Around the Table
Around the Table
Recipes Project
Around the Table is a podcast from The Recipes Project, a blog dedicated to the study of recipes. Hosted by Sarah Kernan, Around the Table episodes feature interviews with experts in recipes-related studies to talk about the latest projects, programs, and scholarship of interest to the Recipes Project community.
Staging the Table with Deborah Krohn
In this episode, Sarah Kernan talks to Deborah Krohn [https://www.bgc.bard.edu/people/41/deborah-l-krohn], Associate Professor and Chair of Academic Programs at Bard Graduate Center, about the recent exhibition Staging the Table in Europe 1500-1800 [https://www.bgc.bard.edu/exhibitions/exhibitions/109/n-a] at Bard Graduate Center Gallery. Staging the Table explores early modern dining practices through illustrated manuals featuring instruction and carving and napkin folding. The books are considered alongside early modern material artifacts such as table linens and carving knives, as well as modern napkin folds based on period designs. Show notes, links, and transcript available on The Recipes Project [https://recipes.hypotheses.org/].
Aug 8, 2023
35 min
Historical Recipes in the Digital Age with Elaine Harrington
In this episode, Sarah Kernan speaks to Elaine Harrington, Special Collections Librarian at University College Cork [https://libguides.ucc.ie/library] about Historical Recipes in the Digital Age [https://scalar.usc.edu/works/historical-recipes-in-the-digital-age/index]. This project was created by a partnership between UCC Special Collections and Digital Learning and relied on the contributions of staff and students to shape and analyze the project. Show notes, links, and transcript available on The Recipes Project [https://recipes.hypotheses.org/].
Jun 21, 2023
25 min
Talking Curious Cures with James Freeman
In this episode, I spoke to the principal investigator of Curious Cures in Cambridge Libraries [https://www.cam.ac.uk/stories/curious-medieval-medicine], Dr. James Freeman. Curious Cures [https://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/research/research-development/research-projects/curious-cures] is an impressive project to digitize, catalogue, and conserve over 180 medieval manuscripts that contain unedited medical recipes in the University of Cambridge Libraries. [https://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/] Show notes, links, and transcript available on The Recipes Project [https://recipes.hypotheses.org/].
Feb 10, 2023
34 min