January 23, 2018 – 7:30 pm at Bendale Public Library.

On this evening the guest speaker was Bridget Wranich, founder of The Culinary Historians of Canada and co-author of Fort York “Setting a Fine Table”. An expert on late 18th and early 19th century country cooking in Upper Canada.

Bridget has worked in museum education for over 25 years and is a programme officer at Fort York national historic site. She leads programmes for students and visitors to the site. She leads the Historic Foodways programme at Fort York and works with the volunteer historic cooks in researching, testing and preparing recipes.

The programme was an introduction to some of English Canada’s early cooking and baking traditions as they would have been adapted for Fort York’s Officer’s Mess 200 years ago. We heard how cooking reveals an important but often overlooked aspect of social history. The presentation was accompanied by some tasty samples.

The Scarborough Historical Society hosts programmes on the 4th Tuesday of each month from January to April and from September to November. All programmes begin at 7:30 p.m. at the Bendale Public Library, 1515 Danforth Road, Scarborough, ON M1J 1H5 and are free and open to the public.