Les
Dames d'Escoffier,
Ann Arbor
Founded
2015
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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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ACTIVITIES AND
EVENTS
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REGULAR
ACTIVITIES AND
EVENTS
- The
second and fourth
Tuesdays of each
month, for the
remainder of 2022, are
reserved for Zoom
meetings on topics of
various sorts
(TBA). If you
are interested in
helping to organize
such meetings, contact
Sandy,
sarhaus@umich.edu; she
will host all Zoom
calls (that is inithttps://umich.zoom.us/rec/play/TS6uIf_kNoJrPc_Si0Al4O6O-fGtzqVqZTuBa9RjmY7-sZY5BPt7nrqdiXbLyJ1FwYhDN5WPzMcAfdjd.KvenMmTZzZSqvcUhiate
them and run the
mechanics), as time
permits.
Different LDEAA Dames
will be the 'STARS'
and they will lead the
meetings; preliminary
video or other formats
will be provided, via
email to each Dame and
Affiliate, in advance
of Zoom meetings to
stimulate interest,
interaction, and
participation.
In-person meetings
will be scheduled as
time, CDC, County, and
University health
guidelines permit.
- ZOOM: 6:00pm, Eastern Time, Tuesday, June 28, 2022. A Favorite Piece of
Interesting
Kitchen Equipment.
Meeting
leader: Sandy
Arlinghaus. She is
happy to relinquish
this time spot to
anyone else who
wants to do it. If
we proceed with this
topic, please read
the linked
file: PowerPoint
pptx format;
or Movie
mp4 format.
It is derivative of
a recent
article in Solstice,
focused on an
antique copper
French potato
steamer. Sandy
likes it because it
ties together her
interests in
mathematics and
haute cuisine.
Why do you
especially like one
piece of
equipment? Is
it because you have
fond memories of
using it with a
family member?
Is it because it
ties together
multiple
interests? Is
it simply because it
makes food taste
great? Or look
great? What
else? Talk
about your favorite
item; interact with
each other.
- ZOOM:
6:00pm, Eastern
Time. Tuesday,
June 14, 2022.
Kitchen
Memories.
Meeting
Leader:
Sandy
Arlinghaus.
Read the linked
file provided in
advance: PowerPoint
pptx format;
or, Movie
mp4 format.
It is derivative
of a recent
article in Solstice,
focused on one
of the kitchen's
Sandy grew up
in. This
visual could be
entitled, "I grew
up in the Chicago
Sun-Times
Test
Kitchen".
Look it over
before the
Zoom. What
was interesting or
unique about your
memories of the
kitchen(s) you
grew up in?
How has it
influenced the
career choices and
decisions you made
as an adult?
What else?
Talk about your
Kitchen Memories;
interact with each
other.
- At
some future Zooms:
- LDEAA
Dame and Author,
Peggy Lampman,
will be the
Meeting Leader.
- LDEAA
Dame and Event
Planner, Sandy
Arlinghaus:
Duplicate Bridge
Tournament
Planning.
Advance
material: Guide from
2008 North
American Bridge
Championship,
Planning
Document.
Many,
but not all,
links within the
document remain
functional.
If you find one
that is not, and
it is of
particular
interest to you,
please contact
sarhaus@umich.edu
and she may be
able to supply
you with
original
materials from
which the eroded
link was
created.
- Other
topics to think
about:
lavender farming and
other local farming
adventures; give a
tour of your own
business; create
your own
topic. Provide
preliminary video
materials for Dames
to study ahead of
time (Sandy can
help, if you want).
Include audio, too!
Offer a set of
questions for
participants to
think about.
Then, come ZOOMday,
all will be set and
ready to participate
in a constructive
and interactive
meeting!
- Meetings
- Regular
Board meetings are
scheduled for the
second Tuesday of
each month at 1:00
pm (Eastern
Time). The
Board meets only
when it needs to do
so, but reserves
this time slot for
meetings.
- Special
meetings of the
Executive Committee
or the Board are
called as needed.
- Membership
recruitment and
scholarship
development are
ongoing issues.
MEMORIES:
PAST, PRESENT, AND
FUTURE
- 2022:
Movies of featured
Dames--forthcoming
- 2022:
Alma Lach, Selected
Archive, links present
in Zoom meeting
description above.
- 2022.
Up close and personal
with a Clydesdale
horse, courtesy of our
satellite group in
Meridian, MS.
Event was held on
Sunday, May 15.
Direct
participants:
Donna K. Tope (LDEI
and Ann Arbor
Chapter), Sandy
Arlinghaus (LDEI and
Ann Arbor Chapter),
Bill E. Arlinghaus
(Affiliate Ann Arbor
Chapter only), Deborah
Mintcheff (LDEI
President and New York
City Chapter), and
Toria Emas (LDEI Past
President and Chicago
Chapter).
Link to
event summary: http://www.mylovedone.com/LDE_AA/Zoom001.pdf
- 2021-2022:
Zoom:
- Three
test Zoom parties
involving craft beer
and featuring LDEAA
affiliate, William
E. Arlinghaus
(Cicerone).
- Study
of how others
organize Zoom
culinary
events:
Chicago Chapter of
LDEI and Culinary
Historians of
Chicago.
- 2021-2022:
Sandy is
inventorying
book supply for
a possible
donation to
the
Chicago Chapter.
- 2021-2022:
Donna is working
on an idea for
interaction
with the
Portland (OR)
Chapter.
- 2021.
Sandy
participated (using
her dual membership)
in the Chicago
Chapter Les Dames
event in which
Barbara Glunz was
honored as a ‘Dame
of Distinction’ and
in their associated
annual business
meeting. She
also participated with
them in
one of their
book reading
groups.
- 2020--.
Ongoing research
(Sandy) on kudzu
and its possible
role in Green
Tables.
- 2020
and earlier:
Fundraising and
Interaction/Awareness
Projects
- 2020.
Establishment of
Satellite Group in
Meridian, MS.
- 2020.
Ricky Agranoff
Fund, established
in honor of
Founding Member,
and Past
President, Dame
Raquel Agranoff
(deceased).
- 2019.
Continuing
collaboration
with some folks in
New Orleans
regarding the Les
Dames Ann Arbor
Chapter section in
their food and
wine library.
- 2017.
Interaction between
LDEAA and various
groups within The
University of
Michigan
- 2017.
Scholarship
Development, (thanks
to Dame Amy
Emberling, and to
Dame Antoinette
Benjamin and her
husband Don).
- 2017.
Alma Lach
Circle,
(established in
honor of Founding
Member Dame Alma
Lach (deceased);
thanks to Dame Sandy
Arlinghaus and her
husband Bill, and to
Dame Donna Tope).
- 2018,
April 18. Dame
Drew Faulkner,
Washington DC Chapter,
visits with LDEAA
Dames at Zingerman's
Bakehouse. Dames
Antoinette Benjamin,
and from left to right
in photo, Dames Amy
Emberling, Ricky
Agranoff, Lizzie, and
Drew Faulkner.
- 2017.
Interaction between
LDEAA and Project My
Heart / Your Heart,
University of
Michigan, Frankel
Cardiovascular Center.
- 2017,
December 14.
Downton Abbey
Presentation and
Scholarship
Fundraiser, Cici
Williamson.
- 2017.
Donation of gift book
to all LDEI members in
Ann Arbor.
- 2017,
November. Alma
Mater Circle, Nature
Cove.
- 2017, May
9. New York
Times: Ann
Arbor Food Scene
- 2016, July
14. Farm,
Flowers, and Food,
- 2016,
Zingerman's
Cornman Farms.
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2015-16.
Casual get-togethers
at Nature Cove
Community Room
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2015,
January 18.
Standing Committee
Kickoff Meeting.
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2015,
September 14.
Inaugural LDE-AA
Business
Meeting. Ann
Arbor City Club.
- City
Club Roundtable:
memories of earlier
times (mp3
files): Raquel
Agranoff
Antoinette
Benjamin
- Letters
of Welcome:
- Chicago
Chapter of LDEI
- Dame
Toria
Emas: Letter of
Welcome!
Past-President,
LDEI, and
Chicago
Chapter.
Mentor to
LDE-AA.
- Dame
Sharon
Olson: Letter of
Welcome!
Past-President,
Chicago Chapter,
Secretary
LDEI.
Mentor to LDE-AA
- Portland,
OR, Chapter of
LDEI
LDEI
CONFERENCE DELEGATES:
- 2017:
Antoinette Benjamin
was the delegate to
the 2017 conference in
Newport Beach, CA
- 2016:
Antoinette Benjamin
and Donna Tope were
delegates to the 2016
conference in
Washington, D.C.
- 2015:
Sandy
Arlinghaus and
Antoinette
Benjamin were
delegates to the
2015 conference in
Charleston, SC
2015. Participation is noted in the Winter 2016 Conference Issue
of LDEI Quarterly,
online and in hard copy. Photo on pages 12 and 27.
http://www.LDEI.org
LDEAA DAMES
TRAVEL...
- Antoinette
Benjamin and Donna
Tope travelled to
Mexico City for a
Taste of Mexico,
along with Chicago
Dames and
others. Account
of Toria Emas, from
Chicago.
- 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 were dual
members (at that
time) with Ann
Arbor). In
all, there were
about 100 guests,
many from Chicago
but others from
elsewhere, too.
- Link
to display from
Alma Lach Memorial
party at
Quadrangle Club,
November 2, 2016.
- 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
LINKS
TO CULINARY
INFORMATION
BEYOND THE
DIRECT PURVIEW
OF LDEAA
Copyright
2015--present, Les
Dames d' Escoffier Ann
Arbor.
Image
credits:
Floral images, Alma
S. Lach, copyright
1998, and Sandra
Lach Arlinghaus.
Burgundy/green
LDE logo created by
Alma Lach for the
Chicago Chapter (of
which she was an
original first-year
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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