Masters of Social Gastronomy: The World’s Most Terrifying Food Stories
Caveat 21A Clinton St, Manhattan, NY, United StatesEach month, Masters of Social Gastronomy takes on a curious food topic and breaks down the history and science behind it. This month, we’ll embrace the Halloween spirit by exploring some of the world’s scariest foods. Sarah will explore the fascinating connection between monster myths and culinary history, including a rye fungus that caused mass […]
POILÂNE: The Secrets of the World-Famous Bread Bakery
92 Y 1395 Lexington Ave, New York, NY, United StatesApollonia Poilâne, third-generation baker and owner of the bakery on the rue du Cherche-Midi that produces the most revered loaf in the world, sits down with award-winning writer and New York Times food columnist Melissa Clark to share stories and recipes from her first cookbook, POILÂNE: The Secrets of the World-Famous Bread Bakery. Apollonia shares never-before revealed secrets […]
We Are The Weather: Jonathan Safran Foer with Aminatou Sow
The New School 63 5th Ave, New York, NY, United StatesIn We Are the Weather: Saving the Planet Begins at Breakfast, Jonathan Safran Foer explores the central global dilemma of our time in a surprising, deeply personal, and urgent new way. The task of saving the planet will involve a great reckoning with ourselves—with our all-too-human reluctance to sacrifice immediate comfort for the sake of the future. We […]
The Colmar Treasure: A Medieval Jewish Legacy
The Met 1000 5th Avenue, New York, NY, United StatesBarbara Drake Boehm, Paul and Jill Ruddock Senior Curator, Department of Medieval Art and The Cloisters, The Met Internationally renowned medieval art historian Barbara Boehm, author of The Colmar Treasure: A Medieval Jewish Legacy, examines how a cache of medieval jewelry and coins found in 1863 in the Alsatian city of Colmar attests to the delicate […]
An Enigmatic Eros in Flight: A Masterpiece of Greek Vase Painting
The Met 1000 5th Avenue, New York, NY, United StatesMario Iozzo, Director, National Archaeological Museum of Florence Discover the mythological subject matter and innovative decoration of a red-figure drinking cup from the late sixth century B.C., currently on loan to The Met.