Happy National Registered Dietitian Day! A Culinary History Highlight.

I nearly forgot to wish you all a Happy National Registered Dietitian Day!  More information about the American Dietetic Association's National RD Day can be found here:  http://www.eatright.org/NNM/content.aspx?id=5189, but I wanted to make sure I mentioned it here, as well!

To celebrate National RD Day, I am highlighting an item from our Culinary History Collection, the 1886 A Manual of Dietetics, written by J. Milner Fothergill:

Note the quote on this page:  "What is one man's food is another man's poison." 

My favorite part in this item may be the preface, which proclaims that "the day of Dietetics has arrived!"  I imagine that the modern "day of Dietetics" is quite different from that of 1886, and encourage you all to drop by Special Collections to take a look at this jewel!  Of course, you can also view the entire book digitized, online:  http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/digital_books/pdf/RM218.5.F67_1886.pdf

And, once again, Happy National Registered Dietitian Day!