Collecting Culinaria - Cookbooks and Domestic Manuals Mainly from the Linda Miron Distad Collection

The Linda Miron Distad Culinaria Collection, housed at the University of Alberta Libraries, currently consists of more than 3,000 food-related texts from around the world, spanning several centuries. Collecting Culinaria accompanies an exhibit at the Bruce Peel Special Collections Library featuring cookbooks and household guides from the collection, as well as other selected items from the Library's holdings. The catalogue highlights some of the collection's most intriguing texts and their themes, including manuscript cookbooks, dietetics and health, and celebrity chefs. Collecting Culinaria draws from and celebrates this vast and diverse trove of social, cultural, and gastronomic history.

Info autore

Merrill Distad is Associate University Librarian for Research & Special Collections Services at the University of Alberta. Caroline Lieffers is a Reference and Collections Assistant at the University of Alberta's John W. Scott Health Sciences Library.

Riassunto

Catalogue featuring cookbooks and household guides, as well as manuscript cookbooks, dietetics, and health.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Merrill Distad, Caroline Lieffers, Merrill Distad
• Editore: University of Alberta Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 15.10.2013
• EAN: 9781551953243
• ISBN: 978-1-55195-324-3
• Pagine: 92
• Dimensioni: 201 mm x 167 mm x 10 mm
• Peso: 272 g
• Serie: Bruce Peel Special Collections Library; Bruce Peel Special Collections; Bruce Peel Special Collections
• Categorie: Guide e manuali > Mangiare e bere > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie, tabelle; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Arte