As Julia Child once said, “It is hard to imagine a civilization without onions.”

Historically, she's been right-and not just in the kitchen. Flourishing in just about every climate and culture around the world, onions have provided the essential basis not only for sautés, stews, and sauces, but for medicines, metaphors, and folklore. Now they're New York Times bestselling and James Beard Award-winning author Mark Kurlansky's most flavorful infatuation yet as he sets out to explore how and why the crop reigns from Italy to India and everywhere in between.

MOFAD is excited to welcome Mark Kurlansky in celebration of his latest book, The Core of an Onion: Peeling the Rarest Common Food, which features historical images, his own pen-and-ink drawings, and recipes for more than one hundred dishes from around the world. He will be joined by Melissa Clark, best-selling cookbook author and food columnist for the New York Times, for a conversation on why the onion has captivated society for decades, and why it remains one of the world’s most beloved culinary staples. Join us for an evening of peeling (and drawing!) the world’s rarest common food!

Tickets include the option to purchase The Core of an Onion: Peeling the Rarest Common Food by Mark Kurlansky from our bookseller partner Kitchen Arts & Letters in New York City.