Date/Time
Date(s) - Nov 9, 2026
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Location
Princeton Public Library
65 Witherspoon Street
Princeton
Food writer, librarian and historian Becky Libourel Diamond presents her book, City Tavern: The Founding Table – Colonial Dining, Revolutionary History, and the Restaurant at the Center of it All.
Free! Click here to register.
This program is offered in conjunction with HSP’s exhibition, Princeton’s Taverns: On the Road to Revolution (on view at Dohm Alley, next to Starbucks on Nassau Street).
Presented in partnership with the Princeton Public Library and Morven Museum & Garden, and with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
About the Author:
Becky Libourel Diamond is a food writer, librarian, and research historian. She is the author of two cookbooks, “The Gilded Age Cookbook” and “The Gilded Age Christmas Cookbook,” and two books of culinary history, “The Thousand Dollar Dinner” and “Mrs. Goodfellow: The Story of America’s First Cooking School.” She holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism from Rider University and a Master of Library Service from Rutgers University and has worked as a business librarian at Rutgers–New Brunswick since 2020.
Photo Credit: Heather Raub of FrontRoom Images
