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The grand finale: "Roasted Chilean Sea Bass marinated in miso, garlic shoyu, & sake, w/ pea shoots, Peruvian potato crisps, and pickled ginger. The shot glasses say "SALUD!", which we say in Puerto Rico when taking shots."
Our thanks to Hector for the recipes, history, & photos!
The first dish showcases tomato, an important vegetable native to the Americas: “Roasted heirloom tomato soup, a favorite of all. Top w/ your choice of condiment: palca (avocado), cilantro, jalapeno or habanero for extra heat! Blue corn tortilla chips & fresh lime to top it off!”
Just over a month left to apply for 2021–2022 Fellowships and Project Grants! Join a vibrant community of scholars in #Byzantine, #PreColumbian, or #Garden & #Landscape Studies.
Apply here by November 1: https://t.co/77o2F4sza8
📖: Dumbarton Oaks Rare Book Collection
These days, practically every day is #OnlineLearningDay, but our fellows, staff, and even kids especially celebrate it today with learning resources from our online exhibit, Margaret Mee: Portrait of Plants.
Download the activities & tag us be featured! https://t.co/RaBNmXBS6B
#Philodendron by Margaret Mee (on loan from the #ShirleySherwood collection) depicts a species from the #Amazon. Mee painted the plant in its native environment, defying conventions of botanical art and spotlighting endangered ecosystems. Learn more: https://t.co/9HqpVCEeTG.
ONLINE EXHIBIT: The #Botany of Empire in the Long #18thCentury
How did Europeans get pineapple 🍍for centerpieces at important dinner parties?
A 1770 manual gives shipping tips for plants (https://t.co/Q8tWlgr019). Hothouses were popular for growing (https://t.co/VqBA6W8E5E). 2/4
We've got a special 📚TOP 3 FREE READS 📚today, featuring a peek into our #RareBooks.
Discover a major woman #BotanicalArtist, plus hothouses and tech #EarlyModern Europeans used to cultivate #pineapples! 1/4
Chosen by Ashley Buchanan, Postdoctoral Fellow in #PlantHumanities.
Byzantinists, ready for another 📚 TOP 3 FREE READS 📚?
Our #OpenAccess books explore the influence of the Crusades on #Byzantium and the #Muslim world; #Byzantine #coins from 1081—1204; and the complete typika in translation.
Chosen by Digital Content Manager Lain Wilson. 1/4
During her third journey through the #Amazon, botanical artist #MargaretMee traveled north to the Uaupés River to paint Rapateaceae, "an extraordinary swamp plant.” Learn more about Mee’s expeditions in our online exhibit Margaret Mee: #PortraitsOfPlants: https://t.co/QDLZ1AygLx.
How did the site of a gallows, dump, & quarry become a picturesque public park in #Paris? Read a Q&A w/ @cudenvercap professor Ann Komara: https://t.co/rBIKdcEfxZ.
📷 📖: "amazing" frontispiece & "enormous banana plants." @HarvardLibrary 99003386229, 99001173612.
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