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FOOD HISTORY WEBSITE

8/31/2020

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Food and cooking are so much of the SR event experiences. Here's a piece on the creation of a new food history website. Medieval cookbook in latin? A 1790 recipe for almond cheesecake? Read how Barbara Ketcham Wheaton compiled her 130,000-item database at Harvard’s Schlesinger Library, and from the personal library of her neighbor, Julia Child. From paper to digital, now at https://thesifter.org/.

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renewal after fire movie

8/22/2020

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What hope can one hold in the midst of COVID and Fire? Maya Khosla's movie offers insight:
http://creekshade.wixsite.com/mayakhosla/copy-of-films-2
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Big changes coming

8/14/2020

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What better time to spiff up the Sitting Room building? We have a new roof and HVAC system. Here are some plans:
--New wall paint
--Make step down from the kitchen safer
--Remove piano and replace with bookcase/display area
--Improve lighting

If you have suggestions, please send them to JJ Wilson: boxcar@sonic.net

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