Join Anne Willan for a presentation about her new book, Women in the Kitchen.
Event to take place on Saturday 26th September at 10 am PT
More details to follow.
Past Events
Culinary Historians of Northern California and many others zoom event
The Renaissance Society of Sacramento, Culinary Historians of Northern California, Sacramento Book Collectors Club and many others are all teaming up for a morning conversation with Anne Willan on Tuesday 22nd September at 10am PT (6pm BST).
The event will be held over zoom, to get your ticket please click the link here
Mather Telephone Topic Event
On Tuesday 8th September, Anne Willan will be taking part in a Mather Telephone Topic, at 7:30 a.m. PT / 9:30 a.m. CT / 10:30 a.m. ET
Anne Willan is the founder of École de Cuisine La Varenne, one of the most famous cooking schools in the world. Considered by many as the English version of Julia Child, Anne is the author of popular cookbooks, including her latest, Women in the Kitchen, which traces the origins of American cooking through profiles of 12 essential women cookbook writers. She joins us live from England to talk about the book and about her life and career in food.
There are two ways to join the call:
Call-in number: (855) 880.1246 or join us online: zoom.us/join
Enter Meeting ID: 386 399 7030
Enter Meeting ID: 386 399 7030
Women in the Kitchen: Culinary Historians Los Angeles
In this chat with Nancy Zaslavsky and in her latest book, Women in the Kitchen, Anne Willan focuses on twelve women cookbook writers beginning with two of the earliest to be published, both are English. Anne then traces the development of home cooking in America from colonial days to the transformative books of Julia Child, Marcella Hazan and then Alice Waters whose adamant use of local produce takes us into the modern food revolution.
Photo by Orlando Gili
Anne explains why she chose these twelve women cookbook writers who defined the way we eat from 1661 to today. She connects the influences of each woman in her respective era as well as how she stands on the shoulders of the one who came before. Anne tells us why these writers profoundly shaped domestic cooking, how their books stand out as iconic, and how they, one by one, helped align the way Americans cook and eat today.
Anne Willan has more than 50 years of experience as a cooking teacher, author, and culinary historian. The founder of famed French cooking school La Varenne, Anne was inducted into the James Beard Foundation’s Hall of Fame for her “body of work” in May, 2013. She has also received the International Association of Culinary Professionals Lifetime Achievement Award, multiple James Beard Foundation Awards for her cookbooks, and was named Bon Appétit magazine’s Cooking Teacher of the Year in 2000. In July 2014, Anne was awarded the rank of Chevalier of the French the Légion d’Honneur for her accomplishments in promoting the gastronomy of France. Her more than 30 books include La Varenne Pratique, (1989); The Country Cooking of France, (2007); and The Cookbook Library, (2012).
Held on Saturday 12th September at 10.30AM PST
Location & Tickets: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/online-culinary-history-program-anne-willan-on-women-in-the-kitchen-tickets-118663296113?aff=ebdssbonlinesearch
A Lunchtime Conversation with Anne Willan, Culinary Historians New York
Photo by Orlando Gili
Join Anne Willan and Cathy Kaufman for a lunch time conversation about her new book, Women in the Kitchen.
Held on Friday 28th August at 12.30PM EST
Tickets are available here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/anne-willan-women-in-the-kitchen-tickets-115784319015?aff=ebdssbeac