Lectures tagged "Food & Dining"


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Keeping the Feast: One Couple's Story of Love, Food, and Healing in Italy
Paula Butturini
March 2, 2010
00:59:57
Journalist Paula Butturini talks about her new memoir Keeping the Feast: One Couple's Story of Love, Food, and Healing in Italy. Paula and John met in Italy, fell in love, and four years later, married in Rome. But less than a month after the wedding, tragedy struck.
Role of Citizen Action in Solving Global Warming
Ken Ward
January 28, 2010
00:58:55
Graphic designer Ken Ward and community organizer Andree Zaleska discuss how ordinary citizens can contribute to finding solutions to global warming.
Stimulating Beverages: Tea, Coffee, and Chocolate in Early America
Amanda Lange
January 7, 2010
00:42:39
Amanda Lange, curator at Historic Deerfield, explains how tea, coffee, and chocolate--originally prescribed as cures for ailments ranging from headaches and depressions--became counted among the necessities of daily life.
Belinda Rathbone: Tea with Miss Rose
Belinda Rathbone
December 17, 2009
00:35:31
Belinda Rathbone, co-author of Tea with Miss Rose, talks about the life and times of Rose Nichols, the Bostonian spinster who gathered a regular crowd at her townhouse on Beacon Hill in the 1950s to discuss art, politics, and world affairs over a cup of Hu-Kwa.
David Chang: Momofuku Cookbook
David Chang: Momofuku Cookbook
David Chang
December 10, 2009
00:54:45
Restaurateur and new cookbook author David Chang discusses his new book, Momofuku, based on the cuisine at his four beloved New York City restaurants. Never before has there been a phenomenon like Momofuku.
America's Test Kitchen TV Show Cookbook
Christopher Kimball
December 7, 2009
00:39:15
Chef-extraordinaire Chris Kimball and the cast of America's Test Kitchen discuss the new The Complete America's Test Kitchen TV Show Cookbook.
Lidia Bastianich and Judith Jones on Cooking
Lidia Bastianich
November 9, 2009
00:51:20
Cooking gurus Lidia Bastianich and Judith Jones discuss their works of literary and culinary arts. In Lidia Cooks from the Heart of Italy, Lidia Bastianich translates recipes from regions across Italy to the American kitchen, and shows the rich variety of Italian cooking.
Mary Karr: Lit, a Memoir
Mary Karr: Lit, a Memoir
Mary Karr
November 6, 2009
00:44:49
Poet and memoirist Mary Karr discusses her most recent memoir, Lit.