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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%">This notice announces a fun and fact-filled exhibition curated by me in conjunction with Museums10 "Table for Ten" exhibitions and events this fall. I'll send out another notice regarding readings and receptions later this semester, as well as a link to the online version (in progress). Come look at the exhibition, sign the guest book (paper made from sugar cane waste), and enjoy the candies in the gallery.</P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%"><FONT face=Georgia size=3>CABINET OF CULINARY CURIOSITIES</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%"><FONT face=Georgia size=3>Neilson Library, Smith College, Northampton MA</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%"><FONT face=Georgia size=3>Morgan Gallery (1st floor) and Book Arts Gallery (3rd floor)</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%"><FONT face=Georgia size=3>September 5, 2010-January 20, 2011</FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%"><FONT face=Georgia size=3>Six recipes for puff pastry from 1669 to 1970. Eating ice cream in France in the late 19th century. Dining with gladiatorial entertainment. These are just three of the offerings in <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Cabinet of Culinary Curiosities: Books & Manuscripts from the Mortimer Rare Book Room</I>. Other items on display feature: a tribute to Julia Child and her fellow Smith College classmate, cooking teacher, and writer, Charlotte Turgeon; Jack Sprat and the space race; cooking and dining for kings, queens, and mice; and French opinions about Chinese food and table manners. <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Cabinet of Curiosities </I>is on view in Neilson Library, Smith College, until January 20, 2011. This array of more than fifty culinary curiosities from books and manuscripts features images and descriptions of food and eating from the 16th through the 21st centuries. </FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%"><FONT face=Georgia size=3>A cabinet of curiosities is a private collection of esoterica from the realms of natural history, geology, archaeology, religious relics, artwork, and antiquity. The classic style of these cabinets emerged in the 16th century as one or more rooms overflowing with fascinating objects. <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Cabinet of Culinary Curiosities</I> was created as a component of <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Table for Ten: The Art, History and Science of Food</I>, a series of exhibitions and events organized for the fall of 2010 by Museums10, a group of museum and historical sites here in the Pioneer Valley. Most of the items in the exhibition are from the Mortimer Rare Book Room; a few gems have been borrowed from the Smith College Archives and the curator’s own culinary collection.</FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%"><FONT face=Georgia size=3>For more information on <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Cabinet of Culinary Curiosities</I>: Barbara Blumenthal, Mortimer Rare Book Room (x2906; bblument@smith.edu)</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%"><FONT face=Georgia size=3>For more information about Museums10 or <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Table for Ten</I>: www.museums10.org</FONT></P>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>BARBARA B. BLUMENTHAL</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>Rare Book Specialist, </FONT><FONT size=2>Mortimer Rare Book Room </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>Neilson Library, Smith College<BR>Northampton, MA 01063<BR>T: 413-585-2906 F: 413-585-2904</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2><A href="mailto:bblument@smith.edu">bblument@smith.edu</A></FONT></DIV>
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