Midwest Eats:  Foodways of the Great Depression

 

 

April 29, 30 and May 1, 2011

 

 

Kendall College
900 North Branch Street, Chicago – FREE PARKING
(West of Halsted Street, North of Chicago Avenue)

 

 

 

 

Just us for our 4th symposium on the diverse food cultures of the American Midwest, we will focus on the Great Depression’s impact on our culinary traditions.  We’ll explore an 8-cent Relief dinner, holiday celebrations, newsreels and Prohibition’s end.  Learn first-hand how Midwesterners ate during the Great Depression with lectures and tastings.

 

 

Program information

 

Maxwell St. History and Tour

 

Wood fired stove class at Primrose Farm circa 1933

 

 

 

Registration

 
Recommended:
 
$100 for Friday’s program, Relief dinner and Saturday’s symposium. Save $10!
 
 
Friday, April 29th:
 
$45 for Program and Relief dinner.

 
 
Saturday, April 30th:
 
$65 for symposium including lunch and refreshments.
 
 
Sunday, May 1st:

 
$10 for Maxwell Street tour. Food purchased separately
 
$40 for wood fired stove cooking class at Primrose Farm circa 1933 (Limit 8 people).

 

Members:

 

Charter members will receive a 10% discount when they arrive to the symposium.  Please join today.
 
 
Payment:
 
To pay by credit card, go to BrownPaperTickets.com or or 1-800-838-3006, which charges a nominal convenience fee.
 
To pay by check, then download, print and complete this registration application.