A new steel and concrete stadium, home to the American League baseball team the Philadelphia Athletics, opened to fans on April 12, 1909. Situated on ground bounded by what are now West Lehigh Avenue, North 20th Street, West Somerset Street, and North 21st Street, Shibe Park was constructed in less than year as the Athletics desperately needed a new place to play. At the time, they were playing in Columbia Park, a wood park that was quickly deteriorating, located in the city's Brewerytown neighborhood.

Our patrons will find an abundance of resources on historic cooking and culinary history in our library. Here's a list of new additions to our collection. For more information, click on the links to go head to our online catalog, Discover.

We're back this week with another round-up of new books that were recently added to the library. Click on the links for more information on these and many other titles from our online catalog, Discover.