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PRESS RELEASE<br>
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FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT:<br>
July 26,
2017
Teresa Izzo<br>
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508-896-3867 ext. 137<br>
tizzo@ccmnh.org<br>
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The Cape Cod Museum of Natural History presents<br>
Digging Into the Past<br>
<i>Ovens on the Edge; An Experimental Archaeology of Baking<br>
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Archaeologist & Food Historian<br>
Paula Marcoux<br>
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BREWSTER, MA Digging Into the Past, the Cape Cod Museum of Natural
History’s archaeology and history series, presents <i>Ovens on the Edge;
An Experimental Archaeology of Baking </i>with archaeologist and food
historian Paula Marcoux, Wednesday<b>, August 23, 2017 at 1pm.<br>
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</b>Both English and French colonists on the Atlantic coast of North
America described bread as the "staff of life" and went to
considerable lengths to ensure themselves a steady supply. However, few
practical details of baking endeavors are to be found in either period
chronicles or archaeological reports. <br>
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Food historian Paula Marcoux will describe how she pieced together the
story of the earliest colonial ovens by complementing traditional
approaches to historical research with experimental oven-building and
baking trials. This presentation provides very specific, physical
depictions of how various folks deployed an array of strategies and
adapted their technologies, and ultimately their expectations, to local
conditions. The investigation and re-creation of Cape Cod's earliest
documented French pastry (1606) proved pivotal in Paula's research.<br>
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</b>Paula Marcoux is a food historian who lives in Plymouth,
Massachusetts. The author of <i>Cooking with Fire</i> (Storey, 2014), she
has worked professionally as an archaeologist, cook, and bread-oven
builder. She is food editor and columnist at <i>edible South Shore &
South Coast</i> magazine, writes on food history topics for popular and
academic audiences, and consults with museums, film producers, and
publishers. She is the director of the Plymouth Center for Restoration
Arts and Forgotten Trades (CRAFT), an educational non-profit focused on
the transmission of hand-skills, where she leads workshops on natural
leavening, historic baking, and wood-fired cooking.<br>
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Free with Museum Admission<br>
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<b> </b>For more information please call the Museum at 508-896-3867
ext. 133.<br>
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Teresa Izzo<br>
Program Coordinator<br>
Cape Cod Museum of Natural History<br>
869 Main St./Rte. 6A<br>
Brewster, MA 02631<br>
508-896-3867 x137<br>
508-896-8844 - fax</body>
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