Mid-West Branch

Contact:
Robert Schenck
rschenckmd@gmail.com

Midwest Branch Dutch Brunch
October 8, 2011

Midwest Branch Dutch Brunch
and Lecture on Food in Rembrandt’s Time by
Marcia Whitney-Schenck

The Midwest Branch of the Holland Society met on October 8, 2011 for a delicious Dutch Brunch at the Home Bistro Restaurant in Chicago. Fifteen members, and guests enjoyed an authentic Dutch menu prepared by Joncarl Lachman, himself a Dutchman. Marcia Whitney-Schenck gave an illustrated lecture on “Food and Oysters -- Feasting in Seventeenth Century Dutch Paintings.”
A copy of the menu, in Dutch, titled “Vandag…Ontbijtmenukaart” listed five entrees to pick from, including “Golden Snert,” “Uitsmijter,” and “Amsterdam Style” Mussels
Attendees were: Robert R. Schenck, MD, Midwest Branch President (not in photo), and left to right around the table, Jon Veeder, Katrina Veeder Chandler, James Barr, Sally Veeder, John Schellinger, Michael Sprong, Gary Sprong, John Schermerhorn, Claire Schermerhorn, Jack Schermerhorn, Ann Schenck, Marcia Whitney-Schenck, and John Lansing.