Merced County Courthouse Museum
2/5/2005 - 3/20/2005
21st & N Streets
Merced, CA
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A Smithsonian Institution traveling exhibit entitled Key Ingredients: America by Food will open at the Merced County Courthouse Museum on Saturday, February 5, 2005. The exhibit explains the little known, the every day, and the obvious through an entertaining and informative overview of our diverse regional cooking and eating traditions.
In our daily lives in our daily meals, we rarely consider the history and culture that shape our eating habits and taste preferences. Our recipes, menus, ceremonies, etiquette, and even our fast food are directly related to our country's rich immigrant experience. In Merced County as in the Central Valley, our region's rural quality belies a diversity of
people that make their home here. In this diverse rural region, food from Europe, the Americas, as well as Asia and the Middle East is readily available. Food is not only something personal in Merced County it is also business.
Agriculture is Merced County's largest industry, we are surrounded by food. The Courthouse Museum's new exhibit provides a new way to think about it. An opening reception of the exhibit is scheduled for Saturday, February 5, 2005 from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. It will feature activities such as guest speaker, food festival, and live entertainment. The exhibit will run through March 20, 2005.
For more information, contact:
Sarah Lim
209/723-2401
info@mercedmuseum.org