America’s Kitchens, a lecture and book signing by Nancy Carlisle Wednesday, October 12, 11 a.m. at the , 295 West Avenue, Norwalk, CT.
From the colonial period to the present, the kitchen has been a source of nourishment and comfort. As the place where parents nurture children and families, gather at breakfast and dinner, share chores, and discuss the world outside, the kitchen gives meaning to family life. In her lecture at the Lockwood-Mathews Mansion Museum, Historic New England curator Nancy Carlisle will discuss how the American kitchen has evolved from the seventeenth century to the present. Drawing on her book America’s Kitchens, co-authored with Melinda Narardinov, Ms. Carlisle will tell the story of the nation’s kitchens from New England hearths, to Victorian kitchens isolated at the back of the house, to open plan kitchens of 1950s suburbs. America’s Kitchens provides new insights into the technological and social changes that have taken place in this room and suggests how these innovations have transformed kitchen work and changed women’s lives.
Nancy Carlisle has been a curator for more than twenty years at Historic New England where she works with some of the most important historic kitchens in the country. Ms. Carlisle, author of Cherished Possessions: A New England Legacy, has written and lectured widely on the material culture of domestic life from the 17th to the 21st century.
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The lecture and book signing are co-sponsored by the New Canaan Preservation Alliance, Inc. to further its mission by providing educational programs on cultural history and historic preservation LMMM programs are made possible in part by a generous contribution from the Xerox Foundation. For lecture information and reservations, contact: info@lockwoodmathewsmansion.com 203-838-9799 ext. 117. Admission: $25 non-members, $20 members. The admission includes the lecture, a light lunch, and a tour of the first floor of the mansion. RSVP by Oct. 10, 2011, 203-838-9799 ext. 4.
