Les
Dames d'Escoffier,
Ann Arbor
Founded
2015
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Home
base in Ann Arbor, The Ann
Arbor City Club
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Les
Dames d’Escoffier is the only
organization of its kind: a
world wide philanthropic society
of professional women leaders in
the fields of food, fine
beverage, and hospitality.
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EVENTS AND
PROJECTS
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MEETINGS
- REGULAR BOARD OF
DIRECTORS' MEETINGS
ARE SCHEDULED FOR THE
SECOND TUESDAY OF EACH
MONTH AT 1:00
PM. THE BOARD
MEETS WHEN IT NEEDS TO
DO SO, BUT RESERVES
THIS TIME SLOT FOR
MEETINGS.
- SPECIAL
MEETINGS, OF THE
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OR
OF THE BOARD OF
DIRECTORS, ARE CALLED
AS NEEDED.
CURRENT
EVENTS AND PLANNED
PROJECTS
- Alma Lach
Circle--funded for
2017 (thanks to Dame
Sandy Arlinghaus and
her husband Bill,
and to Dame Donna
Tope).
- Scholarship
Development--partially
funded for 2017
(thanks to Dame Amy
Emberling, and to
Dame Antoinette
Benjamin and her
husband Don).
- Interaction
between LDEAA and
Project My Heart /
Your Heart.
- Interaction
between LDEAA and
various groups
within The
University of
Michigan
PAST
EVENTS AND PROJECTS
- DONATION OF GIFT
BOOK TO ALL LDEI
MEMBERS IN ANN ARBOR.
- ALMA MATER CIRCLE,
NATURE COVE, NOVEMBER
2017.
- FARM, FLOWERS, AND
FOOD, ZINGERMAN'S
CORNMAN FARMS, JULY
14, 2016
- MORGAN AND
YORK, APRIL 28, 2016
- CASUAL
GET-TOGETHERS AT
NATURE COVE COMMUNITY
ROOM
- STANDING COMMITTEE
KICKOFF MEETING,
JANUARY 18, 2015
- INAUGURAL
LDE-AA BUSINESS
MEETING, HELD
SEPTEMBER 14,
2015. Summary
of interactive
discussion
tables.
LDEI
CONFERENCE DELEGATS:
- Antoinette Benjamin
was the delegate to the
2017 conference in
Newport Beach, CA
- Antoinette Benjamin
and Donna Tope were
delegates to the 2016
conference in
Washington, D.C. Link
to report.
- Sandy
Arlinghaus and Antoinette
Benjamin were
delegates to the 2015
conference in
Charleston, SC
LDEAA
DAMES TRAVEL...
- Antoinette Benjamin
and Donna Tope
travelled to Mexico
City for a Taste of
Mexico.
- Sandy Arlinghaus
travelled to Meridian,
Mississippi where she
met with southern
chefs.
- Antoinette Benjamin
travelled to Southeast
Asia for a spectacular
food trip.
- Pat Amort, Sandy
Arlinghaus, Antoinette
Benjamin, and Donna
Tope travelled to
Chicago to a special
event at the Joseph
Regenstein Library of
the University of
Chicago. Alma Lach Papers and Culinary Book Collection,
- Permanent
collection housed at
Special Collections
Research Center,
Joseph Regenstein
Library, University
of Chicago. Summary
of 285 images of
exhibition
- Exhibition,
"Alma Lach's
Kitchen:
Transforming
Taste,"
September 19, 2016
to January 6, 2017.
- Invitation
to Special
Event: Ann
Arbor Executive
Committee of LDEAA
invited. Dames
Amort, Arlinghaus,
Benjamin, Tope all
attended, along with
about 10 Dames from
the Chicago Chapter
(exclusive of
Arlinghaus,
Benjamin, and Tope
who are dual members
with Ann
Arbor). In
all, there were
about 100 guests,
many from Chicago
but others from
elsewhere, too.
- Link
to display from
party at Quadrangle
Club, November 2,
2016.
- Report
and display
associated with
visit to Alma Lach
Exhibition: 1,
2.
- Photograph
below by Marc
Monaghan; contact
sarhaus@umich.edu
for possible access
to complete set of
Exhibition images.
- Antoinette Benjamin,
travelled to Edible
London and a tour of
the Cotswolds
- Sandy Arlinghaus
travelled to Chicago
and met with Chicago
Dames Olson and Emas
Copyright
2015--present, Les
Dames d' Escoffier Ann
Arbor.
Image
credits:
Floral images, Alma
S. Lach, copyright
1998, and Sandra L.
Arlinghaus.Burgundy/green
LDE logo created by
Alma Lach for the
Chicago Chapter (of
which she was a
founding member) and
used here with their
permission.
LDEI logo used here,
in both original and
modified form, with
LDEI
permission. Photo
of the Ann Arbor
City Club reprinted
here with permission
of the copyright
holder.
Globe image,
Google Earth (TM)
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