Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-07-16
A Museum of Cookery.

| - ~ ASCu Ah VI (uUkGIY.
The first museum of cookery and gas
tfonomy has been erected and opened
IN Germany, and in the city of Frank
fort-on-Main
1t is a world affair the museum hay
ing been established by the Information
| III Association of Cooks-it knows 10
| border line; with them art is internal
Ional, says Adolphe Meyer in The Ca
terer Of New York.
Inc 1000 members of this greatest of
COOKS associations are scattered all over
'he globe, and on the list of membership
| are round the names representative of
every civilized nationality.
let the association was founded only
| 4iteen years ago by a mere dozen men.
| II was at first ridiculed, acc riding to
! Mr.. Meyer, by its enemies. for, strange
to say, it seemed to have such, but to-
| day 1t Is universally esteemed and nd
mIred for what it has accomplished in
50 short time, so that any cook may
Vel be proud of being a member.
1here are some pessimists who every
now and then talk of the decadence of
cookery; CaremeS and Soyers, or Du-
6ols and Bernards, are certainly not
born every day nor would it be unrea-
Sonable to look for greatness in every
COOK, but as long as we have iiealisrs
VINO devote themselves to suCn a noble
undertaking as the museum in Frank
tort-on-Maln, why worry about the
downfall of the culinary art?
Ihe museum building was erected ut
a cost of 100000. 1t contains. besides
| the rooms devoted to exhibition pur-
poses, the offices of the central admins
trative body, the editorial rooms of the
two papers belonging to the association.
| one published in German and French.
weekly, and the other in German, Il
semi monthly, as well as the rooms for
| It's free employment agency.
The house-warming took place OH the
list of January. 1t was attended by a
great gathering-gOvernment and city
officials, delegates from other societies
| and from different sections of the assoc
citation from far and near, all bringing
with them shower of good wishes for
| the prosperity of the new enterprise.
The decorations of the interior are
elegant and tasteful. At the entrance
are two handsome oil paintings
One represents Ceres, the Goddess
| Of Corn land which in all eastern
countries is the word for wheat, Har-
| vest and young women looking with
glowing eyes on the blessings Of the
earth in their manifold colOrs aud
shapes. The other picture shows Pro
metheus on a rock holding the fire he
had stolen from heaven-on one side of
him is the sea with its products and on
| the other the ANIMALS OF the earth. The
two pictures thus symbolic the purpose
| of the building.
The museum itself is divided into ten
different groups:
Historical cookery
2-Literature of cooking and gastron-
only OF all ages and in all languages.
3-Menus from all over the globe.
4-Modern cookery, showing in plastic
form the mode of preparing and dress
ing food.
5--Raw material of all kinds in pre-
pared forms.
6-Kitchen architecture.
Kitchen installation.
Stable and table service.
9-Kitchen control and checking sys-
TENS.
10-Exhibition catalogues, plans, d.
plomas, medals, etc.
From the above it will he seen how
varied the exhibit will be when the col
lection is in something of a complete
form.-CoOking Club Magazine.