PAST EVENTS

"From Rations to Riesling," symposium at Doon Heritage Crossroads museum, Kitchener, Ontario
Factory-floor tour of the Redpath Sugar Refinery, Toronto
"Butchering Workshop" in partnership with Joseph Schneider Haus, Waterloo, Ontario
"Puddings Boiled, Steamed and Baked," symposium in partnership with Gibson House museum, Toronto
"Exploration of Canadian Cookery Books with Elizabeth Driver," a potluck event for CHC members, in partnership with Gibson House museum, Toronto
Guided tour of the Cambridge Farmers' Market with market board member and cookbook author Rose Murray
Lectures by Linda M. Ambrose, "Ladies, Please Provide," about the surprising meanings of foods prepared for Women's Institute meetings; Dana McCauley and Rick Archbold, "Last Dinner on the Titanic: If You Have to Go You Might as Well Have an 11-Course Meal First"; Patricia Ferguson, "Your Presence is Requested: The Art of Dining in 18th-Century Europe"; Margaret Fraser, "A Century of Canadian Home Cooking"; Nathalie Cooke, "How to Tickle the Palate with a Pen"; Mary F. Williamson, "Of Course There's More to Cooking Canadian Than Butter Tarts" and "Come Again Tomorrow, Whim Wham, and Much More for 7s 6d: A Georgian Gentlewoman's Culinary Journey from Charlottetown to Dundee"; Tina Bates and Phil Dunning, "Beyond Gingerbread and Hot Cider: Food and Drink Interpretation at Montgomery’s Inn"; Pierre Laszlo, "Orange Juice: Invention, Production, Imitation" and "Foods of a French Village; Kathy Lochnan, "Biting Satire: Food and Drink in Caricature"; Craig Heron, "Tavern in the Town: A Look Back at Drinking in Toronto"; Lynette Hunter, "Community Responses to Changing Foods in Panniqtuuq, Nunavut"; Elizabeth Driver, "Christmas Food in Historic Riverdale" Mary F. Williamson, "Come Again Tomorrow, Whim Wham, and much more for 7s 6d: A Georgian Gentlewoman's Culinary Journey from Charlottetown to Dundee," a lecture about Catherine Dalgairns and her Practice of Cookery; Carrie Herzog, "In Celebration of Edna Staebler"; Dorothy Duncan, "Canadian Food from an Advocate's Perspective"; Dr Massimo Marconi, lecture about the rare Kopi Luwak coffee from Indonesia; Fiona Lucas and Mary F. Williamson, "Frolics with Food: The Frugal Housewife's Manual by A.B., of Grimsby"; Nathalie Cooke, “Contraband and Controversy: The Fight for Spread for Our Bread,” about the margarine wars in Canada
Panel discussions at Northern Bounty V, the Cuisine Canada conference in Guelph, Ontario, on "How Have Immigrants Influenced Canadian Cooking?" and "When Does an Imported Ingredient Become a Canadian Ingredient?"
Behind-the-scenes visit to the University of Guelph Culinary Collections
Advance tour of the 1832 Gooderham and Worts whiskey distillery site in Toronto, before it reopened as a premiere cultural centre
Christmas Cookie Exchanges, featuring presentations about cookie histories

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