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.
Speaker: Jim Chevallier North Hollywood, California SUMMARY: "For over a century, the term "medieval food" has not in fact referred to the food of most of the Middle Ages. Rather,… Read More »Feasting with the Franks: The First French Medieval Food
BIO Dr. Kelley Fanto Deetz is the Vice President of Collections and Public Engagement at Stratford Hall, the birthplace of Robert E. Lee, and a Visiting Scholar in the Department… Read More »Bound to the Fire: How Virginia’s Enslaved Cooks Helped Invent American Cuisine
Speaker: Judith Tschann Redlands, California BIO Judith Tschann is Professor Emerita at the University of Redlands, where she has taught a variety of courses in language and literature, including History of… Read More »What Can We Learn from the Study of Food Words?