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The Edible Book Festival

What is the Edible Book Festival? It is a yearly event held on or around April 1 throughout the world from 2-4 p.m.  It is a celebration of art, food, libraries, and community.  It celebrates the birthday of French gastronome Jean-Anthelme Brillat-Savarin (1755-1826), author of Physiologie du Goût and known for such musings as "Chocolate is Life".

The Rare Book & Texana Collections has participated in the event since 2003.  The Festival is held as a fundraiser, and to raise awareness of the Libraries and the Rare Book & Texana Collections.

For images from past entries at UNT, see:

2003     2004     2005     2006     2007

For information and examples of past festivals from the international website, please go to: http://www.books2eat.com/

All money raised in the local festival is used to support the work of the 
Friends of the UNT Libraries.

This page maintained by Jennifer K. Sheehan, Ph.D.
Curator, Rare Book and Texana Collections
University of North Texas Libraries
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Denton, TX 76203-5190

This page last updated on Friday, June 29, 2007