Michael Lieberman

Fortified Book

Here is a copy of Thomas a Kempis's Works printed in Nuremburg in 1494 and bound around the same time.Not one for the beach but clearly built to last.The book now lives at the Folger Shakespeare Library.And for those who revel in the details - the Folger Shakespeare Library's full catalog description of the binding:"Bound in a German chained binding, c. 1495, of alum tawed pigskin over wooden boards with blind decoration and adorned with brass corner bosses, title plaque, clasps, and several links of iron chain. Both covers blind tooled with three-line fillet border. Upper cover decorated with a...

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History Through Food : Eating in Toronto, 1830-1955

Local Flavour: Eating in Toronto, 1830-1955 is currently on view at The Toronto Public Library's TD Gallery . The exhibition features highlights from the library's Special Collections and looks at "Toronto’s history through cooking and dining" The exhibit includes cookbooks, advertisements and photographs."The exhibition traces 125 years of culinary history in Toronto from the publication of early cookbooks to the development of household appliances; the rise of manufactured and convenience foods; grocery stores; victory gardens and rationing during the war years; dining out and the growing sophistication of an urban palate."The exhibit is curated by librarian Sheila Carleton of the...

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"On the Road" to Chicago

yard sign in North SeattleBarak Obama's election night party in Chicago's Grant Park is expected to draw close to 1 million people.The folks at FiveThirtyEight shared this last night:“And I swore I’d be in Chicago tomorrow, and made sure of that, taking a bus to Chicago, spending most of my money, and didn’t give a damn, just as long as I’d be in Chicago tomorrow.”– Jack Kerouac, “On the Road”

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