To learn more about the New Commons Project, and to view many of the events for the first 12 topics, visit the website at: It is made possible by a grant from the Andrew W. The New Commons Project is a public humanities initiative of the University of Maine at Farmington, Maine’s public liberal arts college, in partnership with the Maine Humanities Council.
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All attendees will receive a free copy of the cookbook.
The book was organized by Daily Bulldog food columnist Ashley Montgomery and created in partnership with the Farmers Market and Twice Sold Tales. You are invited to the launch of “Things We Carry,” our very own community cookbook! This book includes family recipes and reflections from the residents of Franklin County. You’ll get to try Ashley’s fiddlehead crostini.Ĭommunity Cookbook Launch/Giveaway: “Things We Carry” UMF Fitness & Recreation Center, 152 Quebec St., FarmingtonĪshley Montgomery, who nominated The Boston Cooking-School Cookbook to the New Commons Project, will be offering a Fannie-Farmer-inspired cooking demonstration at the Fiddlehead Festival! In addition to learning about historic recipes and in-season cooking. Part call to action, part passionate plea, and part farmer musings, this talk should give you lots of food for thought as we begin the food growing season in Maine!Įrica Emery, a 2006 graduate of UMF and Farmington native, established Rustic Roots, a small scale farm in Farmington to provide local people with fresh, farm-grown produce.Īpril 30, 11:30 a.m. From traditional food commons of the past to Fannie Farmer’s cookbook to community gardens, let’s take a look at how food production and consumption can be equitable and accessible. Local farmer Erica Emery, a 2006 graduate of UMF, will explore how to center food and farming as the foundation for community sustainability. – 1 p.m., UMF Emery Community Arts Center
The documentary also examines the history of cookery and the food industry, offering a glimpse into the labor and leisure of New England in the early 1900s.Ĭommon Tastes: Food as the Foundation for CommunityĪpril 27, 11:45 a.m. For current UMS Covid policy for visitors, go to Everyone – Together for Maine.Īpril 25, 7 p.m., UMF Emery Community Arts CenterĪ team of chefs recreates a 12-course feast drawn from Fannie Farmer’s Boston Cooking-School Cook Book. The following events are free and open to the public. Nominated by individuals throughout Maine, the selection of New Commons works have the common thread of representing many of the principles and cultural values that inspire and fascinate Maine residents. The UMF New Commons Project provides a rich offering of free events including expert talks, discussions, films, workshops and more, many online, for the education and enjoyment of people in Maine and beyond. Notable for its rigorous approach to recipe writing, it was hoped by Farmer in the book’s preface that it would lead to, “deeper thought and broader study of what to eat.” It is now in its 13 th edition. It is the first cookbook to provide level measurements and easy-to-follow directions and became the best-selling cookbook of the era. It is my wish that it may not only be looked upon as a compilation of tried and tested recipes, but that it may awaken an interest through its condensed scientific knowledge which will lead to deeper thought and broader study of what to eat.FARMINGTON, ME (April 19, 2022)-First published in 1896, Fannie Farmer’s “Boston Cooking-School Cook Book” pioneered home cooking with tried and tested recipes. Mental and physical work, and disease will be less frequent.Īt the earnest solicitation of educators, pupils, and friends, I have been urged to prepare this book, and I trust it may be a help to many who need its aid. Then mankind will eat to live, will be able to do better I certainly feel that the time is not far distant when a knowledge of the principles of diet will be an essential part of one's education. During the last decade much time has been given by scientists to the study of foods and their dietetic value, and it is a subject which rightfully should demand much consideration from all. With the progress of knowledge the needs of the human body have not been forgotten. " But for life the universe were nothing and all that has life requires nourishment."