Events

Book Selling & Signing
Loganberry Books, Cleveland, OH
Friday, Nov 29th 10am – 11:30am
Free! Part of the Larchmere Holiday Stroll

Endangered Eating Paperback Launch Party!
Old Stone House, Brooklyn, NY
Friday, December 13 · 6:30pm – 8:30pm
$10, or $30 with a signed book.
Get tickets here!

Panel discussion with Sarah Lohman, food historian Tonya Hopkins, and podcaster Otis Grey.
— Listening party for the Gravy episode on the Carolina Runner Peanut, inspired by Endangered Eating
–Tasting of Real Wild Rice cooked in a traditional way
–Mezcal tasting
–Sarah will be available to sign books after the event.

At the Lower East Side Tenement Museum

Book Selling & Signing
Member Holiday Shopping Night
Tuesday, December 3, 2024, 6:00pm – 8:00pm
Free! With Membership

Christmas in the Tenements
Sunday, December 1, 8th & 15th from 4:00pm – 6:00pm
$55 (50% off for Museum members)
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Join us this Christmas season for a guided tour & tasting! Visit three of the Tenement Museum’s recreated tenement apartments, specially decorated for the holidays, to explore how families would have celebrated and how migration impacted their celebrations. After the tour, culinary historian Sarah Lohman will lead a presentation and tasting of lebkuchen, a traditional German Christmas cookie she adapted from an 1860s cookbook and modern Christmas treats from Lower East Side small businesses! Get tickets here.

Family Owned Tour and Tasting
Saturday, December 7 &14th, 3pm – 5pm
Tickets here!

Get a taste of the history of Kleindeutschland in the 1870s and explore the neighborhood’s impact on America and American food today on a special combination tour! After taking our Family Owned tour to learn about the stories of John and Caroline Schneider’s lager bier saloon and Max Marcus’ auction house, embark on a special holiday tasting experience with Sarah Lohman. She’ll lead a presentation and tasting of lebkuchen, a traditional German Christmas cookie she adapted from an 1860s cookbook and modern Christmas treats from Lower East Side small businesses!

At the Brooklyn Brainery

Workshop: How to Research
Monday, December 2, 6:00-8:00pm
$30 Sign up here!

In this primer on researching, we’ll cover:, Google Books and Ngram viewer; how to find primary sources and when to trust secondary sources; h ow to access academic articles and scientific studies (and why you should); how to research historical figures using Ancestry.com and Newspaper databases; when you need to go to the library/archive (and when you don’t); the importance of research experiences – and so much more! Full details and sign up here.

Workshop: Intro to Food Writing
Monday, December 9, 6:00-7:30pm
$30 Sign up here!

We’ll study narrative arcs and techniques for non-fiction writing that are important for food writers. Then we’ll expand your vocabulary and tighten your writing to make your pieces come alive. And we’ll also focus on practical aspects: how to find ideas, where to pitch them, and what rates your should expect. More details and sign up here!

Lecture: Cult Food
Monday, December 9, 8:00-9:30pm
$12 Get Tickets Here!

America in the mid-nineteenth century is thought of as a time of repression, but it also birthed a legion of free-thinking, free-lovin’, agrarian societies. Although these utopian groups were often focused on building a better world through food, many of these gatherings led to disaster. Full details and tickets here!

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