Join us at our next Speaker at the Center series on Tuesday, December 17th, at 3 p.m. for a conversation about collecting and preserving family recipes and what we can learn about history from recipes. Exploring the December theme of Food, we invite you to learn about basic recipe card preservation with State Library Preservation Librarian Stephanie Gilbert and participate in a panel discussion about family recipes, the importance of family traditions revolving around food, and traditional SC foodways.

Panelists include Kugels and Collards authors Lyssa Kligman Harvey and Rachel Gordon Barnett, fifth-generation family member Tripp Roche of Villa Tronco, Chef Harold Pendelton of the War Mouth, Dr. Ramon Jackson, Curator of African American Culture and History at the South Carolina State Museum. 

About the panelists: 

Kugels & Collards

Dr. Ramon Jackson

Villa Tronco - Italian Restaurant in Columbia, SC

The War Mouth

For more information, please get in touch with McCabe Rentz, SC Center for the Book Coordinator, at 803-734-4816 or mrentz@statelibrary.sc.gov 

Location & Parking: The event is held at the South Carolina State Library Learning Lab, 1500 Senate Street, Columbia, SC 29201. On-street metered parking is available.

Enter between the two lions.

Accessibility: FM Auditory Assistance, large print materials, and other accessibility accommodations are available upon request. If you need a reasonable accommodation to participate, please get in touch with the program organizer at least two weeks in advance.