Food and literature converge for April Great Books event
| Published: 03/18/2004 |
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A Great Books Dinner and Discussion Series event will be held Wednesday, April 21. Everything That Rises Must Converge by Flannery O'Connor will be the topic of conversation, while southern fried crawdaddy cocktail, cornbread chicken salad, BBQ beef brisket and shoefly pie will please the taste buds.
In its eighth year, the monthly evenings have become a local literary experience, comprising a reception, book discussion lead by an MSOE faculty member, followed by a chef-prepared meal that reflects the book’s theme.
Chef John Hornburg, who helped run the Oconomowoc Inn before coming to Food Services Inc. at MSOE this year, said he found the books the perfect inspiration to get his creativity flowing to craft the menus. For the September selection, The DaVinci Code, Hornburg came up with a French dinner for the murder-mystery set in Paris’s Louvre museum. The meal includes escargot, “Supreme de volaille Francoise,” (a chicken breast wrapped with asparagus spears and a double-baked potato) and “Death by Chocolate” dessert.
Great Books evenings are held 5:30-9 p.m. Wednesdays in MSOE’s beautiful and historic Alumni Partnership Center, former headquarters of Blatz Brewery built in 1890. The cost is $50 per program and includes handout materials and dinner (books are not included). Reservation and fees must be received one week prior to the discussion. For information, contact MSOE’s Cathy Varebrook at (414) 277-4523 or varebroo@msoe.edu. A registration form can be downloaded from the Great Books Web site.