On Wednesday, November 11, at 2pm, Christopher Hirsheimer and Melissa Hamilton will present their Connections lecture, Getting and Giving—Tales of Cooking Seasonally and Eating Well for the Holidays. Sign up to attend---All Weavers Way Members get the Morris Arboretum member price!

Christopher Hirsheimer was a founder and executive editor of Saveur magazine, where Melissa Hamilton was the test kitchen director and food editor. They now publish the award-winning series of seasonally inspired cookbooks, Canal House Cooking. Together in Frenchtown, NJ, they do all the writing, recipe development, photography, illustrations, design and production.

In addition to their cookbooks, and daily blog, Canal House Cooks Lunch, Hirsheimer and Hamilton collaborate on projects with notable chefs and restaurateurs, cookbook authors, editors, garden designers, food entrepreneurs and distillers.  They have recently worked with the folks at Maker’s Mark, Kentucky’s finest bourbon distillery, with Los Angeles chef and restaurateur Nancy Silverton, and with Rick Bayless, Chicago’s master chef and television personality.

Hirsheimer and Hamilton will share stories from their travels all over the world and from their own beautiful corner of the Northeast where they use ingredients found in most markets, building relationships with the people who grow, craft, raise and sell the foods we eat.