Culinary Institute of America Presents New Exhibit

From the Culinary Institute of America: Over the course of the spring 2017 semester, juniors and seniors in The Culinary Institute of America's Food History class have been researching and curating a museum exhibit for the public. Using primary texts, cultural artifacts, and multi-media resources, the students created "Sweet & Salty: Tastes of Cultural History," an exhibit showcasing historical and cultural intersections with sugar, honey (and other sweeteners), and salt.

An opening reception will be held in the Conrad N. Hilton Library on Tuesday, April 11 from 2:15–3:15 p.m. The student curators will be on hand to answer questions about the exhibit and their research. They will also be preparing and serving historical recipes reflecting the themes in the exhibit.

Some themes explored in "Sweet & Salty" include: production and technology, religion, economics, medicine, food preservation, and physiology. The students wrote interpretive and descriptive text to accompany each theme and produced multi-media components for the exhibit.

The exhibit is on display in the Donald and Barbara Tober Exhibit Room, located in the Conrad N. Hilton Library at the CIA's Hyde Park campus. The hours are Monday through Thursday, 8:30 a.m.–8:30 p.m., Friday 8:30 a.m.–7 p.m., and Saturday 11 a.m.–5 p.m.

Both the exhibit and reception are free and open to the public. The exhibit runs until July 19, 2017.

Media Contacts:

Dr. Beth Forrest
Professor—Liberal Arts
845-451-1767
b_forres@culinary.edu

Nicole Semenchuck
Library Archives
845-451-1270
n_semenc@culinary.edu

For more information, visit www.ciachef.edu.

Image courtesy of CIA