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On Monday, August 23, 2010 food writer Annette Nielsen will offer a program entitled “North Country Foodways in the 21st Century” at the Adirondack Museum, Blue Mountain Lake, New York.
The final offering of the season in the museum’s Monday Evening Lecture series, the presentation will be held in the Auditorium at 7:30 p.m. There is no charge for museum members. Admission is $5.00 for non-members.
Annette Nielsen is the editor of Northern Comfort, Recipes from Adirondack Life – the fall and winter edition, as well as the newly released Northern Bounty: Spring & Summer Recipes from Adirondack Life.
Drawing on recipes from both cookbooks, Nielsen will identify ways to obtain ingredients throughout the entire year, whether sourcing from forest, orchard, or farm.
Nielsen, a food writer, has contributed articles and columns on regional farms, food and folkways to a variety of publications and has conducted farm-to-table tours and cooking classes at the Battenkill Kitchen, in Washington County, N.Y. for youth and adults.
She worked earlier in her career with Glorious Food, a catering concern in New York, and taught principles of healthful eating and cooking to teens and parents in underserved areas of Washington, DC with Share Our Strength’s Chef Outreach Program.
Photo: Annette Nielsen, photo by Elias Garfinkel.