Event Series Tastemakers

Tastemakers is a series of communal exchanges inspired by cookbooks in the Getty Library, featuring meals led by chefs, scholars, and culinary luminaries.

People eat and drink at a long table in a large restaurant decorated with pomegranates while a band plays on a low stage
Tastemakers Ram Dass Dinner at the Getty Restaurant, 2025

Past

  1. Tastemakers: Earth Mother with Paige Emery

    Food

    A woman with long dark hair wearing a blue kaftan holds a basket of herbs in a garden

    Brunch with the ecological artist and herbalist inspired by cookbooks from the Getty Library

    Saturday, May 9, 2026

  2. Tastemakers: Ram Dass

    Food & Drink

    Bronze colored book cover showing a wok with a Buddha in the center, and the text "Cook Book for a Sacred Life"

    A sacred evening of reflection, nourishment, and multisensory communion inspired by Cook Book for a Sacred Life by Ram Dass

    Sunday, Dec 21, 2025

  3. Tastemakers: Queer Food

    Food & Drink

    Black and white cartoon-like drawing showing a person in a broad-brimmed straw hat standing in a verdant garden holding a basket of vegetables

    A literary and culinary journey inspired by The Alice B. Toklas Cookbook (1954)

    Sunday, Nov 23, 2025