The Mexican Kitchen—Authentic Mexican Cookware Set
name: label: maker
content: Nordic Ware
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Nordic Ware, a family-owned manufacturing firm in Minneapolis, Minnesota, was founded in 1946 by brothers Dave and Mark Dalquist, as “Plastics for Industry.” In 1950, the brothers bought Northland Aluminum Products, a small firm with a line of “Nordic Ware” products including griddles and steak platters. The same year, Dave Dalquist created a cast aluminum, fluted cake pan and trademarked it as the “Bundt” pan. The company continued to grow its product line to include specialty baking and cookware items, including the microwave turntable. Nordic Ware is notable due to its history of product innovation through engineering, and its continued production of cookware in the United States.
label: Description (Brief)
content: This Mexican Kitchen Cookware Set was manufactured by Nordic Ware in 1982. The set consists of three items: an aluminum tortilla press with a sun design, a taco maker including a wire basket to shape the tacos, and a cup shell former that holds down and shapes tortillas as they fry. This Mexican cookware set was part of Nordic Ware’s “International Specialties” line, developed to meet expanding customer interest in cuisines from different cultures. The cookware came with a set of recipes.
place: label: place made
content: United States: Minnesota, Minneapolis
topic: label: Subject
content: Household Tools and Equipment
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content: Work and Industry: Food Technology
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content: Food
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content: Nordic Ware cookware
label: Exhibition
content: Food: Transforming the American Table
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Nordic Ware thru H. David Dalquist, President & CEO
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2007.0034.04
label: catalog number
content: 2007.0034.04
label: accession number
content: 2007.0034
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Mexican cookware set
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (handle material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 in x 12 1/2 in x 6 1/2 in; 10.16 cm x 31.75 cm x 16.51 cm