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Download a Free Met Podcast Today: American Stories: Paintings of Everyday Life, 1765–1915: Cooking with Lilly Martin Spencer

When

Oct 19, 2009 – Jan 31

Daily

Where
The Metropolitan Museum of Art (1000 Fifth Ave at 82nd St, 212.535.7710) Directions: Main Building: Take the 4, 5, or 6 train to 86th Street and walk to Fifth Avenue; OR take the M1, M2, M3, or M4 bus along Fifth Avenue. The Cloisters: Take the A train to 190th Street and walk, or transfer to the M4 bus and ride north one stop.
Price
FREE
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Cookbook author and New York Times columnist Mark Bittman savors the food shown in two Lilly Martin Spencer paintings in the exhibition American Stories: Paintings of Everyday Life, 1765–1915, on view now through January 24, 2010.

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Image: Lilly Martin Spencer (American, 1822–1902). Kiss Me and You'll Kiss the 'Lasses, 1856. Brooklyn Museum, A. Augustus Healy Fund