FEATURED EXHIBIT
Slow Food to Fast Food: The Way Iowans Ate
June 8–August 15, 2009
at the University Museum
Imagine a time when breakfast was more than a latte, lunch didn't come from a drive-thru window and dinner was a daily family affair.
UNI Museums’ nostalgic summer exhibit, Slow Food to Fast Food: The Way Iowans Ate, will explore the major transformation in Iowa’s foodways from the 1870s to the 1970s.
Open June 8-Aug. 15, learn about what Iowans ate, how they ate it and the journey their food made from field to table. The exhibit divides the 100-year period into three eras, 1870-1920, 1920-1950, and 1950-1970.
Through historic photos, tableware, utensils, appliances and more, travel through time to experience Iowa’s shift from wood stoves to microwaves, root cellars to refrigerators and dining room tables to TV trays. Find out why today Iowans living on some of the richest soil in the world, no longer grow much of their own food. Learn about the food we eat today and reminisce about family gatherings filled with delectable homemade dishes.
UNI Museums has collaborated with Dr. Trudy Eden, UNI associate professor of history, to bring you this historical view of our state's foodways. Enjoy refreshments and listen to Dr. Eden discuss the exhibit at the opening reception on June 9 at 7 p.m. at the University Museum.
Heritage Recipe Contest: Sharing your stories
Submit your favorite old-fashioned family recipe, with a heartwarming story and even a photo if you like. We want to ehar every yummy detail about learning to bake your grandmother's famous apple pie or the painstaking detail your mother took in preparing your family's favorite dish.
One featured recipe per week for nine weeks will be posted on the Heritage Recipe Contest page, Facebook page and in the Cedar Falls Times. More details and submission information
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Kim Elise Taylor, Collections Manager
319-273-6923 or kim.taylor@uni.edu
