Programs, except where noted, are 10:30 a.m. at the Mark Taper Auditorium, Central Library, 630 West Fifth Street, Los Angeles 90071-2002. For more information, please call 213-228-7202. Parking at the Central Library on Saturday and Sunday is $1.00 during library hours at 524 S. Flower St., with a library card and validation from the Information Desk in the library. Library cards are free. Programs are free and open to the public, unless otherwise noted.

Saturday, March 8, 10:30 a.m.
Central Library Auditorium
Speaker: William Rubel
Topic: “Bread, the staff of life: from England’s torture chambers to the tables of the French elite. European bread culture, recipes, techniques and tastes 1500 to 1800”

Saturday, April 12, 10:30 a.m.
Central Library
Speaker: Harry Turtledove
Topic: “Dining and the Spice Trade in the Classical Greek and Byzantine World”

Saturday May 10, 10:30 a.m.
Central Library
Speaker: Richard Foss
Topic: “From Tourist Traps to High Art: 100 years of Dining in L.A.’s South Bay Cities”

Saturday June 14, 10:30 a.m.
Central Library
Speakers: Allana and John Elovson
Topic: Slow Food Salone del Gusto

Our next members-only party will be in mid-October of this year. The theme will be based on a slice of life in Los Angeles in 1903, and will be held in a historic Los Angeles Victorian home. Stay tuned for more information in future emails.