Gene Alloway, one of the owners of Motte & Bailey Bookshop, has just let me know that they are starting a culinary history reading group at Motte & Bailey Bookshop. The first book is Curry: A Tale of Cooks and Conquerors by Lizzie Collingham.
The first meeting will be July 15th at 7:30 p.m. at Motte & Bailey, 212 N. 4th Ave. They will have used copies in nice shape for sale at the shop, and in selecting the first books Gene made sure inexpensive used copies were also available online for those wishing to buy for themselves as well.
Future books will be Jennifer Lee's The Fortune Cookie Chronicles: Adventures in the World of Chinese Food and Ian Kelly's Cooking for Kings: The Life of Antonin Careme, the First Celebrity Chef . Thereafter the group will have a chance to choose what is next.
Excellent - thanks for posting this. Do you know if this will be a monthly or weekly group? I'm out of town for the summer, but come fall I'd likely be interested...
Posted by: Alex | June 13, 2009 at 04:41 PM
Good question Alex. It will be a monthly group, and I should have added that in the original email to Lisa. Also, many thanks to her for posting this for us.
Posted by: Gene A. | June 13, 2009 at 05:54 PM
Hi Alex. Welcome to the world of food blogging. You'll have to ask Motte & Bailey how frequently they intend the reading group to meet.
Posted by: Kitchen Chick | June 13, 2009 at 05:55 PM