Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, the Official Spokescat of JASNA Syracuse, reminds us that our JASNA Syracuse meeting for both Christmas and Candlemas will be Saturday, January 14, at 2 pm, in the Sargent Room of the Liverpool Public Library. The topic will be "Food, Glorious Food!" We'll discuss mealtimes and meal preparation in Jane Austen's era (which were surprisingly different from our foodways today); look over Maggie Black and Deirdre Le Faye’s The Jane Austen Cookbook and some other recipe books; and talk a little about the role of food in JA’s work (feel free to bring favorite food-related quotes!). We'll also try some "rout cakes" (a type of cookie mentioned in Emma), prepared according to the recipe in The JA Cookbook. And we'll raise a belated toast to JA's 236th birthday in December.
The Liverpool Public Library is located at 310 Tulip St., Liverpool, NY 13088. The Sargent Room is the smaller of the library's two meeting rooms (the Carman Community Room is the other). The library is easily reached from both I-81 North (if you're coming from the south) and the NY State Thruway:
From I-81, travel north from the junction with I-690, follow the signs for the Liverpool exits (near Carousel Center), and select the exit for NY Rt. 370 (Onondaga Lake Parkway). Take 370 along Onondaga Lake into the village of Liverpool, and stay on it as it angles slightly to the left and also becomes 2nd St. in the village. The library is on the corner of Tulip St. and 2nd St./370.
From the Thruway (from either direction), take Exit 38 (Liverpool/County Rt. 57). Travel south on 57 into the village, and take a right on Tulip St. (57 curves left at just about this point). Come down Tulip to 2nd St./370.
There is a small underground parking garage (entrance on Tulip), and ample free on-street parking is also available on Tulip and elsewhere. So we trust that your coachmen will be agreeably accommodated--and we hope you'll join us on the 14th for this "winter depression disperser"!
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