Activities

The Human Library & The Foodteller

Objective
These activities aim to entice readers to explore the dietary culture and master chefs of Taiwan by utilizing collections and resources combining knowledge and the practice from experts in the catering field.

Activities in 2020

The Foodteller
Date Time Speaker
8/7 (Fri.) 19:00-21:20
Hung, Po-Yi
Department of Geography, National Taiwan University
Chen, Yu-jen
Department of Taiwan Culture, Languages and Literature, NTNU
 
The Human Library
Date Time Speaker
11/18 (Wed.) 19:00-21:00
Chen, Yao-Xun
YOSHI BAKERY
 

Activities in 2019

The Human Library
Date Time Speaker
7/8（Mon.） 15:00-17:00
Chef Guang-Zong Yang
Tien Hsiang Lo of The Landis Taipei Hotel
7/15 (Mon.) 15:00-17:00 Chef Yu-Jun Li
Fleur de Sel Restaurant
7/22 (Mon.) 19:00-21:00
Sommelier Hong-Liang Zhang
Shoun RyuGin
 
The Foodteller
Date Time Speaker
8/5 (Mon.) 15:00-17:00
Claire L.
Promoting French Pastry,
National Founder of Bonheur Bonne Heure
8/12 (Mon.) 15:00-17:00
Qin-Wen Gao (Liz)
A food writer,
Founder of Taster
8/19 (Mon.) 15:00-17:00
Hui-Ling You
“The Best Educator: Food”
Writer


 

Lantern Festival, Lantern Quiz and Mercuries Gifts

Time
Held once to twice a year when the Lantern Festival does not fall on the weekend, or in conjunction with the celebrations for other special festivals. (Discontinued in 2012)
Purpose
To promote the use of the library, encourage interactions between company employees and build corporate rapport. To realize the library's function of “education through entertainment”, 40~60 food related lantern quiz questions are issued, with participants expected to use the library to find the answers. These include using the books, periodicals, database, academic theses and published papers, with the answers printed or copied using the library equipment, in order to promote the effective use of all library resources.
Event Format
Participants are asked to use the library collection to find the answers to 40~60 lantern quiz questions related to Chinese dietary culture. Those that score correctly on the day of the Lantern Festival will receive a Mercuries gift.
Sponsors
Mercuries subsidiary enterprises including the Mercuries Department Store, Mercuries Beef Noodle Chain and Mercuries FuBao.
Location
B1 Library, MassMututal Mercuries Life Building.
Participants
60~80 participants.


 

Exhibitions

11th Taipei International Book Exhibition
Date
2013/01/30~02/04
Location
TWTC Hall 1
Content
Exhibition and sale books from the FCDC publications and Journal of Ryori.Taiwan.


11th Taipei International Book Exhibition
Date
2003/02/11~02/16
Location
TWTC Hall 1
Content
Exhibition and sale books from the library's collection and FCDC publications. Promote the Foundation to the general public through the books exhibition.

1998 Summer Welcome – Library Sale
Date
1998/08/17~08/21
Location
B1 Theater, Mercuries Corporation Building
Content
Exhibition and sale of 1200 books from the library's collection and FCDC publications.

1996 Dietary Culture Sale
Date
1996/12/03~12/05
Location
B1 Theater, Mercuries Corporation Building
Content
Exhibition and sale of 800 books from the library's collection and FCDC publications.

Library Week Sale
Date
1995/12/07~12/09
Location
B1 Classroom A, Mercuries Corporation Building
Content
Exhibition and sale of 600 books from the library's collection and FCDC publications.

Exhibition of Books on Healthy and Natural Diets
Date
1995/05/19
Location
B1 Theater, Mercuries Corporation Building
Content
60 books related to the exhibition theme from the library collection

Joint Exhibition of Books by Fu Pei-Mei and Theresa Lin
Date
1995/03/03
Location
B1 Theater, Mercuries Corporation Building
Content
43 books related to the exhibition theme from the library collection

Lunar New Year Recipes Exhibition
Date
1995/01/24
Location
B1 Theater, Mercuries Corporation Building
Content
57 books related to the exhibition theme from the library collection