Events

2012

Dave Arnold, Food Arts, Harold McGee, New York Times
Tuesday, September 4, 7pm
Harvard University, Science Center Hall C, Cambridge, MA, USA
http://www.seas.harvard.edu/cooking

Vodka: A Global History
Patricia Herlihy, author
Tuesday, September 11, 6pm
Harvard University, Schlesinger Library, Cambridge, MA, USA
http://www.culinaryhistoriansboston.com/public.htm

Can Food Save Washington? Inventing Terroir for the Nation’s Capital
Warren Belasco, Visiting Professor of Gastronomy
Monday, September 17, 6pm
Boston University, SHA Auditorium, Boston, MA, USA
http://www.unh.edu/ecogastronomy/experiential

Bill Yosses, White House Pastry Chef
Monday, September 17, 7pm
Harvard University, Science Center Hall C, Cambridge, MA, USA
http://www.seas.harvard.edu/cooking

There’s a Spoon for That! The Lives and Times of a Ubiquitous Utensil
Mary Beaudry, Professor of Archaeology, Anthropology and Gastronomy, Boston University
Monday, September 24, 6pm
Boston University, 808 Commonwealth Avenue, Room 117, Boston, MA, USA
http://www.bu.edu/foodandwine/seminars/pepin-lecture-series/

Enric Rovira, Master Chocolatier
Monday, September 24, 2012, 7pm
Harvard University, Science Center Hall C, Cambridge, MA, USA
http://www.seas.harvard.edu/cooking

Middle Eastern Baking with Maura Kilpatrick of Oleana + Sofra
Wednesday, September 26, 6:30pm
Formaggio Kitchen, Classroom Annex, 67 Smith Place, Cambridge, MA, USA
https://www.formaggiokitchen.com/classes

“What the Fluff?” Festival
Saturday, September 29, 3-7pm
Union Square, Somerville, MA, USA
http://unionsquaremain.org/fluff-festival/

DallasChocolate.org Dallas Chocolate Conference & Festival 2012
Saturday, September 29
Dallas, TX, USA
http://dallaschocolate.org/

The Northwest Chocolate Festival
Saturday, September 29 – Sunday, September 30
Seattle, WA, USA
http://www.nwchocolate.com/

Book release: Gran Cocina Latina:The Food of Latin America by Maricel Presilla (author of
The New Taste of Chocolate: A Cultural & Natural History of Cacao with Recipes)

Monday, October 1
USA
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0393050696

Luisa Weiss discusses My Berlin Kitchen: A Love Story (with Recipes)
Tuesday, October 2, 7pm
Harvard Book Store, 1256 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, MA, USA
http://www.harvard.com/event/luisa_weiss/

Boston Local Food Festival
Sunday, October 7, 11am-5pm
The Greenway, Boston, MA, USA
http://bostonlocalfoodfestival.com/

Chocolate Week 2012
Monday, October 8 – Sunday, October 14
London, UK
http://www.chocolateweek.co.uk/

Joanne Harris (author of Chocolat) discusses Peaches for Father Francis
Tuesday, October 9, 7pm
Brookline Booksmith, 279 Harvard Street, Brookline, MA, USA
http://www.brooklinebooksmith.com/events/mainevent.html

Toronto Chocolate Festival
Saturday, October 13 – Sunday, November 4
Toronto, ON, Canada
http://www.torontochocolatefestival.com/

The Festival of Chocolate
Saturday, October 13 – Sunday, October 14
Ft. Lauderdale, FL, USA
http://nova.festivalofchocolate.com/

American Tuna: The Rise and Fall of an Improbable Food
Andy Smith, author
Monday, October 15, 6pm
Harvard University, Schlesinger Library, Cambridge, MA, USA
http://www.culinaryhistoriansboston.com/public.htm

Origin Chocolate Event – Amsterdam
Tuesday, October 16 – Wednesday, October 17
Royal Tropical Institute, Mauritskade 63, Amsterdam, Netherlands
http://originchocolate.eu/
http://www.facebook.com/echtechocolade

2012 NYC Food Film Festival
Wednesday, October 17 – Sunday, October 21
Multiple locations, New York, NY, USA
http://thefoodfilmfestival.com/

Bean to Bar Experience
Friday, October 19
Qzina Institute of Chocolate and Pastry, 9461 Irvine Center Drive, CA, USA
http://beantobar.eventbrite.com/

Fondue Friday
Friday, October 19, 11am-7pm
Dancing Lion Chocolate, 917 Elm Street, Manchester, NH, USA
http://www.dancinglion.us/wordpress/?event=fun-fondue-friday-3-2

Book release: Raising the Bar: The Future of Fine Chocolate by Pam Williams (of Ecole Chocolat) and Jim Eber
Monday, October 22
USA
http://www.amazon.com/Raising-Bar-Future-Fine-Chocolate/dp/0969192126/

The Progress of the Fork: From Diabolical to Divine
Darra Goldstein, Professor of Russian Studies at Williams College. She is also Editor-in-Chief of “Gastronomica: The Journal of Food and Culture” and author of “The Georgian Feast”
Monday, October 22, 6pm
Boston University, 808 Commonwealth Avenue, Room 117, Boston, MA, USA
http://www.bu.edu/foodandwine/seminars/pepin-lecture-series/

Equal Exchange: A Radical Model for Global Food, Farming and Business
Rob Everts, Co-President, Equal Exchange
Wednesday, October 24, 4-5pm
University of New Hampshire, MUB Theater II, Durham, NH, USA
http://unh.edu/cie/nhis/index.html

Neurogastronomy: What is it, and why does it matter?
Gordon Shepard, Professor of Neurobiology, Yale University and author of Neurogastronomy
Wednesday, October 24, 6pm
Boston University, SHA Auditorium, Boston, MA, USA
http://www.unh.edu/ecogastronomy/experiential

Coffee Culture with Merry White
Wednesday, October 24, 6:30pm
Formaggio Kitchen, Classroom Annex, 67 Smith Place, Cambridge, MA, USA
https://www.formaggiokitchen.com/classes

Tasting the Chemistry of Chocolate
Thursday, October 25, 6-7:30pm
Dancing Lion Chocolate, 917 Elm Street, Manchester, NH, USA
http://www.dancinglion.us/wordpress/?event=tasting-the-chemistry-of-chocolate

Eating Leaves: Seeing the World through Food on the Thai-Cambodian Border
Jeffrey Alford, explorer, writer, photographer
Thursday, October 25, 7pm
University of New Hampshire, Murkland 115, Durham, NH, USA
http://www.unh.edu/geography/index.cfm?ID=EA0B411A-CE29-D720-D06433896BE53069

Salone Internazionale del Gusto, Terra Madre
Thursday, October 25 – Monday, October 29
Lingotto Fiere, Via Nizza 280, Turin, Italy
http://salonedelgustoterramadre.slowfood.com/index.plp

9th Annual Conference: Slow Food
Friday, October 26, 6-9:30pm, and Saturday, October 27, 8am-5pm
University of Maine, Wells Conference Center, Orono, ME
http://estiamaine.org/2012/09/16/9th-annual-conference-slow-food/

Puerto Viejo Chocolate Festival
Friday, October 26 – Sunday, October 28
Puerto Viejo, Talamanca, Costa Rica
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Puerto-Viejo-Chocolate-Festival/440894829282649

Day of the Dead Fiesta @Taza Factory Store
Sunday, October 28, 1-5pm
Taza Factory Store, 561 Windsor Street, Somerville, MA, USA
http://www.tazachocolate.com/Social/Events

Restaurant Desserts, Hands-On Class by Sarah Kosikowski
Monday, October 29 – Tuesday, October 30, 8:30am-6pm
ICE (Insitute of Culinary Education), 50 West 23rd, New York, NY, USA
http://www.valrhonaprofessionals.com/restaurantdesserts-ny.html

Diane Morgan discusses Roots: The Definitive Compendium with more than 225 Recipes
Tuesday, October 30, 7pm
Harvard Book Store, 1256 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, MA, USA
http://www.harvard.com/event/diane_morgan/

Le Salon du Chocolat, Paris
Viparis Porte de Versailles, Paris, France
Wednesday, October 31 – Sunday, November 4
http://www.salonduchocolat.fr/

Spice Essentials – From Allspice to Urfa
Thursday, November 1, 6:30pm
Formaggio Kitchen, Classroom Annex, 67 Smith Place, Cambridge, MA, USA
https://www.formaggiokitchen.com/classes

Day of the Dead Dinner with Dancing Lion Chocolate
Thursday, November 1, 6:30-8:30pm
Consuelo’s Taqueria, 36 Amherst Street, Manchester, NH, USA
http://www.dancinglion.us/wordpress/?event=day-of-the-dead-dinner

Writing Food History – A Conversation
Kyri Claflin, Lecturer in Gastronomy, and co-author of Writing Food History: A Global Perspective
Monday, November 5, 5pm
Boston University, Fuller Building room 109, 808 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA, USA
http://www.unh.edu/ecogastronomy/experiential

Joanne Chang, Flour Bakery
Monday, November 5, 7pm
Harvard University, Science Center Hall C, Cambridge, MA, USA
http://www.seas.harvard.edu/cooking

New York Chocolate Show
Friday, November 9 – Sunday, November 11
Metropolitan Pavilion, New York, NY, USA
http://www.chocolateshow.com/

Slow Chocolate: Taste Workshop
Monday, November 12, 11:30am-4:30pm
Adam Street Club, 9 Adam Street, London WC2N 6AA, UK
http://www.seventypercent.com/2012/08/slow-chocolate-taste-workshop-12-november-2012/

Around the Italian Table – a roundtable discussion of Contemporary Food Ethnography in Italy
Carole Counihan, Visiting Professor of Gastronomy, Rachel Black, Assistant Professor of Gastronomy and Valeria Siniscalchi, Associate Professor of Anthropology, EHESS
Monday, November 12, 6pm
Boston University, SHA Auditorium, Boston, MA, USA
http://www.unh.edu/ecogastronomy/experiential

Barbara Anderson Rotger’s Recipe Box
Barbara Rotger, Gastronomy Program, Boston University
Tuesday, November 13, 6pm
Harvard University, Schlesinger Library, Cambridge, MA, USA
http://www.culinaryhistoriansboston.com/public.htm

A Taste of Britain: From Post-Colonial Cuisine to Molecular Gastronomy
Rachel Black, Gastronomy Assistant Professor and Academic Coordinator
Wednesday, November 14, 1-2:30pm
Museum of Fine Arts, Remis Auditorium, 161, Boston, MA, USA
http://www.mfa.org/programs/course/taste-britain-post-colonial-cuisine-molecular-gastronomy

2012 Chicago Food Film Festival
Multiple Locations, Chicago, IL, USA
http://thefoodfilmfestival.com/

Chicago Fine Chocolate Show/The National Chocolate Show
Friday, November 16 – Sunday, November 18
Chicago, IL, USA
http://www.chicagochocolatefestival.com/

New World Cuisine: The Histories of Chocolate, Maté y Mas
Sunday, December 9, 2012 – Saturday, January 4, 2014
Museum of International Folk Art, Museum Hill, 706 Camino Lejo, New Mexico, USA
http://www.internationalfolkart.org/exhibitions/upcoming.html

Sitting Down to Table: Visualizing the Daily Meal in a Pennsylvania Coal Company Town
Karen Metheny, Research fellow, Department of Archaeology and Lecturer, Gastronomy, Boston University
Monday, December 10, 6pm
Boston University, 808 Commonwealth Avenue, Room 117, Boston, MA, USA
http://www.bu.edu/foodandwine/seminars/pepin-lecture-series/

2013

The Festival of Chocolate
Monday, January 14 – Wednesday, January 16
Tampa, FL, USA
http://tampa.festivalofchocolate.com/

Not Just for Cooking Anymore: Deconstructing the 21st Century Trophy Kitchen
Emily Contois, MLA Candidate, Gastronomy
Tuesday, January 15, 6pm
Boston University, 808 Commonwealth Avenue, Room 117, Boston, MA, USA
http://www.bu.edu/foodandwine/seminars/pepin-lecture-series/

Food and the City Conference 2013
Friday, February 1 – Saturday, February 2
The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA
http://foodincubator.wordpress.com/conference/

The Roger Smith Cookbook Conference
Thursday, February 7 – Saturday, February 9
Roger Smith Hotel, 501 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
http://cookbookconf.com/

An Elegant Valentine’s Evening
Thursday, February 14, 8-10pm
Dancing Lion Chocolate, 917 Elm Street, Manchester, NH, USA
http://www.dancinglion.us/wordpress/?event=an-elegant-valentines-evening

Miami Fine Chocolate & Food Show
Friday, March 8 – Sunday, March 10
Miami, FL, USA
http://www.miamifinefoodshow.com/

The Festival of Chocolate
Saturday, April 27 – Monday, April 29
Orlando, FL, USA
http://orlando.festivalofchocolate.com/

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