Read, cook and discuss Chef Michael Twitty’s The Cooking Gene, winner of the 2018 James Beard Book of the Year Award with fellow home cooks and our culinary consultant, Richard Witting.   

About the Book:

Food for Talk is a book club for anyone interested in cooking!  If reading about food, experimenting with new recipes and learning from other cooks sounds fun, then the Food For Talk Cookbook Book Club is for you! Chef Richard Witting has selected some beautifully delectable cookbooks.  Signing up is as easy as 1.2.3....

1. To register, contact Programming Librarian, Barbara Shatara, at bshatara@burlingtonvt.gov

Learn more about the Socrates Family/Community Education System from the organizer.

Learn more about the Socrates Family/Community Education System from the organizer.

Staff setup:  25 chairs, 2 tables

Please join us for an exceptional afternoon of food history and a traditional Iraqi dinner.  Professors Febe Armanios and Boğaç Ergene will discuss their book Halal Food: A History and then Hadeer Almogalli prepares a delicious meal of Arabic food prepared in accordance with halal practice.  Please contact Barbara Shatara to reserve a book and a spot at the table… bshatara@burlingtonvt.gov or 802.865.7211.

About Halal Food: A History:

Vermont Dance Alliance Board will be meeting to discuss and produce our strategic plan!

Staff setup: 6 chairs, 2 tables, no AV.