Treasures Uncovered

"Tridecahedron."
by Emily Coleman
Decker Library

Modern Art Dessert is mine to take home, for at least three weeks. Until February 16, this was a mystery, a non-thought, a complete unknown. Perhaps I should clarify. Modern Art Dessert is a cookbook available for checkout from the library at the Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA).

I know that as a UB staff and student I am allowed to check out books from MICA’s Decker Library as it is part of the Baltimore Area Library Consortium (BALC). I know that Goucher, Stevenson, Loyola, Notre Dame and the Community College of Baltimore County (CCBC) are part of that same consortium. I knew that MICA had tons of art books. I knew that MICA had some non-art books. What I didn’t expect were the fascinating titles I found when I finally went to explore.

I found Korean, Greek, French and even British cookbooks. I discovered The Urban Cookbook: Creative Recipes for the Graffiti Generation. Of course, in retrospect, I realize that if I were going to find that book anywhere, I was going to find it there.