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Event name

Wolf Peaches, Poisoned Peas, and Madame Pompadour's Underwear: The Surprising History of Common Garden Vegetables- A Vermont Humanities Council Speakers Bureau Program with Vermont Author Rebecca Rupp- sponsored by Lanpher Memorial Library

When

Mon 09 / 25 / 2023
1:00 PM to 2:00 PM

Where

Sterling View Community Center
292 Sterling View Rd.
Hyde Park VT

Who can attend

Open to all

Limited capacity: Registration Closed

Price

FREE
Wolf Peaches, Poisoned Peas, and Madame Pompadour's Underwear: The Surprising History of Common Garden Vegetables- A Vermont Humanities Council Speakers Bureau Program with Vermont Author Rebecca Rupp- sponsored by Lanpher Memorial Library and Copley Trust
 
Monday, September 25th at 1:00pm at Sterling View Community Center, Hyde Park.
 
Common garden vegetables have long and fascinating histories. Science and history writer Rebecca Rupp will discuss the stories behind many of our favorites, among them the much-maligned tomato and potato, the (mostly) popular pumpkin, and Vermont's dynamic duo of kale and Gilfeather turnip. Find out why a lot of us don't like beets, how a 17th century pirate named the bell pepper, how carrots won the Trojan War, and how George Washington was nearly assassinated with a plate of poinsoned peas. 
 
For more information about these programs please contact the Lanpher Memorial Library at 888-4628 or email at lanpherlibrary.org