Comments on: No More “Cookery”: New Library of Congress Subject Heading http://gherkinstomatoes.com/2010/07/22/no-more-cookery-new-library-of-congress-subject-heading/ Celebrating the Culinary History of France and her Former Colonies Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:10:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Cynthia Bertelsen http://gherkinstomatoes.com/2010/07/22/no-more-cookery-new-library-of-congress-subject-heading/comment-page-1/#comment-2981 Wed, 28 Jul 2010 02:15:38 +0000 http://gherkinstomatoes.com/?p=18938#comment-2981 Thanks, Debbie. I will take a look at the Web site for the MN collection — sounds fantastic.

]]> By: new LCSH: cookery is now cooking | Food in the Library http://gherkinstomatoes.com/2010/07/22/no-more-cookery-new-library-of-congress-subject-heading/comment-page-2/#comment-2980 Wed, 28 Jul 2010 01:22:41 +0000 http://gherkinstomatoes.com/?p=18938#comment-2980 [...] is out and cooking is in. and i almost missed it. if it hadn’t been for a stellar post on Gherkins&Tomatoes, well, i shudder to think how long it would’ve been until i found out about the decision by [...]

]]> By: Debbie Miller http://gherkinstomatoes.com/2010/07/22/no-more-cookery-new-library-of-congress-subject-heading/comment-page-1/#comment-2955 Fri, 23 Jul 2010 14:43:16 +0000 http://gherkinstomatoes.com/?p=18938#comment-2955 Thanks for this news, Cynthia. As a frequent user of and donor to the Minnesota Historical Society’s excellent cookbook collection, I’ve been suggesting to researchers for years that they find out what we have by searching our catalog for the term “cookery.” Especially for collections like ours, where cookbooks are just part of a much broader collection, can anyone suggest some good ways to get the word out? Whether the word is cookery or cooking?

Debbie Miller
Reference Specialist and
co-author, Potluck Paradise: Favorite Fare from Church and Community Cookbooks

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