Greetings
Blog minions…uh..I mean friends,
I’d like
to start off the month of May with a tale. Back in
April, I had the pleasure of attending an Edible Book Fest at the University of
Pittsburgh. In celebration of National Library Week and National Preservation
Week, Hillman Library hosted a bookalicious festival where book enthusiasts/pastry
making connoisseurs from around the world (really just people that worked in
the library) came together to showcase their talent for literary baking.
I wasn’t
able to stay for the tasting, a huge mistake on my part, but I was able to snap
a few shots of the entries as they rolled in. I have to admit, I was very
impressed by the designs. Put baking and books together and people can be
overwhelmingly creative. Maybe next year I should bake an entry?!
Check
out the masterpieces below! I apologize in advance that I wasn’t able to get
the names of the creators; my I-phone camera isn’t the greatest.
Enjoy!
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Tent rendition
from the Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern. |
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I’m not
entirely sure what this is. I think it’s the yellow brick road from The
Wonderful Wizard of OZ by L. Frank Baum. |
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Harold
and the Purple Crayon by Crockette Johnson. |
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Moo,
Baa, La-la-la Baklava by Sandra Boynton. One of the cutest entries I saw and
probably one of the tastiest. |
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If
You Give a Mouse a Cookie by Laura Joffe Numeroff and Felicia Bond. If you can’t
tell those are mickey mouse shaped cookies. |
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I
was sort of confused about this one too. I think it may have been a compilation
of books, none of which I am familiar with. |
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A
Moveable Feast by Ernest Hemingway. I love the fancy feast cat food cans. |
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The Hunt
for Red October by Tom Clancy |
Overall, it was an interesting experience. It's great to see the impact books are making on individuals' lives. So many times, I hear that books have been replaced by the internet or that books are a dying breed. It's simply not true. Books continue on because in this world, people still need to get away. To travel to distant lands, meet interesting characters, participate in trying quests, and explore to the fullest their own imaginations.
-Black Librarian
4 comments:
This is awesome! I'm loving reading the Wizard of Oz, right now! Also, eating while reading makes books taste better.
Thanks for the comment Naima!
Hey. I was at that event as well. The first entry that you posted was done by Magda Esposito, a good friend of mine who graduated with me in the MLIS program.
Thanks!
Sorry, mislinked-- I would love to have you check out my own blog.
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