A Patch of the Midwestern Quilt
An occasional series about ethnic cultures who call the American Midwest home
Presented by
The Cheng Family of Sun Wah BBQ
A James Beard American Classic
Tuesday, September 11, 2018
Coming October 15th
The Book
Send an email GreaterMidwestFoodways at gmail.com, if you wish for a notice upon book’s launch.
Greater Midwest Foodways Alliance’s Annual Tea Party
Heirloom Recipe Competition, 2018
at these State Fairs:
Indiana, Illinois, Minnesota, Missouri and Ohio
Learning Tour
Organic Wheat Farming
From Field to Mill
July 22, 2018
The Mill at Janie’s Farm Organics
Heirloom Recipe Competition 2016
at these State Fairs:
Indiana: August 11 at 3:00 pm – Live judging!
Illinois: Histories and recipes!
Missouri: Histories and recipes!
Minnesota: Closed Judging, sorry!
Kansas: September 11 at 1:00 pm – Live Judging!
Taste of Chicago
with WBEZ’s Tony Sarabia
July 8, 2016
A list of food offerings to check out
Heirloom Recipe Competition, 2015
Family Favorites Never Served to Guests (or whatever you like)
Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, South Dakota
How Corn Changed Itself and then
By: Cynthia Clampitt
Saturday, March 7th, 2015 at 10 AM
Kendall College School of Culinary Arts
The Impact of American Indian Boarding School Education on
Great Lakes Indigenous Foodways:
A Case Study of the Lac du Flambeau Reservation
By: Amelia V. Katanski
$3000 Recipient of an
American Midwest Foodways Scholar’s Grant
January 31, 2015 at Kendall College School of Culinary Arts
Judging Family Heirloom Recipes at Midwestern State Fairs
Presented by Catherine Lambrecht
Recorded live September 27, 2014 at
Kendall College School for Culinary Art
Heirloom Recipe Competition, 2014
Picnics and Family Reunion Celebrations
Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri,
Learning Tour!
March 15-16, 2013 (Podcasts)
Road Food: Exploring the Midwest
One Bite at a Time
Keynote speaker Michael Stern of RoadFood.com on, “Will Success Spoil Regional Food?”
Road Trip!
From Bloomington to Lincoln, IL
Saturday, June 18, 2011
Watermelon Statue in Lincoln, IL (image by Peter Engler)
Come and Get It! The way we ate, 1830-1980
By Julianne Glatz, Illinois Times, June 9, 2011
Everywhere you go is an adventure, if you keep your mind wide open and look. This day trip to Central Illinois will reveal character, history and ingenuity in the flat lands. More information is available here.
Midwest Eats!
Foodways of the Great Depression
8-cent Menu at Relief Dinner circa 1938 (Image by Peter Engler)
Crown of Frankfurters (image by Catherine Lambrecht) Recipe and assembly instructions
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