Chicago Foodways: Kendall's Culinary Curiosity Exhibit 7/18

Chicago Foodways Roundtable

A Tour of Kendall College’s
“Culinary Curiosity Exhibition”

Victoria K. Matranga,
Curator

Saturday, July 18th, 2009
10 AM
Kendall College
900 North Branch Street, Chicago
(West of Halsted Street, North of Chicago Avenue)
Free Parking

Cost: $2 per person, free to Kendall students and faculty with ID.

Please reserve to allow us to plan for additional tour groups and staggered tours, if needed.


The Culinary Curiosity exhibition features devices and documentation generously donated by Mel and Janet Mickevic. Mr. Mickevic, a retired food scientist, inherited antique food preparation equipment from his parents and from Janet's father, a candy technologist and researcher. After World War II he began acquiring tools from many cultures. His collecting was inspired by "a love of antique mechanical devices as examples of human ingenuity and problem-solving ability," according to Dean Christopher Koetke.

Victoria Matranga, exhibition curator, is design programs coordinator for the International Housewares Association. She is the author of America at Home: A Celebration of Twentieth-Century Housewares. As a museum consultant, she has worked for clients such as Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry.

Wear comfortable shoes, because this will be a walking tour of the exhibits located at seven locations throughout Kendall College.

This program is hosted by the Chicago Foodways Roundtable. To reserve, please call (847) 432-8255, then leave your name, telephone number and how many people in your party or e-mail: [email protected]