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author Edie Clark:"Baked Beans and Fried Clams: How Food Defines a Region"

The Merrimack Public Library has received a grant from the
New Hampshire Humanities Council to host author Edie Clark as she presents
“Baked Beans and Fried Clams: How Food Defines a Region”.  Baked Beans, fried clams, fish
chowder, Indian pudding - so many foods are distinctive to New England. This
talk offers a celebration of these regional favorites along with an examination
of how contemporary life has distanced us from these classics. What makes them
special and how do these foods define our region? Edie Clark draws from such
diverse resources as Fannie Farmer, Julia Child, and Haydn S. Pearson for
enlightenment and amusement as well as on her own experiences, writing and
traveling for Yankee magazine over the past thirty years to places where baked
beans are still featured prominently on the menu.



 



This presentation is made possible with a generous grant from the New Hampshire Humanities
Council which nurtures the joy of learning and inspires community engagement by
bringing life-enhancing ideas from the humanities to the people of New
Hampshire. They connect people with ideas. Learn more about the Council and its
works at www.nhhc.org.

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This event is free and open
to the public.  Space is limited so registration is strongly
recommended.  Visit the library's website www.merrimacklibrary.org to register or get more information.

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