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Archive: June 2010 (2 Posts)

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Celebrate with a chocolate chip cookie

Posted by: Jennifer Harbster

Our guest author today is Constance Carter, head of the science reference section, mentor, and cookie goddess.   Today is the birthday of Ruth Graves Wakefield, “mother of the chocolate chip cookie.”  She was born on June 17, 1903, and Inside Adams is celebrating by unveiling the division’s latest acquisition, the 1938 edition of Ruth Wakefield’s …

Posted in: Cookbooks and Food, Heritage Months, Holidays, and Today in History, Women's History

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It’s so hot you can fry an egg on the sidewalk…

Posted by: Jennifer Harbster

As summer approaches and the days heat up, we get an influx of “Why is it hot in the summer?” questions in our reference queue.   In the Northern Hemisphere, our summer months (June-September) are usually hot because of the tilt of the Earth’s axis. It is popular belief that it is hot in the summer because the …

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