VIERNES, 11 DE OCTUBRE DE 2019
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Libraries have cooked up a feast for this fall
BY DENISE RALEIGH GAIL BORDEN PUBLIC LIBRARY DISTRICT
For Reflejos
People are loving visiting their libraries to gorge on a buffet of fun about the history of cooking for the next three months. Different cooking implements representing different types of cooking techniques are on display for the first time simultaneously at Arlington Heights Memorial Library, Aurora Public Library, Gail Borden Public Library District and Schaumburg Township District Library. The over 250 culinary tools were drawn from the personal collections of food industry veterans, Mel and Janet Mickevic. The exhibit was originally on display throughout the Kendall College at National Louis University. These objects are publicly viewable in this exhibit for the very first time due to a visionary partnership with the Kendall College Trust. “I love cooking and history! This is the perfect exhibit for me,” said Matt after visiting the Arlington Heights Library’s portion of the exhibit. Iris, also from Arlington Heights, added that the exhibit was, “Very informative… I remember some of these from my family past!” The curated portions of the Culinary Curiosity exhibits in the different libraries are as follows: •Arlington Heights Memorial Library’s Equipment Evolution Exhibit includes Hearth to Cookstove, A Tasting Menu, Appetizers and Amuse-Bouches, Mudge Sterilizer and Steam Cookers. (500 N. Dunton Ave., Arlington Heights, IL) • Aurora Public Library’s Drinks & Spirits Exhibit includes Global Gastronomy, Liquid Refreshments and Fire & Heat. (Santori Library, 101 S. River St. Aurora, IL) • Gail Borden Public Library’s Sweets & Dairy Exhibits includes Sweet Inventions, Bakers’ Secrets and Fire and Heat. (270 N. Grove Ave. Elgin, IL) • Schaumburg Township Public Library’s Cider & Meat Exhibit includes Farm to Fork and Cutting Edge. (130 S. Roselle Road, Schaumburg, IL) Former Host of Check Please Program, Passport, Community Cookbook - People are also excited that the exhibit installations will include a Facebook Live broadcast at 7 pm on October 28 by Catherine De Orio, who is the former host of WTTW’s Check, Please! and serves as the current Executive Director of the Kendall College Trust. Exhibit passports to encourage people to visit all of these fantastic libraries and a community cookbook are also available. How are visitors enjoying the exhibits? “Our opening event was a huge success for us and for the Culinary Curiosity Exhibition as a whole. It’s exciting to watch visitors, young and old, reflect on and relate to the items in our Liquid Refreshments and Global Gastronomy collections, and I spoke with several
CULINARY CURIOSITY local restaraunt backdrop at Gail BordenPublic Library
CULINARY CURIOSITY at Arlington Heights
CULINARY CURIOSITY Exhibit at Schaumburg
people who remember using the various tools in their own kitchens growing up! And, of course, the social aspect of drinking anything together, from tea to whiskey, has a massive appeal for visitors from all over the world,” said Krista Danis of Aurora Public Library. Stephanie Driscoll of Schaumburg Township District Library adds that, “The Culinary Curiosity exhibit has been a huge success. Our patrons love being able to view the exhibit and see photos of what actual farms in Schaumburg Township looked like in the early 1900s. Our younger patrons have enjoyed taking pictures of “Down on the Schaumburg Farm” and putting their wishes into our wishing well!” At Gail Borden, the kids love gathering eggs at the interactive farm, playing in the giant donut box and decorating the unreal cake
wearing a 3-foot tall chef’s hat. Older visitors have mentioned using something like the butter churns that are on display and people of all ages are enjoying the huge backdrop in the bistro area that features many local restaurants and a stroll through the Elgin History Museum’s Dairies to Prairies exhibit which tells the story of this region’s history of farming. Please contribute to the Community Cookbook, download a passport and learn more about programs and individual installations at the different libraries by visiting culinarycuriositytourslibraries.com. Thank you to Kendall College Trust, Bibliolabs and Reaching Across Illinois Library System for this innovative and collaborative project which brings people to libraries to feast on exhibits and everything else that these fantastic libraries have to offer.
CULINARY CURIOSITY at Aurora
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