Recipes for Domesticity, Curator led tour, May 4th @ 10 am

Chicago Foodways Roundtable

Recipes for Domesticity:
Cookery, Household Management, and the Notion of Expertise

Program and exhibit tour by Julia Gardner, Exhibit Curator
and Head Reader Services, Special Collections Research Center

Saturday, May 4, 2013 at 10:00 AM
Special Collections Research Center Exhibition Gallery
Regenstein Library
1100 East 57th Street, Chicago, IL
Street Parking
Cost: $3.
Free to University of Chicago students and faculty with ID.

How does one roast a fawn or properly set a dinner table for twelve? For centuries, people have been documenting and decoding the vast array of knowledge associated with domestic life, assembling cooking and household guides to assist with the tasks of daily living. Not merely collections of recipes and how-to instructions, these guides also document cultural patterns and give insight into the development of modern-day kitchen and cooking practices. This exhibition, drawn primarily from the Rare Books Collection, provides a sampling of European and American cookbooks and domestic manuals from court chefs of the 15th century to cooking icons of the 20th century.

This special exhibit runs from April 22 until July 13, 2013. Viewing hours: Monday–Friday, 9:00 a.m.–4:45 p.m.; Saturdays: 9:00 a.m.–12:45 p.m. when classes are in session.

Julia Gardner is Head of Reader Services at the Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago Library. She received a Master’s of Science in Information degree from the University of Michigan School of Information. She earned a B.A. in English literature from Swarthmore College and a Ph.D. in English from the University of California, Riverside. In addition to providing reference assistance to SCRC’s many visitors, Julia is active in the Center’s exhibitions program and its instruction program, which last year hosted 100 classes.

This program is hosted by the Chicago Foodways Roundtable. To reserve, please e-mail: chicago.foodways.roundtable@gmail.com, then leave your name and how many people in your party.

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Recipes for Domesticity:
Cookery, Household Management, and the Notion of Expertise

Program and exhibit tour by Julia Gardner, Exhibit Curator
and Head Reader Services, Special Collections Research Center
http://www.wbez.org/series/chicago-ampl ... -expertise

Julia Gardner, exhibit curator, offers a fine narrative in this podcast. You can follow this exhibit information at: http://www.lib.uchicago.edu/e/webexhibits/recipes/