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Hybrid Event | 3.1415 Ins-PIE-ring: A Pi Day Celebration

Wednesday, March 15, 2023 16:00to17:00
McLennan Library Building fourth floor, Colgate Room, Rare books and special collections, 3459 rue McTavish, Montreal, QC, H3A 0C9, CA
a bouquet of pie cookbooks
two women holding pies
three cookbook covers

Panel conversation withÌýMarcy GoldmanÌý´Ç´ÚÌýBetter BakingÌýand staff of the ¿´Æ¬ÊÓƵ Library. Lemon Meringue. Pecan. Maple. Steak and Kidney. There is a pie for every palate and there should be some on every plate! Join ROAAr and guests for a pie appreciation conversation on 3.1415 - pie appreciation on the day after Pi-day. Bakers and panelists will talk through their experience adapting historical pie recipes from the ¿´Æ¬ÊÓƵ Rare Cookbook Collection. Tune in for a tasteful discussion of successes, changes in baking practice, and the sweet vs savoury debate.

´³´Ç¾±²ÔÌýJason Dupuis, an enthusiastic amateur baker from our own library staff, librarianÌýKristen Howard, a vegan historian, andÌýMarcy Goldman, ¿´Æ¬ÊÓƵ Alumna and professional baker, for a scrumptious discussion of our favourite comfort food.

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About ¿´Æ¬ÊÓƵ24

This event is part ofÌý, the University's 24-hour day of giving. This annual fundraising event unites thousands of ¿´Æ¬ÊÓƵians across the globe around our shared pride in ¿´Æ¬ÊÓƵ, in support of the causes that matter to us all.Ìý

About the Speakers

Kristen C. Howard is the Liaison Librarian for History, Classics, Indigenous Studies, and Religious Studies at the ¿´Æ¬ÊÓƵ University Library. Kristen has a PhD in History and a keen interest in food history.

MarcyÌýGoldmanÌýis a Montreal-based cookbook author and professional trained pastry chef (as well as a ¿´Æ¬ÊÓƵ English Literature grad!) She's a contributor to the Washington Post, Costco Magazine and hosts her own baking site, Betterbaking.com since 1997. Currently she is at work on a new cookbook on breads which will be her 15th cookbook title.

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