Posted in Uncategorized on Jun 24th, 2008
The Glory of Waste
(part 4 in a 5 part series by Maureen Callahan)
Part one……….introduction
Part two……….the invention of the paper cup
Part three……..the invention of germ culture
Part four………the glory of waste
In 1957, Vance Packard wrote The Hidden Persuaders, a volume about how the advertising industry is deliberately alienating our wants from our needs to produce more [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jun 5th, 2008
The Invention of Germ Culture
(part 3 in a 5 part series by Maureen Callahan)
Part one……….introduction
Part two……….the invention of the paper cup
Part three……..the invention of germ culture
By 1916, more than 100 railroads throughout the country, including the Pennsylvania Railroad, the Lackawanna, The Chicago, Illinois Central, some New York Central lines, as well as the Pullman [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on May 28th, 2008
The Invention of the Paper Cup
(part two in a five-part series by Maureen Callahan)
Following the Civil War, when modern conveniences like running water, indoor bathrooms and gaslights were only at first available to the affluent, certain sectors of the “have” society initiated philanthropic projects to “purify” America. While many of these groups sought to promote [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on May 26th, 2008
Jason: I’m thrilled to introduce a series of posts by librarian & archivist Maureen Callahan. She is an alumna of Bryn Mawr College and a recent graduate of the School of Information at the University of Michigan. When I heard that Maureen had researched and written about the origins of the disposable [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Apr 20th, 2008
Photo: Nebraska Memories
I love the aesthetic experience of libraries, the beauty of the buildings, furniture and books. Would I like to live in a library? The thought has crossed my mind. And apparently, I’m not the only one. When the Garfield County Library moved to more modern environs, Food Network Exec Christianna Reinhardt [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Apr 8th, 2008
Professor Carl Winter has a webpage of Food Safety Music. My favorite is Clonin’ DNA, a song to the tune of Surfin’ USA by the Beach Boys. A toxicologist with the UC Davis Food Science & Technology Department, Winter rocks out on synths to popular songs, with rewritten lyrics, about food safety. [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Mar 20th, 2008
A few weeks ago, I found out about British Photographer Carl Warner and his foodscapes. Those aren’t clouds, they’re cauliflower. Broccoli trees, mountains of bread, and is that polenta paving? Nope, it’s cumin. Warner has fifteen foodscapes on his site, carlwarner.com.
These vivid and fantastic images really struck a chord online, [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 27th, 2008
Western Kentucky mixes it up with a…with a…ok, did everyone catch that? Mixes it up…Mixes! You see, I said mixes, like cake mix, for which Duncan Hines is famous! Whew. Anyway, the library’s exhibit, Recommended by Duncan Hines, tells the story of Hines’ life and career. It’s too bad they didn’t [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 20th, 2008
Food for thought is the name of the exhibition at Jundt Museum’s Arcade Gallery
at Gonzaga University. (There’s gotta be a less clumsy way to say that.) The exhibit complements the school’s discussion theme of food, eating and agriculture. You’ve got another month to see it; it’s up November 30 2007 - March 8 2008.
They [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 9th, 2008
So Karl Longstreth and the crew at the University of Michigan’s Map Library take the third Thursday of the month to show off their collection, and December 2007’s exhibit was all food maps! There were dozens of maps, from local to international and from awesome to ridiculous.
I hesitate to say which I liked best; [...]