Texas Collection Hosts Cookbook Exhibit This Spring
The Texas Collection is home to nearly 1,000 Texas cookbooks – one of the largest collections in the world. To celebrate the collection, an exhibition titled “Dash of Recipes, Pinch of History” will be featured through May 31, 2009. The main display case highlights the variety of cookbooks found in the collection, including cultural, religious and organizational cookbooks. A second display case features late 19th and early 20th century company advertisements for various kitchen-related items. Two additional displays are located in the Reading Room. One exhibit contains photographs of Texas cooks preparing food in a variety of methods and settings. The other display will feature enlarged, framed images of unique cookbook covers and select inside pages.
Dr. Rebecca Sharpless, assistant professor of history at Texas Christian University, will present “Texas Women’s Kitchens, Texas Women’s Words: Cookbooks as Historical Documents” at 3:00 p.m. on Monday, March 2 at the Carroll Library. If you would like to attend the lecture or need more information, please contact Kathy Hinton at 254.710.1269.
The Texas Collection is located in the Carroll Library Building, Room 101.
