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: Robert Ji-Song Ku, Binghamton, New York Sunday, February 14 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. Zoom Meeting (Members will receive a link and passcode.) Robert Ji-Song Ku is an associate professor of Asian and… Read More »Dubious Gastronomy: The Cultural Politics of Eating Asian in the USA
Dr. Paul Freedman is a professor of history at Yale University where he has been teaching since 1997. His teaching and research over many years concentrated on the history of… Read More »American Cuisine and How It Got That Way
Paul Rozin was born in Brooklyn, New York. He attended the University of Chicago, receiving an A.B in 1956, and received a PhD in both Biology and Psychology from Harvard,… Read More »Flavor Principle Puzzles: Chili Pepper, Chocolate and Tomatoes