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- Taproom Talks Speaker Series - Old Farm Country Cookbook
Wade House’s Taproom Talks Speaker Series brings celebrated authors and historians to Wade House for lively discussions of their thought-provoking work. Each Taproom Talk includes a special presentation, a live Q&A and on many occasions the opportunity to purchase a book signed by the author. Prepare to be captivated by the stories and insights of the three exceptional speakers presenting in our 2024 season: Anna Lardinois, author of Shipwrecks of the Great Lakes: Tragedies & Legacies from the Inland Seas; Mary Elise Antoine, author of Enslaved, Indentured, Free, 1800 to 1850; and Susan Apps-Bodilly, co-author of Old Farm Country Cookbook.
Saturday April 20, 2024 | 1 – 3 p.m.
Old Farm Country Cookbook
Return to an era when all food was local and farming was a family-run affair! Author Susan Apps-Bodilly, daughter of beloved storyteller Jerry Apps, will highlight the farm family food that only her paternal grandmother knew how to make. While sampling dishes from Eleanor App’s Depression Era recipe box in the Wade House Stagecoach Inn, you’ll take a culinary tour of life on a Wisconsin farm during the Depression and World War II. By sharing personal stories, menus, and family photos, Apps-Bodilly will recall a time when electricity had not yet found its way to the farm, when making sauerkraut was a family endeavor, and when homemade ice cream tasted better than anything you could buy at the store.
Susan Apps-Bodilly is the author of One Room Schools and coauthor with Jerry Apps of Old Farm Country Cookbook. She has been an elementary and middle school educator in rural and urban school districts in Wisconsin and Ohio and currently teaches second grade.
COST
Adult (18-64): $7
Teen (13-17): $7
Senior (65+): $5
Child (5-12): $5
Child Under 5: Free
