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Making and Tasting Historical Recipes: Early Modern Sweets

  • Newberry Library 60 West Walton Street Chicago, IL, 60610 United States (map)

*ONLINE* In this seminar, conducted as a cooking demonstration and workshop, we will study, prepare, and taste dishes made using early modern English recipes from manuscript and print sources. We will explore the background, methods, and meanings behind a few historic preparations for sweets and learn about pre-modern food culture through reading and interpreting recipes.

Earlier Event: March 10
Sugar and Power