Mike G at Printers Row Lit Fest, Sat 6/6/09 10:30 am

Mike Gebert, creator of Sky Full of Bacon and a founder of LTHForum, will host and moderate a conversation with Tom Standage, author of An Edible History of Humanity and business editor of The Economist, Saturday June 6th at the 25th Printers Row Literary Festival, from 10:30 to 11 am at the Good Eating Stage presented by Jewel-Osco.

An Edible History of Humanity shows how food has been an important shaper of culture from the earliest days of seed cultivation to today's global food-transportation system. Sky Full of Bacon is devoted to exploring what food means in people's lives and how they use it to express their values and culture, so it should be an interesting and wide-ranging conversation.

I hope many LTHers will join me for this conversation as well as for the many other outstanding events at the midwest's best known literary festival. For more info:

The official guide to the Lit Fest will be printed in a special section in the Friday, May 29th issue of the Chicago Tribune and our website http://www.printersrowlitfest.org is updated frequently.

Very cool, Mike!

Hi,

I guess I will be spending the day at Printer's Row Good Eating stage.

Saturday, 6/6/2009, 2:15 p.m. - 3 p.m.
Program: Panel Discussion: Fast Food Icons: Bruce Kraig, Andrew Smith and Bob Schwartz moderated by Kevin Pang

Bruce Kraig and Bob Schwartz have both issued books related to hot dogs in the last few months. Andy Smith has a new book on hamburgers and will be at Culinary Historians in October. Kevin Pang has his weekly feature on cheeseburgers in the Tribune and videocast every week.

Regards,

I'll be down there working the Midwest Writers Association booth from noon to 2. Now I have a reason to go down earlier and stay later!

Looking forward to Gebert and Kraig/Pang panels – and plan to head afterwards to Picnics and Pies at Lush.

Here's the Good Eating Stage schedule for Saturday— come to see me, stay for Radhika up next!

10 a.m. Cooking demo with
CAMILLE STAGG, author of “The
Parthenon Cookbook”

10:30 a.m. TOM STANDAGE,
author of “An Edible History of
Humanity” in conversation with
Michael Gebert

11:15 a.m. Cooking demo with
Top Chef Contestant RADHIKA
DESAI

Noon “Sweet Heat” Cooking
demo with JULIUS RUSSELL of
“A Tale of Two Chefs”

12:45 p.m. Cooking demo with
GALE GAND, author of “Brunch”

1:30 p.m. Cooking demo with
BRIDGET ALBERT, author of
“Market-Fresh Mixology:
Cocktails for Every Season”

2:15 p.m. Fast Food Icons:
BRUCE KRAIG, ANDREW SMITH
and BOB SCHWARTZ
moderated by Kevin Pang

3:15 p.m. MARK CARO, author of
“The Foie Gras Wars” in
conversation with Joyce
Winnecke

Hi,

I am planning to be at Printer's Row pretty much for everything on Saturday.

On Sunday afternoon, my friends Greg Mueller and Joe McFarland will be talking with Monica Eng on their book on Illinois Mushrooms. Joe (and likely Greg) will speak for a joint meeting of Chicago Foodways Roundtable and Illinois Mycological Association sometime in October.

Regards,

I'll be there to hear Mike G and Tom Standage. I don't think I'll be able to stay for anything else, but it's always fun to see LTHers on and gathered in front of the Good Eating stage. Looking forward to it!

My friend, Marcia Schurer, is going to be down there today at 10:30a today (Sunday) discussing her book, FitDelicious: Lose the Pounds, Not the Taste. I guess everyone went yesterday, but if you're in the area today stop by and say hi.