Tag: Alice Kamps
In their own words: President George Washington
This is the first part of a series, written by Jim Zeender, devoted to letters written by the Founding Fathers in their own words and often in their own hand. As a registrar in the Exhibits Division of the National Archives for over 25 years, I have had the good fortune to work with many [...]
Posted by Hilary on June 11, 2012, under - Presidents, - Revolutionary War, Letters in the National Archives.
Tags: Alice Kamps, Edmund Randolph, Founding Fathers, george washington, George Washington Papers, Henry Knox, James Madison, Jim Zeender, Massachusetts Historical Society, national archives, NHPRC, paprazzi, Record Group 59, University of Virginia Press
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What’s Cooking Wednesday: Top Ten Food Records of 2011
As 2011 draws to a close, so does our exhibit “What’s Cooking, Uncle Sam?” which will end on January 3, 2012. It’s been a great year for food here at the National Archives. We’ve had amazing guests come and speak, including Chef José Andrés, our neighbor and Chief Culinary Adviser for the exhibit; Chef Roland [...]
Posted by Hilary on December 28, 2011, under - Great Depression, - The 1960s, - World War II, Recipes, Unusual documents, What's Cooking Wednesdays.
Tags: Alice Kamps, Ann Harvey Yonkers, B1, butter, candy, chef, crimes against butter, Diana Kennedy, Eisenhower, exploding ketchup, food groups, FRESHFARM Markets, George Motz, Grains of Health, guest speakers, Hamburger America, High on the Hog, Jessica B. Harris, Jose Andres, Kansas City, ketchup, magarine, Nebraska, oleo gang, pastry chef, Pig Cafeteria, poison, Potatriots, Queen Elizabeth, Queen's Scones, Roland Mesnier, scribd.com, Top Ten, USDA, vitamin, vitamin donuts, wedding, whale, Wild West, WWII
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What’s Cooking Wednesday: What’s That Smell?
Leave a comment on the bottom of this post telling us your favorite food smell. and you’ll be entered into a random drawing to win a copy of Eating with Uncle Sam from the Foundation for the National Archives! Smells are everywhere. Realtors bake cookies and make coffee to help sell houses. Proud [...]
Posted by Hilary on November 2, 2011, under Recipes, What's Cooking Wednesdays.
Tags: Alice Kamps, exhibit space, pecans, pie, pumpkin pie, ray ruskin, recipes, smell
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Food Day Open House
In the ”What’s Cooking, Uncle Sam?” exhibit, curator Alice Kamps notes that American citizens have demanded that food be safe, cheap, and abundant. From the records in the exhibit, you can see how the Federal Government has responded to these needs over the past decades. But food isn’t just a historic record. We continue to talk about food [...]
Posted by Hilary on October 21, 2011, under - World War I, News and Events, What's Cooking.
Tags: Alice Kamps, American Farmland Trust, Center for Science in the Public Interest, Chief Culinary Adviser, curator, FDA, FNA, Food Day, Food Day open house, FRESHFARM Markets, Jose Andres, Mars Inc, Think Food Group, USDA, What's Cooking Uncle Sam?
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Thursday Photo Caption Contest
Torn between termites, easy bake ovens, and Terrifying Woodchuck Airlines, we asked a guest judge to make the final call! Congratuations to Burble, who has won 15% off at our eStore! Alice Kamps, the curator of “What’s Cooking, Uncle Sam?” thought the reference to a Faster-Than-Light drive was the funniest by light years. And while [...]
Posted by Hilary on June 16, 2011, under Photo Caption Contest.
Tags: Alice Kamps, ARC 5709997, curator, East Coast, FTL drive, heads of lettuce, termites, TWA, USDA
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