Menu Matters A Book Launch for Nathalie Cooke’s "Tastes and Traditions: A Journey Through Menu History" Friday, Jan. 23 (2-4) Sidney Smith Hall, room 2098 (Natalie Zemon Davis Room) 100 St. George Street, at Harbord Street University of Toronto Campus Registration is free but required: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1979757908197?aff=oddtdtcreator Join us for an appetizing exploration of why menus matter and the stories...

In recognition of Black History Month, Faith Ebanks will join us on February 12th to delve into Black history in relation to King Street East and the surrounding neighbourhood in Toronto.  This neighbourhood was formerly the home to the Underground Railroad restaurant and the Epicurean Recess – two Black-owned food establishments that stood during two different moments in Toronto’s vast and complicated...

Dive into history's most captivating dining rooms as bestselling author and architectural writer John Ota takes a fascinating journey across the globe, investigating the architecture, interior design, and dining experience of twelve remarkable spaces, including dining rooms of Claude Monet, Frida Kahlo, Frank Sinatra, Lucy Maud Montgomery, Downton Abbey and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr....

What's on the Menu? Tastes, Traditions and Tantalizing Questions Explore Menus with Nathalie Cooke Join us for an appetizing exploration of why menus matter and the stories they tell us today. We will come to menus belatedly, after the dishes have been washed up, so to speak. So in her exploration of ways that menus matter,...

Ingredients for Queer Food and the Makings of a Feminist Restaurant Alex Ketchum, McGill University Coinciding with the 50th anniversary of the trailblazing restaurant Mother Courage of New York City, Alex Ketchum's book Ingredients for Revolution: A History of American Feminist Restaurants, Cafes, and Coffeehouses was the first history of the more than 230 feminist and lesbian-feminist...