Rhubarb Renaissance

2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$282

Project of

Traverse des Sioux Library Cooperative Legacy Grant SFY 2012 - SFY 2013

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

Recipient Type

Libraries

Status

Completed

Start Date

May 2012

End Date

May 2012

Activity Type

Education/Outreach/Engagement

Counties Affected

Watonwan

Project Overview

Kim Ode, baker for the Baking Central section of the Star Tribune’s Taste section and author of Rhubarb Renaissance, spoke about the variety of uses of rhubarb and provided samples of two rhubarb dishes—a rhubarb crepe and a biscuit with rhubarb, cheese, and green onions—as well as pickled rhubarb. She gave a short history of the plant, covered how global warming might affect rhubarb, and described how she came up with the original dishes in this cookbook. She ended the program by signing books.

Project Details

May 24th, Watonwan County/St. James Library: 35 people attended the event. 22% had never attended a library program before! Several were from towns other than St. James and one was even from Seattle!

Project Details: 2012 Fiscal Year

Legal Citation / Subdivision

Laws of Minnesota for 2011 Chapter 6, Article 4, Subdivision 4

2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$282

Other Funds Leveraged

$382

Direct expenses

$664

Administration costs

Number of full time equivalents funded

Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

Participants will learn more about rhubarb and its uses, meet a Minnesota cookbook author and newspaper writer, learn and share new recipes and explore the library’s collection of cookbooks.

Measurable Outcome(s)

Here were the evaluation results: 1. Did you enjoy the speaker today? RESPONSE: Yes: 30 -- No: -- Couldn’t always hear her / 2. Did you learn anything new about rhubarb today? If so, what most interested you? -- RESPONSE: -- Yes: 31 -- No: -- That it came from China and was a medicine -- Can harvest rhubarb into August / 3. Did you learn any new recipes today? -- Yes: 28 -- No:1 -- Rhubarb curd -- Rhubarb wine / 4. Will you be checking out any of the Library’s cookbooks in the future? -- RESPONSE: -- Yes: 20 -- No: 5 -- ?: 2 -- Maybe: 1 -- Possible: 1 / 5. Have you ever attended a library program before? -- Yes: 24 -- No: 7 / 7. Where did you hear about this program? -- Library: 9 -- Library E-Newsletter: 7 -- Library website: 1 -- Sign at local business: 1 -- Friend/Relative: 7 -- Newspaper article: 16 -- Newspaper ad: 7 -- Facebook: -- Library event email: 3 -- Library mailing: 8 -- I am from Seattle and am glad I was in town for this talk

Source of Additional Funds

Traverse des Sioux Library System and Kim Ode. Partner Organization(s) Contribution/Role in the Program: Kim Ode shared her knowledge of rhubarb as well as samples from her cookbook.