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Cookbooks, The Accidental Artifacts

By Anita Rao,
Frank Stasio
Published July 1, 2015 at 12:16 PM EDT
Image of Peach Pico de Gallo from Sandra Gutierrez's book 'The New Southern-Latino Table'
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Peach Pico de Gallo from Sandra Gutierrez's book 'The New Southern-Latino Table.' Gutierrez examines the marrige of Southern and Latin cuisine.
Sandra Gutierrez
Image of cover of The Dixie Cook-book
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The Dixie Cook-book was published in Atlanta, GA in 1883. It's one of the more than 900 cookbooks housed at UNC's Wilson Library.
Courtesy of the North Carolina Collection at UNC's Wilson Special Collections Library
Image of the cover of Kitchen Kapers, a cookbook published in the 1950s
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Kitchen Kapers is cookbook published in Tabor City, NC in 1952 by the Presbyterian Church. It's one of the cookbooks featured in a new exhibit at UNC-Chapel Hill.
Courtesy of the North Carolina Collection at UNC's Wilson Special Collections Library
Image of the cookbook 'Recipes that Raised Us: A Memorial Record' from the Alleghany Historical-Genealogical Society
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The cookbook 'Recipes that Raised Us: A Memorial Record' from the Alleghany Historical-Genealogical Society
Courtesy of the North Carolina Collection at UNC's Wilson Special Collections Library
Image of 'Eggs in Purgatory' from one of Gutierrez's television appearances on UNIVISION
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'Eggs in Purgatory' from one of Gutierrez's television appearances on UNIVISION
Sandra Gutierrez
Image of picked peaches by Sheri Castle
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Pickled peaches by cookbook author and community cookbook expert Sheri Castle.
Becky Stayner from The Southern Living Community Cookbook, Oxmoor House
Image of fried oysters by Sheri Castle
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Fried oysters by cookbook author and community cookbook expert Sheri castle.
Becky Stayner from The Southern Living Community Cookbook, Oxmoor House

The to raise funds for Union soldiers injured during the Civil War. Over the following centuries, thousands of other communities followed in her footsteps and used cookbooks as a way to raise money, share a particular message, and communicate peer-to-peer with others in their community.

at UNC-Chapel Hill looks at what the 900 cookbooks at UNC's Wilson Library illuminate about community history, the changing roles of women, perceptions of health, and the changing racial and ethnic landscape in North Carolina. 

Host Frank Stasio is joined by exhibit curator , Business Services Coordinator for the North Carolina Collection; food writer and author who wrote "" (Oxmoor House/2014); and , a food writer and cookbook author who explores the marriage of Southern and Latin cuisine, including "" (UNC Press/ 2011).

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The State of ThingsCommunity cookbooksCookingAlison BarnettSheri CastleSandra GutierrezThe Southern Living Community CookbookThe New Southern-Latino Table
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Anita Rao
Anita Rao is an award-winning journalist, host, creator, and executive editor of "Embodied," a weekly radio show and podcast about sex, relationships & health.
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Frank Stasio
Longtime NPR correspondent Frank Stasio was named permanent host of The State of Things in June 2006. A native of Buffalo, Frank has been in radio since the age of 19. He began his public radio career at WOI in Ames, Iowa, where he was a magazine show anchor and the station's News Director.
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