This is a great interactive web site!!  I must commend the perspicacity of
the work.


At 02:00 PM 5/20/03 -0400, you wrote:
>I'd like to happily announce the debut of the Key Ingredients web site -
>www.keyingredients.org
>
>The web site has the following features:
>1. 500 Years of American food - An educational feature that will allow
>audiences to interact with 54 different events that tell the story of the
>way that American's grow, prepare and serve food. Site visitors can
>explore
>information geographically or chronologically.
>
>2. The American Cookbook Project - A forum for sharing recipes and stories
>from across the USA.  People from across the country are invited to share
>favorite recipes and stories associated with the dish. This is not simply
>a
>cookbook but a collection of memories and stories related to food. I
>invite
>each of you to enter a family (or personal)favorite!
>
>3. Eating Across America - A way for the 150 venues hosting the Key
>Ingredients exhibition to share local food traditions and information
>about
>community food festivals and establishments with the rest of the country.
>Each venue will have a chance to submit information to be displayed in the
>web site. Site visitors will be able to "eat" their way across the
>country.
>This section of the web site gives small towns across the country an
>opportunity to share their unique food traditions with the world.
>
>4. "Now showing" information - A marquee on the home page that lists
>venues
>where the exhibition is currently on display. Site visitors will be able
>to
>follow a link that provides complete information about the public
>programming each venue has planned in conjunction with the traveling
>exhibition.
>
>5. Classroom connection -- For teachers and educators.  The site will
>provide information on how teachers can use the content from the
>exhibition
>and the web site in the classroom. This area is still under construction.
>
>As you can see, the web site is designed to allow each venue to use the
>site to promote their hosting of the Key Ingredients exhibition and to
>share
>information about their community's own unique local food traditions and
>establishments.  In fact, each host institution will have its own "mini
>web
>site" as part of the Key Ingredients site.  Passwords will be provided to
>them for access to a "Exhibition Hosts Only" web page where they can
>submit
>information that will be published in the site.  This simple, easy-to-use
>tool will allow uploading of images and text about each institution and
>community.
>
>We are very excited about this website and encourage each Key Ingredients
>coordinator to have their communities enter info into the site.
>
>If you have any questions, please let me know.
>
>Cheers,
>Rozanna
>202.633.0078
>
Raymond Screws
Program Officer
Nebraska Humanities Council
215 Centennial Mall South, Suite 225
Lincoln, NE 68508
PHONE: 402-474-2131  FAX: 402-474-4852
http://www.nebraskahumanities.org