The Lake County History Symposium is an annual gathering of people interested in the history of Lake County, Illinois. Professional, amateur and student historians are invited to submit proposals for presentations at the Symposium.
This year’s theme is Eat, Drink and be Merry: The History of Food and Hospitality in Lake County. Topics may include the history of a family cookbook, development of well known-restaurants, discussion of a specific food or recipe, or stories of communities holding special banquets. Each day will feature three different presentations. Breakout rooms will be open at the end of the presentations for participants to ask questions and engage in dialogue.
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Presenters for January 5:
• Nicole Stocker
Not Dunn Yet: Examining Mary Ethel Crofton’s 1895 Cookbook Used at Fort Sheridan
Examine the history of Fort Sheridan through one military family’s handwritten cookbooks and experiences during the early years of its establishment as a military base.
• Catherine Lambrecht
Highland Park Community Cookbooks circa 1911&1925
Comparison and contrast of The Ossoli Club community Cook Book, circa 1911, and Highland Park Woman’s Club Cook Book, circa 1925. These fundraisers funded a public beach and club house, respectively.
• Diana Dretske
The Rustic Manor: Good Food, Cocktails and the American Old West
From 1947 to 1986, Victor and Marian Trybom’s Rustic Manor Restaurant in Gurnee charmed patrons near and far with good food and cocktails set in an American Old West atmosphere.