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Welcome to our 55th year of the Pasadena Wine and Food Society to which we enjoy wine pairings to our food experiences and the camaraderie of our members. It was a great season last and we look forward to the new 2008-2009 season.
The board has selected the subscription dinner dates for the next season to be: February 9, 2009; March 30, 2009 and May 18, 2009. Our traditional members & wives/guest dinner, an elegant celebration of the 75thh anniversary of the founding of the International Wine and Food Society, will take place this year at the beginning of the season and is tentatively planned for Saturday, November 15, 2008. Our Board of Governors representative, Dave Felton, explains in greater detail:
Frenchman Andre Simon, a champagne expert and transplant to London early last century, established the 'Wine and Food Society' together with his friend, AJA Symons (who died soon after) during the depths of the Depression years in 1933. Simon was more than just a wine connoisseur. He was a bibliophile, historian and the author of more than 100 books and pamphlets covering his encyclopedic knowledge of food and wine. He crossed the Atlantic in 1934 and traveled across the US that year helping to establish branches in New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Chicago, New Orleans, San Francisco and Los Angeles.
As many of our members know from the BGA's newsletter, the parent organization is holding a 'weekend-long' luncheon in London mid November to celebrate this 75th year anniversary. And most of the branches around the world are making their own arrangements that month to participate in the celebration. Our Pasadena chapter is planning to join with another local branch, the Physicians of Los Angeles Wine and Food Society, to produce a gala black-tie event on 15 November.
We all look forward to our new season, especially the anniversary event... |
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