BEGIN:VCALENDAR X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Chicago PRODID:-//University of Iowa//Events 1.0//EN VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20240329T015521Z DTSTART:20211118T090000 DTEND:20211118T160000 SUMMARY:Art to Eat By: Cookbooks as Record and Expression DESCRIPTION:From medieval coronation banquets with elaborate sugar sculptures known as subtleties to the technicolor party food of the 1960s\, food as art has long been tied to the enjoyable and meaningful experience of dining. \n\nCurated by Eric Ensley and Diane Ray\, this exhibit in the University of Iowa Libraries Special Collections & Archives Reading Room draws primarily from materials in the Szathmary Culinary Collection. It shows that books about food have often attempted to navigate the personal\, familial\, and domestic spaces of dining while displaying a public-facing image of those experiences. The exhibit explores representation of gender roles as well as the political\, artistic\, and communal impact of food.\n\nVisitors will find culinary books and other materials from across the centuries on display in the Special Collections & Archives Reading Room\, 3rd floor\, Main Library.\n\nFor parking information: https://www.lib.uiowa.edu/locations/main/parking/\n\nReading Room hours:\n Monday - Friday\, 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM\n Tuesdays open later until 6:00 PM.\n\n\nhttps://events.uiowa.edu/56250 LOCATION:University of Iowa Main Library\, Special Collections & Archives Reading Room\, 3rd Floor\, 125 West Washington Street\, Iowa City\, IA 52242 UID:edu.uiowa.events-prod-56250 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
From medieval coronation banquets with elaborate sugar sculptures known as subtleties to the technicolor party food of the 1960s\, food as art has long been tied to the enjoyable and meaningful experience of dining.
\n\nCurated by Eric Ensley and Diane Ray\, this exhibit in the University of Iowa Libraries Special Collections &\; Archives Reading Room draws primarily from materials in the Szathmary Culinary Collection. It shows that books about food have often attempted to navigate the personal\, familial\, and domestic spaces of dining while displaying a public-facing image of those experiences. The exhibit explores representation of gender roles as well as the political\, artistic\, and communal impact of food.
\n\nVisitors will find culinary books and other materials from across the centuries on display in the Special Collections &\; Archives Reading Room\, 3rd floor\, Main Library.
\n\nFor parking information: https://www.lib.uiowa.edu/locations/main/parking/
\n\nReading Room hours:
\n Monday - Friday\, 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
\n Tuesdays open later until 6:00 PM.