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Join us this Thursday, December 18th, between 4-6p for our final Third Thursdays at the Library event of the semester!
In Special Collections, our books don’t leave the building, but sometimes the recipes sneak out for a trip to the kitchen. Last week, the U-M Library Art Alliance, the William L. Clements Library, and the Special Collections Research Center teamed up with Student Life Sustainability for a small, hands-on staff event, where we brought two nineteenth century cookie recipes to 21st century tastebuds.
Join us this Thursday, November 20th, between 4-6p for our next Third Thursdays at the Library event of the semester!
The current application cycle is now open for fellowships available to researchers whose work would benefit from onsite access to our special collections!
Miss Parloa was a household name in late 19th century America. As the author of numerous well-known cookbooks, teacher of cooking schools in Boston and New York, and the domestic editor for The Ladies’ Home Journal, Maria Parloa rose far above the obscurity of her origins as an orphan and domestic servant. Her recipe for fried apples is a winner, especially if you can obtain Northern Spy apples!
We are excited to announce the opening of a new exhibit at the Special Collections Research Center: Brothers and Uncles, Kings and Typecutters: Five generations of Estienne printing in Michigan Collections (1512-1625). Curated by SI student Sara Brooks, this extraordinary exhibit explores the evolution of the printed page through the prism of the Estienne dynasty, a remarkable family of scholar-printers who were active in the 16th and 17th centuries.
Join the Book Arts Studio and the Janice Bluestein Longone Culinary Archive for a pop-up printing event in the Shapiro Gallery on Tuesday, Oct. 28th, from 4-5pm.
Join us this Thursday, October 16th, between 4-6p for our next Third Thursdays at the Library event of the semester!
The Drinking Man’s Diet Cookbook by photographer Robert Cameron, offered a high-protein & hight-fat fad diet, essentially premised on the idea that eating dense calories offered satiation, while allowing space for carbohydrates in wine or cocktails. In the chapter on bread, Cameron suggests this recipe for Avocado Toast.
Join us this Thursday, September 18th, between 4-6p for our first Third Thursdays at the Library event of the semester!