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Spring 2007 Meeting at The Historic New Orleans Collection

Date: Saturday, June 9, 2007
10 AM

Place: Historic Louisiana Collection
New Orleans, LA

LaSoMi members attended a presentation by Gerald Patout, Head Librarian of the Collection, who spoke about their exhibit titled What’s Cooking in New Orleans?: Culinary Traditions of the Crescent City. In addition, a short film was shown titled We Live to Eat: New Orleans’s Love Affair with Food. Members also got to see a new annex to the Williams Research Center on Conti Street. Some attendees got together for lunch after the meeting at the Napoleon House .

Pictures of the presentation and lunch afterwards are below. (Pictures provided by Bill Strickland)

Gerald speaks to the group.		Gerald meets with attendees.
Attendees enjoyed the presentation.	Participants tour the collection.
The beautiful HNOC courtyard.	Lunch after the meeting at the Napoleon House.