Around the Table

In this episode, Sarah Kernan talks to William Tullett [https://www.york.ac.uk/history/people/tullett/], Lecturer in Early Modern History at the University of York and a Lead in the Horizon 2020 funded project Odeuropa [https://odeuropa.eu/]. This European research project was designed to show that the sense of smell and scent, or olfactory, heritage is an important way to connect, promote, and protect Europe’s cultural heritage. This episode was recorded just before the project’s funding period concluded at the end of 2023. Follow William Tullett [https://twitter.com/WillTullett] and Odeuropa [https://twitter.com/odeuropa]on X (formerly Twitter) for updates. Show notes, links, and transcript available on The Recipes Project [https://recipes.hypotheses.org/].

In this episode, Sarah Kernan talks to Deborah Krohn [https://www.bgc.bard.edu/people/41/deborah-l-krohn], Associate Professor and Chair of Academic Programs at Bard Graduate Center, about the recent exhibition Staging the Table in Europe 1500-1800 [https://www.bgc.bard.edu/exhibitions/exhibitions/109/n-a] at Bard Graduate Center Gallery. Staging the Table explores early modern dining practices through illustrated manuals featuring instruction and carving and napkin folding. The books are considered alongside early modern material artifacts such as table linens and carving knives, as well as modern napkin folds based on period designs. Show notes, links, and transcript available on The Recipes Project [https://recipes.hypotheses.org/].

In this episode, Sarah Kernan speaks to Elaine Harrington, Special Collections Librarian at University College Cork [https://libguides.ucc.ie/library] about Historical Recipes in the Digital Age [https://scalar.usc.edu/works/historical-recipes-in-the-digital-age/index]. This project was created by a partnership between UCC Special Collections and Digital Learning and relied on the contributions of staff and students to shape and analyze the project. Show notes, links, and transcript available on The Recipes Project [https://recipes.hypotheses.org/].

In this episode, I spoke to the principal investigator of Curious Cures in Cambridge Libraries [https://www.cam.ac.uk/stories/curious-medieval-medicine], Dr. James Freeman. Curious Cures [https://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/research/research-development/research-projects/curious-cures] is an impressive project to digitize, catalogue, and conserve over 180 medieval manuscripts that contain unedited medical recipes in the University of Cambridge Libraries. [https://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/] Show notes, links, and transcript available on The Recipes Project [https://recipes.hypotheses.org/].