The Ancient Fruitcake: What Really, Really Old Food Tells Us about History, Culture, Love and Memory

Walla Walla Public Library 238 E. Alder, Walla Walla, United States

Seattle journalist, travel writer and habitual museum-delver Harriet Baskas explores the wonders of foodstuffs that never quite made it into people’s mouths. Developed from research for her book Hidden Treasures: What Museums Can’t or Won’t Show You, Baskas shares stories from 40-year-old Passover lamb shanks, to cucumbers grown and pickled inside hand-blown glass bottles, to […]

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