Dining by Decade: 1900s

Step back to the dawn of the 20th century, when America stopped eating out of barrels and started eating out of boxes. Join Chef Keegan Rodgers of The Lakehouse Bakery for the next installment of Dining by Decade, a tour through American food history; one decade at a time. This session covers 1900 to 1909: the years that gave us the iconic foods still sitting in our pantries today. We'll dig into what people earned and what dinner cost, the myths and marvels of the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair, the 1906 food-safety scandal that put the government in our kitchen, and how the modern grocery aisle was born. Chef Keegan separates the real history from the marketing legend — and yes, there's a period-correct treat to tie it all together. No need to have attended an earlier class — each decade stands on its own. Come hungry for history.