Cancelled – Waterworks Wednesday Book Group

Join the monthly Waterworks Wednesday Book Group for discussion of Dining Out in Boston: a Culinary History by author James C. O’Connell. Even if you have not read the selected book you are invited to join the group for lively conversation about Boston history. All you need to bring is your curiosity – and maybe your coffee!

The Waterworks Wednesday Book Group will meet Wednesday, May 6th, at 10:00 a.m. in the museum’s upstairs Overlook Gallery. There is no admission fee. Book group meetings occur on the first Wednesday of each month.

After the book group, you are welcome to explore the museum on your own or join a guided tour. You will be able to view massive steam engines, learning about Boston’s history of Industrialization and evolution into a modern American city.

About the book:

Over the years, Boston has been one of America’s leading laboratories of urban culture, including restaurants, and Boston history provides valuable insights into American food ways. James C. O’Connell, in this fascinating look at more than two centuries of culinary trends in Boston restaurants, presents a rich and hitherto unexplored side to the city’s past. Dining Out in Boston shows that the city was a pioneer in elaborate hotel dining, oyster houses, French cuisine, student hangouts, ice cream parlors, the twentieth-century revival of traditional New England dishes, and contemporary locavore and trendy foodie culture. In these stories of the most-beloved Boston restaurants of yesterday and today―illustrated with an extensive collection of historic menus, postcards, and photos―O’Connell reveals a unique history sure to whet the intellectual and nostalgic appetite of Bostonians and restaurant-goers the world over.