Jan Longone on “The Life and Death of Gourmet Magazine”
November 18, 2014 – 4:00pm to 6:00pm
Hatcher Graduate Library, Gallery (Room 100)
Jan Longone, adjunct curator of culinary history at U-M Library, talks about the exhibitThe Life and Death of Gourmet – The Magazine of Good Living. Followed by a reception with light refreshments.
One issue from each of Gourmet’s 69 years of publication (1941-2009) is on display as well as books published by Gourmet and books published over the years by leading contributors to Gourmet. Items are drawn from U-M Library’s Janice Bluestein Longone Culinary Archive. Gourmet illuminated the ‘best of the best’ in categories such as farm to table practices – long before it became fashionable, reviewed top restaurants and chefs, and highlighted the magical integration of fine food with sommeliers, growers, and artists.
Please allow time to view the exhibit on the 7th floor of Hatcher Graduate Library South. Exhibit materials are drawn from the Janice Bluestein Longone Culinary Archive, an assemblage of cookbooks, menus, and other material collected over many years by Longone and her husband Dan and donated to the Library.
