Cathy2 wrote:Tomorrow evening on WGN at 9:00 PM, I will be with Dave Hoekstra talking about the Green Bean Casserole, Thanksgiving food and my upcoming book.

Regards,
Cathy2

YAY, Cathy! We'll be listening!

Thanks! Very likely there will be a podcast, so you can continue to make music and not miss a thing!

Talkin’ Green Bean Casserole: History of a Thanksgiving classic
Dave Hoekstra talks with Catherine Lambrecht of the Greater Midwest Foodways Alliance, who shares the historical culinary lineage of the staple Thanksgiving side dish, Green Bean Casserole. Dorcas Reilly, who is credited with creating the ‘classic’ recipe of the casserole, passed away in October.

Also joining the show is former Sun-Times columnist Bill Linden, who wrote an ode the dish in 2000, that was recently reprinted in the paper in tribute to Reilly.

Nice work C2! I've posted a link on my FB page.

Geo

Kass' Trib column today on ham, quotes by Gary Wiviott.

I'll be chatting with Mr. John Kass this Friday 7.12.19 on WGN Radio at 7:30PM talking . . . Wait for it . . . BBQ
The Chicago Way goes LIVE on at 7PM

G Wiv wrote:Wait for it . . . BBQ

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Gary talking about...BBQ? I'm shocked, shocked!

Geo

I’m in the dining phase of my upcoming Check, Please appearance. Taping will be at the end of the month and I’ll post when I find out an air date.

It’s been interesting so far. I’ll post more later on.

Octarine wrote:I’m in the dining phase of my upcoming Check, Please appearance. Taping will be at the end of the month and I’ll post when I find out an air date.

It’s been interesting so far. I’ll post more later on.

How fun! Can't wait to see this episode.

G Wiv wrote:I'll be chatting with Mr. John Kass

condolences

My willingness to come to Chicago on the day before Thanksgiving probably got me in the door. I did a shoot yesterday with WGN-TV on colorful fruit salads and Jello molds.

For this event, I made Watergate Salad, Lily Salad and my family's favorite jello mold with dark bing cherries the featured fruit.

It will be on WGN News at 9:00 PM tonight.

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I heard from several people yesterday I was mentioned by Monica Eng about cooking Thanksgiving turkey directly from the freezer. I might have heard it myself, but I was busy listening for traffic updates.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Regards,
CAthy2

Cathy2 wrote:My willingness to come to Chicago on the day before Thanksgiving probably got me in the door. I did a shoot yesterday with WGN-TV on colorful fruit salads and Jello molds.

For this event, I made Watergate Salad, Lily Salad and my family's favorite jello mold with dark bing cherries the featured fruit.

It will be on WGN News at 9:00 PM tonight.

Just saw it. Very cool!

Great job! But why the lighting that made you look like you were disclosing something nefarious?

(Also, you may have inspired me to re-create my famous "Three Aspects of Aspic.")

nr706 wrote:Great job! But why the lighting that made you look like you were disclosing something nefarious?

I have not seen it. We were in a board room at the Newberry. I wondered if the lighting was good.

nr706 wrote:(Also, you may have inspired me to re-create my famous "Three Aspects of Aspic.")

Shall I remind you it is infamous!

Regards,
Cathy2

Here is a link:

https://wgntv.com/2019/11/28/jell-o-mol ... day-table/

Yay, Cathy. Great spot, even if the subject matter is...less than appetizing.

I was at an early T-Giving family dinner in Iowa last weekend in a church basement, and they brought out that green s**t. Tasted decent until the curdly texture of cottage cheese hit me. Yecch!

You could probably make cannibalism sound desirable, my dear. Bravo!

Don't know if this counts, but my book Pigs, Pork, and Heartland Hogs: From Wild Boar to Baconfest was just named to Choice Reviews Outstanding Academic Titles list for 2019,

I interviewed a few LTHers for the book, so the media domination goes beyond my writing.

Cynthia wrote:Don't know if this counts, but my book Pigs, Pork, and Heartland Hogs: From Wild Boar to Baconfest was just named to Choice Reviews Outstanding Academic Titles list for 2019,

I interviewed a few LTHers for the book, so the media domination goes beyond my writing.

It definitely counts, and congratulations!

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Yay for the food history clan!

Congratulations, Cynthia!

Cynthia wrote:Don't know if this counts, but my book Pigs, Pork, and Heartland Hogs: From Wild Boar to Baconfest was just named to Choice Reviews Outstanding Academic Titles list for 2019,

I interviewed a few LTHers for the book, so the media domination goes beyond my writing. :)

that's very exciting news cynthia, congratulations.

In 2019 I picked up a recipe: Pot Roast a la RBG, as recorded in prose by the Justice's daughter Jane Ginsburg and set to music by Canadian composer Vivian Fung.

Part of a show created by wonderful soprano Patrice Michaels, Howard Reich gave us a nice review in the Tribune ("And tenor Matthew Dean brought an aptly light touch to Vivian Fung's Pot Roast"), and then also named our concert one of the best classical performances of the year.

What I particularly love is the vivid description of a culinary artifact in the Ginsburg marriage:

Brown a hunk of brisket / in the reddish-orange cast iron pot / received as a wedding present / no doubt by someone who little suspected / the rueful purpose to which it would be put

Relishing every chance for musical and food worlds in the same orbit, we'll be reprising this show throughout this (2020) year, from March 8 in Skokie to July in Knoxville and then a run at a certain important summer convention in Wisconsin. More details for those interested are here.

Santander wrote:In 2019 I picked up a recipe: Pot Roast a la RBG, as recorded in prose by the Justice's daughter Jane Ginsburg and set to music by Canadian composer Vivian Fung.

Part of a show created by wonderful soprano Patrice Michaels, Howard Reich gave us a nice review in the Tribune ("And tenor Matthew Dean brought an aptly light touch to Vivian Fung's Pot Roast"), and then also named our concert one of the best classical performances of the year.

What I particularly love is the vivid description of a culinary artifact in the Ginsburg marriage:

Brown a hunk of brisket / in the reddish-orange cast iron pot / received as a wedding present / no doubt by someone who little suspected / the rueful purpose to which it would be put

Relishing every chance for musical and food worlds in the same orbit, we'll be reprising this show throughout this (2020) year, from March 8 in Skokie to July in Knoxville and then a run at a certain important summer convention in Wisconsin. More details for those interested are here.

Geez, Matt, that is really cool. Congrats, on some great ink!

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