As part of the

6th INTERDISCIPLINARY AND MULTICULTURAL CONFERENCE ON FOOD REPRESENTATION IN THE HUMANITIES, FILM AND THE ARTS

at
The University of Texas
at San Antonio
Downtown Campus

February 25-27, 2010







The John Peace Library Special Collections' Librarian Juli McLoone has curated the

Book Exhibit:
Highlights of the Laure Gruenbeck Mexican Cookbook Collection

at The University of Texas at San Antonio Downtown Campus Library
and
will hold an open Cookbook Reading Room
on
Saturday, February 27, from 9:00 am till noon
at
Buena Vista Building 2.314L


For more information on the John Peace Library Special Collections see: http://lib.utsa.edu/Archives


Pictured: Valdes, Ramona. Cocina práctica: pastelería, repostería, salchichonería, helados. México : Ediciones Botas, 1937. This cookbook is inscribed “A mi amiga Adela French” and signed “Carlos Fernández 2/28/1938.” Several of the recipes include handwritten annotations. An additional recipe for “Fresh Chili Verde” is written on the title page.