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August 22 • 2013
JN
1952 cookbook, Ann Arbor
Hadassah
Archive, I was an impressionable
undergraduate student interested
in food. I loved being around food
— cooking, eating, hosting and even
farming — so I figured this was the
perfect place for me.
As the first to recognize America's
unique culinary history (and not just
Twinkies and Je11-0 salad), Jan has
introduced me to many delicious ele-
ments of our nation's legacy. Through
this work, I read the first English-
language Jewish cookbook (1846),
the first Jewish cookbook printed
in America (1871, Philadelphia),
dozens of editions of The Settlement
Cookbook, and countless others.
Two weeks before my undergradu-
ate commencement, I was compar-
ing a German cookbook from Berlin
(1856) with another Yiddish cookbook
originally from Vilna (1896) when I
realized this was a lot of fun. So natu-
rally, I cancelled my job plans and
applied to graduate school, which is
where I find myself today, writing a
thesis on Jewish food and curating an
exhibit on "American Foodways: The
Jewish Contribution."
Like a graduate student should be
(I think), I spent this summer doing
research and learning more about
my field — so naturally I was in New
York City. (And y es, all Kiddush fare
pales in comparison to seven-layer
cake from Detroit!) But when I was
not in the city, or the Yiddish Farm
in Goshen, N.Y., I was in Ann Arbor
working on this exhibit. And from
all this work, I am happy to share
with you, my Metro Detroit friends
and family, that there is going to be
a great exhibit up in Ann Arbor this
fall.
From Sept. 4-Dec. 8, the Hatcher
Graduate Library at U-M will host
a two-part exhibit that Jan and
I are curating. The first por-
tion of the exhibit will show
Jewish charity cookbooks from
all 50 states and the District of
Columbia. Not only is this the
first time that a collection has
had items from every state, but
it is also the first exhibit to rep-
resent the complete Jewish culi-
nary history in America.
Starting with the first kosher
butcher (1660) to a food festival
from July 2013, the second part
of this collection presents the
evolution of Jewish cooking and
eating in America. There are
sections on butchers, bakers and
marketmen; restaurants, deli-
catessens and appetizing shops;
ephemera, Jewish food festivals
and what we are terming "the
pioneering cookbooks."
While the exhibit opens on
Sept. 4, the opening lecture will
be at 4 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 24,
in Room 100 of Hatcher (adjoining
the two exhibit spaces). There will
be more lectures and events through-
out the term. The information will
be available on the library's website
(www.lib.mich.edu/hatcher-graduate-
library).
And for those of you unable to join
us in Ann Arbor this fall, we will be
digitizing these items and making an
online exhibit so that this work, and
this collection, can continue to exist in
perpetuity.
If you have any questions about the
exhibit or Jewish food research, feel
free to contact me at averyr@umich.
edu . @
Avery Robinson of Franklin is a graduate
student at the University of Michigan in
Ann Arbor.
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