Join us online for a fascinating lecture by food historian Sarah Wassberg Johnson. Ms. Johnson will take us on a journey through America’s cuisine as told by cookbooks. Along the way we’ll meet celebrity chefs obscure and familiar from all over the country and across the decades. Spanning the late 18th century to the present, Wassberg Johnson discusses how cookbooks reflected and influenced changes in home cooking in the United States. Sarah Wassberg Johnson is The Food Historian - author, speaker,…

Join us for the second program in our Food for Thought: A Tasty Exploration of Food, History, Culture and Community program. What does it mean when fruits are identified as “heirloom” and how can they connect us to our agricultural past? During this discussion participants will hear directly from several farmers who continue to grow these truly special fruits and the connection they provide to their farm and family history. Learn about some of the differences and any difficulties associated…

History and Home Cooking Megan J. Elias, Associate Professor, Boston University During the pandemic many people have discovered or rediscovered home cooking. Working from home has turned the frantic after-work cooking rush into a slow all-day multi-stage process. All the dishes we didn’t have time to make before suddenly seem possible. And these new kitchen lives have also led people to reach out to family and friends for recipes. If we can’t eat with people, at least we can share…

African American Heritage Foodways in New York – Discovering A Different Root Wednesday, February 10 7:00 pm via Zoom To register go to: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/135883389877 Lecture by Lavada Nahon, Culinary Historian and Independent Scholar For many people the idea of African American foodways equals ‘Soul Food’ or southern cooking. Before the great migration of the 19th century, the foodways of Blacks in New York were based on the culinary traditions of the Dutch and indigenous people as much as they were British…

The 55th Annual Meeting of the New Castle Historical Society will be held for the purpose of electing Trustees and Officers. This year's meeting will take place via Zoom. Following the brief business meeting, our guest speaker will be Derek Anderson, Executive Director of Northern Westchester Hospital who will present a fascinating talk - "Northern Westchester Hospital: Caring for the Community for More Than a Century". Mr. Anderson will explore some of the history of Northern Westchester Hospital and how…