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Magazine cover with title in large type and image of several food items in the background.

Cooking Magazines, Samir Husni Collection

Lauren Bondor, Victoria Bridges, Eliana Collantes, Jewell Pfister, Kali Schwartz, Taofeeqat Soluoku, and Kaitlyn Wolfmeyer

Between the 1980s and 2000s, countless magazines were published to help home cooks, ranging from novices to experienced cooks. These could be picked up at any grocery store checkout lane. While most of the magazines in this exhibit focus on health, especially calorie counting, a few serve gourmet cooks. These publications offer us much more than just recipes. They serve as asnapshot of American domestic life and cultural values during a transformative period in food history....