Note: Meetings are usually held on the second Sunday of each month, September through May, from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. Currently we are meeting via Zoom, but in-person meetings are held at the Bethesda-Chevy Chase Services Center, 4805 Edgemoor Lane, Bethesda, Maryland, and occasionally at other venues. The meetings are open to anyone. However, certain meetings may require a fee.
June Hersh, a former teacher and businesswoman, began her writing career after retiring in 2004. Her first book, Recipes Remembered, a Celebration of Survival, (Ruder Finn Press, May 2011) was… Read More »Yoghurt: A Global History
Author Andrew Friedman goes inside Chez Panisse and other Bay Area restaurants to show how the politically charged backdrop of Berkeley helped draw new talent to the profession; into the… Read More »Chefs, Drugs and Rock and Roll: An all-access history of the evolution of the American Restaurant Chef
Luke Barr is the author of the New York Times bestseller Provence, 1970 and his most recent book, Ritz & Escoffier. He is currently writing a social and cultural history… Read More »The Social History of Food and Cooking, with author Luke Barr