As Julia Child once said, “It is hard to imagine a civilization without onions.”
Historically, she's been right-and not just in the kitchen. Flourishing in just about every climate and culture around the world, onions have provided the essential basis not only for sautés, stews, and sauces, but for medicines, metaphors, and folklore. Now they're New York Times bestselling and James Beard Award-winning author Mark Kurlansky's most flavorful infatuation yet as he sets out to explore how and why the crop reigns from Italy to India and everywhere in between.
MOFAD is excited to welcome Mark Kurlansky in celebration of his latest book, The Core of an Onion: Peeling the Rarest Common Food, which features historical images, his own pen-and-ink drawings, and recipes for more than one hundred dishes from around the world. He will be joined by Melissa Clark, best-selling cookbook author and food columnist for the New York Times, for a conversation on why the onion has captivated society for decades, and why it remains one of the world’s most beloved culinary staples. Join us for an evening of peeling (and drawing!) the world’s rarest common food!
Admission includes onion-y snacks from local Chelsea Market vendors.
Tickets also include the option to purchase The Core of an Onion: Peeling the Rarest Common Food by Mark Kurlansky from our bookseller partner Kitchen Arts & Letters in New York City.
MARK KURLANSKY
Mark Kurlansky is the New York Times bestselling author of Milk!, Havana, Paper, The Big Oyster, 1968, Salt, The Basque History of the World, Cod, and Salmon, among other titles. He has received the Dayton Literary Peace Prize, Bon Appétit's Food Writer of the Year Award, the James Beard Award, and the Glenfiddich Award. He lives in New York City and can be found online at markkurlansky.com.
MELISSA CLARK
Melissa Clark is a best-selling cookbook author and food columnist for the New York Times, where she writes the popular column: A Good Appetite and has starred in over 100 cooking videos. She’s written 45 cookbooks, including the award-winning Dinner, Changing the Game, and her latest, Dinner in One. Melissa attended Barnard College, and Columbia University, where she earned her Master of Fine Arts in Writing. Born and raised in Brooklyn, she lives there with her husband and daughter. She loves anchovies, radishes, chicken feet, and lox but not in that order.
KITCHEN ARTS & LETTERS
Kitchen Arts & Letters is a bookstore devoted to food and drink, with titles imported from around the world. They emphasize works on food culture and innovation.