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Proceedings of Good as Gold : foods the Americas gave the world.
LIBRA - Blank Collection GT2853.A45 P76 1991
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- Format:
- Book
- Government document
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Food--America--History--Congresses.
- Food.
- Food habits--America--History--Congresses.
- Food habits.
- Cooking, American--History--Congresses.
- Cooking, American.
- Farm produce--America--History--Congresses.
- Farm produce.
- Food--history.
- Feeding Behavior--history.
- Cooking.
- America.
- Medical Subjects:
- Food--history.
- Feeding Behavior--history.
- Cooking.
- Genre:
- Conference papers and proceedings.
- History.
- Penn Provenance:
- Blank, Fritz (bookplate) (donor) (inscription)
- Physical Description:
- 1 volume (various pagings) ; 28 cm
- Other Title:
- Good as gold
- Foods the Americas gave the world
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : National Museum of American History, [1991?]
- Contents:
- Friday, October 18. Keynote Address: "Search and Serendipity" / Calvin Sperling
- Saturday, October 19. Opening Remarks; The Promise of Plenty: Food in American History; Feasts and Famines; More American than Apple Pie
- Sunday, October 20. Opening Remarks; Sacred or Sensual? New World Foods as Symbols; "Eat It. It's Good for You"; The World's Fare Today; Closing Remarks.
- Notes:
- Cover title: Good as Gold.
- "A Smithsonian Institution quincentenary symposium cosponsored by the National Museum of American History and the National Museum of Natural History, October 18-20, 1991, Carmichael Auditorium, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C."--Cover
- "This symposium was supported in part by funding from the National Peanut Council and the Snack Food Association."
- Spiral binding.
- Local Notes:
- Kislak Center Chef Fritz Blank Culinary Archive and Library copy presented to the Penn Libraries by Fritz Blank in 2008.
- Kislak copy has bookplate of Chef Fritz Blank.
- Kislak copy inscribed "July 27, 1992. To Fritz - As promised - here is your copy of the transcription of the Food Symposium from Washington. It finally arrived on Saturday. Enjoy! Love Cheryl".
- OCLC:
- 26731511
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