Inside the Victorian American Kitchen: Hub of Cooking Innovation (Re-Air)

Tickets: $18.88 ( incl. $3.88 fees ) (includes access to the full replay for one week)

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This is a re-aired recording of this program’s most recent live webinar. Once the viewing period ends, this recording will not be offered again for at least one year.

Victorian America (1837–1901) saw significant changes in many aspects of life, but arguably one of the most profound shifts was the way people cooked and organized their kitchens. How did kitchens during this period become a hub of activity with an emphasis on traditional cooking methods and formal meal preparations? It's time to uncover the era's technological and social developments that forever changed cooking in America.

Join New York Adventure Club as we get a behind-the-scenes look inside the Victorian American kitchen, from 'radical' new layouts, designs, and décor; to innovative kitchen tools and cooking methods still used in some form today.

Led by author and food historian Becky Libourel Diamond, our unique experience will include:

• A n overview of American cooking before the Victorian Era and what kinds of foods people ate (and why)
• The footprint and organization of a Victorian kitchen, including the significance of aesthetics like decorative tiles, patterned wallpaper, and ornate light fixtures
• A discussion behind some of the era's most notable innovations, such as the cast-iron stove, baking powder, baking chocolate, the rotary eggbeater, and ice cream makers
• The functionality behind Victorian kitchen tools and gadgets, with an emphasis on the era’s labor-saving devices such as meat grinders, butter churns, and apple peelers
• New ways foods were preserved, from re-designed cold pantries to novel canning and preserving techniques
• The rise of formal dining at home with a look at the kitchen hierarchy and roles amongst staff
• Discovering how recipes began to evolve during this period from a single paragraph to the more detailed format of precise measurements and instructions seen today

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About Becky
Becky Libourel diamond is a writer, librarian, and research historian. She has been writing about food since 2008, parlaying her passion for food and history into the publication of The Gilded Age Cookbook (August 2023), The Thousand Dollar Dinner and Mrs. Goodfellow: The Story of America’s First Cooking School. Her current project is Process: A History of Processed Food. She lives in Yardley, PA.

Testimonials
"Presentation was well paced, I loved the images and certainly learned a lot" - Julie
"I love the history, the recipes, which I had no knowledge of all of the different gadgets that were created during that time, the social history of why they did what they did, and who was involved, how ingredients got created, and used for the first time, and the photos made it all come alive. Becky did a great presentation. I don’t know how it could be any better. I learned so much in so many categories. I have been on many tours of Historic combs, but I didn’t know the purpose of much of what was in there only viewed it and knew that it existed, but there were so many new things in this presentation That I didn’t ever see before. I had no idea how people cooked then. I find it fascinating to see how historical events evolve into their next stage and keep evolving up to the present. I look forward to Becky‘s next presentation." -Guest
"As a cook and baker, I found this really interesting. The amount of information was just right, and encompassed many aspects of the subject." -Nicola
"Really fun and interesting topic and the presenter was great." -Kitt
"Liked the different aspect of Victorian life being presented" -Dot
"Becky’s presentations are always great. Excellent content and organized in an engaging manner. I am looking forward to the thousand-dollar dinner webinar." -Donna
"Her passion for her topic really came through in her talk, which my soul really responds too (which is why I signed up for the talk!). She was so knowledgable and prepared!" -Jennifer
"[I liked the] photographs, identifying the tools, evolution of kitchen equipment" -Joel
"Everything! I'm a history buff and a foodie, making this event especially enjoyable. I loved learning about the evolution of the kitchen and food-making processes, equipment, standardization of measurements, and more. This was my favorite NYAC event to date." -Jennifer

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