About the
Culinary Historians
of San Diego

WHO WE ARE

The mission of the Culinary Historians of San Diego (CHSD) is to provide the public with a history of food and drink and their roles in society, both locally and worldwide. The academic combines with the popular to have broad appeal to food enthusiasts. Join us today!

Free, monthly presentations are open to all and followed by refreshments and a meet-and-greet with the presenter. Membership in this non-profit organization helps to bring nationally known authors and speakers to San Diego. Your membership supports CHSD activities and the culinary collection of the San Diego Public Library. 

Donations to the San Diego Central Library’s Culinary Collection

2021
The Family Meal: Home Cooking with Ferran Adria by Ferran Adria
A History of the Food of Paris: From Roast Mammoth to Steak Frites by Jim Chevallier
To Live and Dine in L.A. by Josh Kun
Modern Kosher: Global Flavors, New Traditions by Michael Aaron Gardiner
The Origins of Cooking: Paleolithic and Neolithic Cooking by Ferran Adria
Oyster: A Global History by Carolyn Tillie
The Photography of Modernist Cuisine by Nathan Myhrvold
The Province Cookbook by Patricia Wells
Wine and the White House: A History by Frederick J. Ryan Jr.

2019
The Aviary Cocktail Book by Hemberger, Milton, Kokonas, Achatz
The California Farm Cookbook by Kitty Morse
Chop Suey USA: The Story of Chinese Food in America by Yong Chen
Dali: Les Diners de Gala by Salvatore Dali Translated by Captain J. Peter Moore
A Feast for the Eyes by Carolyn Tillie
Food in the Air and Space by Richard Foss
The French Laundry by Thomas Keller
Ninety Years Of Classic San Diego Tiki, 1928-2018 by Martin S. Lindsay
Pomegranates and Saffron by Feride Buyuran
Rum: A Global History by Richard Foss

2018
Modernist Bread by Nathan Myhrvold
Modernist Cuisine by Nathan Myhrvold

PROPOSED SLATE OF OFFICERS FOR 2023

At the Culinary Historians of San Diego Board of Directors meeting on November 7, 2023, a Nominating Committee presented the slate of proposed officers for 2023, as per CHSD corporation by-laws, Article V, Section 1: Officers, and Article V, Section 2: Election and Term of Office. The election will be held at the annual meeting of the Board of Directors at 5 pm PST on Monday, December 7, 2022. At this time. there is a vacancy for the position of Treasurer.

Proposed Officers for 2023
Chair: Martin S. Lindsay
Vice Chair: Julie Bendig
Secretary: Ron Eisenberg
Treasurer: TBD

OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS