue?

  • A Brief History of Food Styling by Denise Vivaldo

  • Comfort Food by Rachel Herz

  • A Trip Along Route 66: CHSC Members Party

  • Is America Ready for Insect Cuisine by Carole Rosner

  • CHSC Lunch with Kimmy Tang

summer 2017 Newsletter

By chscadmin

IN THIS EDITION

  • Going Gastro in Abu Dhabi

  • Program Notes

  • Events Around Los Angeles

  • A Letter from the Editor

  • Feasting Like It’s 1869 by Faye Levy & Yakir Levy

  • A Special CHSC Movie Screening and Interview with Jeremiah Tower & Lydia Tenaglia

  • What’s A Pawpaw? by Andrew Moore

  • Invasion of the Juice Bars by Richard Foss

  • Who Says Food Isn’t Fun, Beautiful and Sometimes Downright Weird

WINTER 2017 Newsletter

By chscadmin

IN THIS EDITION

  • Cold Burgers of the Depression

  • Program Notes

  • Events Around Los Angeles

  • Who Invented Edible Underwear

  • Mr & Mrs La Cienega by Carole Rosner

  • My Organic Life by Nora Pouillon

  • Gifts for Lovers of Food History by Sharon Tani

  • Gourmet Ghosts by James T. Bartlett

  • Azerbaijan Dinners by Richard Foss

Summer 2016 Newsletter

By chscadmin

IN THIS EDITION

  • George, for Example

  • Program Notes

  • Events Around Los Angeles

  • A Letter from the Editor

  • La Pitchoune: Julia Child’s Summer Home Welcomes Guests by Carole Rosner

  • Why We Grew up on Velveeta by Gordon Edgar

  • The Joys of Chef Memoirs by Alison Peters

  • Hop on Over: The First American Archive of Brewing is Open

winter 2016 Newsletter

By chscadmin

IN THIS EDITION

  • Stunt Cuisine

  • Program Notes

  • Events Around Los Angeles

  • A Letter from the Editor

  • Who Was Lorna Doone?

  • In the Beginning—Culinary Historians of Southern California 1995-2015 by Jackie Knowles

  • A Historically Mexican Tradition by Farley Elliott

  • Life Hacks from the 1800s: Things We Learned from Perusing Old Cookbooks by Stella Mittlebach

  • The Johnson Family Treasury: A Collection of Recipes and Remedies, 1741-1848 by Ernest Miller