*ONLINE* In this cooking demonstration and workshop, we will study, prepare, and taste early modern European recipes influenced by the Age of Exploration and empire-building of Western colonialism. We will explore this period of culinary exchange and discovery and learn about premodern food culture through reading and interpreting recipes from a variety of European culinary sources.

*ONLINE* People have long turned to food to maintain health and cure ailments. In medieval and renaissance Europe, medical practitioners prescribed food and medicines recorded in recipes to preserve health and negotiate times of plague and illness. In this seminar, we will examine this historical relationship between food, health, and recipes. 2 Sessions.

*ONLINE* In this class, conducted as a cooking demonstration and workshop, we will study, prepare, and taste early modern European recipes influenced by the Columbian Exchange. This transfer of plants, animals, populations, and diseases between the Old and New Worlds following Christopher Columbus’s first voyage to the Americas led to many modern regional culinary identities and dishes. We will explore this exchange of foods and the adoption of culinary identities through reading and interpreting recipes from a variety of European culinary sources.

*ONLINE* In this virtual cooking demonstration, we will explore the medieval spice trade through the preparation of medieval European recipes. Learn about premodern food culture through reading and interpreting recipes featuring an array of historical spices.

*ONLINE* Sugar was one of the most precious and luxurious commodities in premodern Europe. In this seminar, we will explore its many culinary uses and the booming sugar industry in early modern Europe and its colonies, including farming, processing, trade, and widespread use of slave labor. 2 Sessions.

*ONLINE* In this class, which will be conducted as a cooking demonstration and workshop, we will study, prepare, and taste medieval European recipes from manuscript sources. We will explore the medieval spice trade and learn about premodern food culture through reading and interpreting recipes featuring an array of historical spices.

*ONLINE* This seminar, conducted as a musical performance, cooking demonstration, lecture, and discussion, offers a new way to consider American culture between the two World Wars. The instructors, a professional pianist and a culinary historian, will weave together musical and culinary examples of technology, popular and high culture, and foreign influences to speak more broadly about American culture. This seminar is co-taught with Elizabeth Newkirk.

*ONLINE* In this seminar, conducted as a cooking demonstration and workshop, we will study, prepare, and taste early modern English recipes from manuscript and print sources. We will explore the background, methods, and meanings behind a few historic preparations for dishes with ingredients harvested or served each autumn and learn about premodern food culture through reading and interpreting recipes.

*ONLINE* Sugar was one of the most precious and luxurious commodities in premodern Europe. In this seminar, we will explore the sugar industry in Europe and its colonies, including farming and processing, culinary uses, trade networks, and the widespread use of slave labor in sugar colonies. The seminar will include a presentation of Newberry materials so participants can observe the impact of sugar through early modern texts, images, and maps.

*ONLINE* In this cooking demonstration and workshop, we will study, prepare, and taste early modern English recipes from manuscript and print sources. We will explore the background, methods, and meanings behind a few historic preparations for dishes inspired by summertime produce and learn about premodern food culture through reading and interpreting recipes.

*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.

*ONLINE* The ubiquity of coffee, tea, and chocolate obscures their past at the center of geographical exploration, religious debate and medical observation. Explore topics like the medical properties of chocolate and immorality in early modern coffeehouses. 4 Sessions.

*ONLINE* Food was an important feature of everyday life in the Middle Ages and appeared regularly in late medieval English literature. Writers used cultural conventions surrounding food and dining to illuminate ideas about power, class, gender, spirituality, and much more. In this seminar, we will read and discuss excerpts from some of the most celebrated works in the medieval English literary canon, examining how and why the authors of these texts turned to depictions of food and dining.

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

*Online* People have long turned to food to maintain health and cure ailments. In medieval and Renaissance Europe, professional and household practitioners prescribed food and medicines recorded in printed and manuscript recipes to preserve and manage health during times of plague and illness. In this seminar, we will examine the historical relationship between health, food, and recipes, considering professional medical theories, household health practices, medical and culinary recipes, and more.

Have you ever wondered about the origins of French cuisine? This seminar will trace the flavors and traditions of French cooking to the royal courts of medieval and Renaissance France. These courts embraced the art of dining, producing celebrity chefs and cookbooks, exquisite entremets, and eventually national dishes and customs. In particular, we will explore the development of courtly dining through accounts of several historic feasts, delving into a world of edible sculptures, fountains of wine, and extravagant performances.

Can you imagine Kansas without wheat, Italy without tomatoes, or India without chili peppers? These foods, so central to modern regional culinary identities, were adopted as a result of the Columbian Exchange—the transfer of plants, animals, populations, and diseases between the Old and New Worlds following Christopher Columbus’s first voyage to the Americas. Through observation of Newberry items and the examination of recipes, we will learn in this one-day seminar how modern tastes have been influenced by the Columbian Exchange.