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Night at the Food Museum [1]

Fiction [2]
1.9.19

In E. L. Konigsburg’s 1967 classic children’s book From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler, two young runaways hole up in New York City’s Metropolitan Museum of Art for some adventure, but what would happen if it were a museum of food instead of art? Browse through National Geographic’s roundup [3] of food museums and food factory tours—including ones for bread, Coca-Cola, Ben & Jerry’s ice cream, chocolate, and ramen—and write a short story in which your protagonist has a memorable experience in one of these gastronomically focused places. Does the experience leave nothing—or everything—to be desired?


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[1] https://www.pw.org/content/night_at_the_food_museum [2] https://www.pw.org/genre/fiction [3] https://www.nationalgeographic.com/travel/intelligent-travel/2012/09/28/food-fridays-10-fab-food-factories-museums