Workshop: How to Research (online)
Thursday, March 20, 7:30 – 9:30 EST
$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.
Food for Thought: Book Discussion – Eight Flavors, Endangered Eating
Tuesday, April 8 at 7pm at Kennedy Library
Piscataway, NJ
Free! Register here.
Join Library staff to discuss Sarah Lohman’s works, Eight Flavors and Endangered Eating.
Read one book, or both books – finishing either book is not required to join the conversation! (I, Sarah Lohman, will not be present at this event but I still thought you locals might want to go!)
Food for Thought: Recipe Writing
Saturday, April 26 at 1pm at Kennedy Library
Piscataway, NJ
Free! Register here.
Join author Sarah Lohman for a recipe writing workshop: capture your family recipes before they’re lost, or record you own new recipes.
Food for Thought: Endangered Eating – Apples
Sunday, April 27 at 2pm at Kennedy Library
Piscataway, NJ
Free! Register here.
Apples have been called the country’s “most endangered food.” Hear from author Sarah Lohman about the history of apples and hard cider in America, and trace the stories of three revived rare apples.
The Story of Chocolate
May 15, 6:00 pm at the Connecticut Museum of Culture and History
Hartford, CN
$15 Purchase tickets here!
Join author and food historian, Sarah Lohman, to track the history of chocolate from its roots as an ancient Mesoamerican beverage to an intercontinental dessert. You’ll learn how a yellow, football-shaped tropical fruit transforms into high-end dark chocolate, and what “Mexican Hot Chocolate” has in common with what Montezuma drank. Plus, get the answers to all of your delicious questions about modern chocolate: What’s better, milk or dark? Why does Hershey’s have its own theme park? Who created the first chocolate bar? And why do we love chocolate so much?
This event will include a chocolate tasting. Limited spots available, please pre-register!
Ice Cream: How to Make Your Own & History
Saturday, May 17, 11:00am-12:30pm or Saturday, May 17, 1:30-3:00pm
At the Brooklyn Brainery
Brooklyn, NY
$35 Sign up here!
Learn how to make ice cream from scratch at home, and be the first to hear some of my latest research for my upcoming book on the history of ice cream! Get tickets here!
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