Celebrity Cookbooks

Desserts First

2012-01-27T14:46:00.000-08:00

Saturday, January 28

The Carson Center
100 Kentucky Ave.
6:00 pm - 8:30 pm

The Girl Scouts of Kentuckiana has invited me to serve as
one of the judges for this years event.This is such an honor.

This signature fundraising event hosted by the Girl Scouts
of Kentuckiana is open to the public and features Paducah's finest chefs
creating original desserts using the well known Girl Scout cookie varieties as
the key ingredient and presenting them for tasting. Event also includes music,
hors d'oeuvres, auctions and a judging crowning for the best dessert of the
event. You don't want to miss these tasty treats! Individual tickets: $30.
Corporate tables: $1,000. RSVP 443-8704

Paducah's finest restaurant chefs prepare original desserts
using Girl Scout Cookie varieties as the key ingredient for tasting at the
Carson Center in Paducah. Enjoy delicious one-of-a-kind desserts, hors
d'oeuvres, gourmet cookie desserts, competing chefs, music and silent auctions.
See which dessert the judges crown the best of the event. Who's cooking?

• Kirchhoff’s Bakery and Deli
• Etcetera Coffee House
• Neil’s Catering
• Artisan Kitchen
• West Kentucky Technical College Culinary School
• Whaler’s Catch
• Just Hors d’oeuvres, a Mother-Daughter Duo
• Downtown Coffee Bar
• A Pampered Palate
• Cass and Co
• Gold Rush Café
• JP’s Bar and Grill

EMERALD WATERS LODGE

2011-12-05T15:00:00.000-08:00

EMERALD WATERS LODGE

MAYFIELD WOMAN'S CLUB

CHRISTMAS TOUR OF HOMES

The Mayfield Woman’s Club is hosting a Book Signing with my cookbooks as part of their Annual Christmas Tour of Homes Sunday, December 1 from 12-4 p.m. The signing will take place at the Emerald Waters Lodge, 371 Straight Church Road, Mayfield. Proceeds will benefit Graves County and Mayfield Elementary Schools Backpack Program and Grace Medical Clinic.

For more information on the cookbooks you can go to the author’s website: http://sites.google.com/site/celebritycookbooks/home
And for information and directions to Emerald Waters Lodge: http://emeraldwaterlodge.com/

Come to Emerald Waters Lodge, meet the author, and get a signed copy of the cookbooks. It is the perfect Christmas present for that special cook in your family, teachers, employees, and a person who has made a difference in your life this year.

RELISH MAGAZINE CHRISTMAS COOKING SHOW

2011-11-24T14:51:00.000-08:00

Jon Ashton

Relish Executive Chef and Show Host

Ted Jatczak with the Kentucky New Era and The Eagle Post has invited me to do a book signing during Relish Magazines Christmas Cooking Show as a fund raiser for the Fort Campbell Armed Services YMCA .

I am so excited to be a part of this event. My father served in WWII and my brother served during Vietnam so I am thrilled to do the book signing for this organization.

Location and Details:

The Relish Cooking Show
Oak Grove, Ky.Kentucky
New Era/Ft. Campbell CourierValor Hall
105 Walter Garrett Lane Oak Grove, Ky. 42262
Dec 1, 2011 - 5:00

About the Show:

The Relish Christmas Cooking Show, which brings Relish—the nation’s largest food magazine—to life in cities across the country. The two-hour cooking show with , takes you into the Relish kitchen for cooking techniques that will help you get dinner on the table with ease. Learn how to sauté, dredge, toss, fold and whip with Relish Executive Chef Jon Ashton, who will teach you how to cook with confidence, while bringing a sense of humor to the table.

The entertaining two-hour cooking show, combined with a local business expo and VIP Backstage Party, is an evening you don't want to miss. It’s for anyone who cooks, wants to cook better, or just eats. You’ll be eligible to win a fabulous assortment of prizes at each show, courtesy of local and national sponsors. You’ll also get a fully loaded goodie bag that includes a special 50-page Relish keepsake cookbook, great coupons and samples.

LADIES DAY OUT AT HOGG HOLLOW WINERY

2011-11-16T08:54:00.001-08:00

LADIES DAY OUT AT

HOGG HOLLOW WINERY

It is Deer Season in Southern Illinois. So while the guys are out deer hunting the Ladies are invited to a Ladies Day Out at Hogg Hollow Winery. Steve invited me to do a book signing with “Country Goodness Recipes of Tennessee Celebrities.” with proceeds going to MASH 62398 a local Golconda Cancer Support Group. The cookbook has recipes for Elvis, Alan Jackson, Paypal Founder David O. Sacks, Dolly Parton, Pres. Andrew Jackson, and The Chatanooga Choo Choo.

What a great way for the Ladies to kick off deer season and kick back to have some fun. There will also be representatives from:

Pampered Chef
Lia Sofia
Beauticontrol
Thirty One
Stephanie Milligan Photography
ReNew Therapeutic Massage

The Winery will have wine tasting, finger foods, and fresh Sangrias on sale for $3.00 a glass.

Hogg Hollow Winery

http://www.hogghollowwinery.com/
Ladies Day Out Event
Nov. 19 (Saturday), 2011 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
48 East Glendale Rd.
Golconda, IL
(Fundraiser for MASH 62938 Local Cancer Support Group)

NORTHSIDE BAPTIST CHRISTIAN SCHOOL

2011-11-09T13:29:00.001-08:00

I HAVE BEEN INVITED TO DO A BOOK SIGNING AT THE NORTHSIDE BAPTIST CHURCH cCHRISTIAN SCHOOL BAZAAR. AS ALWAYS, I PLEDGE 50% OF PROCEEDS FROM COOKBOOK SALES TO THE SCHOOL !

This is the flyer they sent me with details on the bazaar. What a great way to start the Chrismas Season!

Northside Baptist Christian School
711 N. 12th St, Mayfield
Thursday, Nov 17 4:00-8:00pm
Over 20 booths to shop from!!

FREE supervision for children while you shop.

Scentsy, Pampered Chef, Avon, Thirty-One, Mary Kay, Just Jewelry, Sports Cards, Christmas Ornaments, Premier Jewelry, Pillow Case Dresses, Saba Discovery Toys,
Shadow Boxes, Tastefully Simple, Lia Sophia, Butter Braid Breads, Survivor Bracelets, Celebrity Cookbooks, Spirit Cards, BeautiControl, Feathers, TidalCreek Soaps, The Funky-Chic Bowtique

Refreshments and Gift-Wrapping Available Plus DOOR-PRIZES

HOPKINS COUNTY-MADISONVILLE LIBRARY

2011-10-31T10:43:00.000-07:00

BOOK SIGNING

HOPKINS COUNTY

MADISONVILLE LIBRARY

November 5, 2011- Madisonville-Hopkins County Library will host a book signing and discussion of my cookbooks “Favorite Recipes of Kentucky Celebrities” and “Country Goodness Recipes of Tennessee Celebrities.” The discussion will take place at 2:00 p.m. The cookbooks serve as fundraisers for non-profit organizations and I pledges 50% of the proceeds from cookbook sales to the fundraiser. For information on fundraising, you can send an e-mail

whinneryw@bellsouth.net

270-554-5332.

EVANSVILLE WRITERS' GUILD BOOK FAIR

2011-10-22T17:38:00.001-07:00

This next weekend I will have the opportunity to participate in the Evansville Midwest Writers’ Guild Book Fair. As always, I pledge 50% to a local Non-profit. At the suggestion of my friend and fellow author Cora Seaman, I have chosen the Evansville Literacy Program, to receive 40% and 10% will go to the Writers' Guild.

On October 29th and 30th, 2011, the Midwest Writers Guild of Evansville is sponsoring a “Fall Book Fair” for any published author. The event will be held at Vanderburgh 4H Center located north of Evansville on Hwy 41. The Book Fair will be held in conjunction with the Fall Collector’s Carnival. We will have a separate room at this event, set aside for authors only. Collectors Carnival is a well publicized event and usually has an attendance for the two days of more than 5000 shoppers.

This two day event begins on Saturday morning at 9:00 A.M. through 4:00 P.M. and again on Sunday from 9:00 to 4:00.

I am really excited about this event. Although I have done a signing in Owensboro and near Madisonville, this is my first time to do a book signing in Evansville.

Stop by and do your Christmas Shopping, pick up a copy of “Favorite Recipes of Kentucky Celebrities,” and help a great Evansville organization.

Hopkinsville Pink Ribbon Network

2011-10-18T11:49:00.000-07:00

Jon Ashton delights the crowd

at the Relish Magazine Cooking Show

Ted Jatczak with The Kentucky New Era newspaper has invited me to do a book signing at the Relish Magazine Cooking Show in Hopkinsville. I will be the "Pink Ribbon Network" booth (a local breast cancer support group.) to sign the cookbooks. I pledge 50% of the $19.95 cost to them.

The 2011 show, scheduled for Thursday, October 20 will mark the fourth year in a row Relish Magazine has extended the invitation to the Kentucky New Era. No other newspaper in the country has hosted more which is a testament to the success and value offered to sponsors and vendors.

Thursday, October 20, 2011

Place: James E. Bruce Convention Center

Time: VIP ticket holders doors open at 4:30 p.m. with VIP mix, munch and mingle beginning at 5:00 p.m. Tickets $35.

General Admission seating doors open at 5:00 p.m. Tickets $10.

Show starts at 7:00 p.m.

4 RIVERS BOOK FESTIVAL, ARTS & CRAFTS, & HORSE SHOW

2011-10-11T17:28:00.000-07:00

Its this weekend! Paducah's First Ever Book Festival! At Carson Park as part of the HORSES Inc. Expo. Held in conjuction with their Horse Show, Arts & Crafts Fair, and Christmas Expo.

This one day event will encompass an array of activities, truly something for everyone to enjoy. Held at Carson Park in Paducah, Ky. on Saturday October 15, 2011 from 9:00 AM to 7:00 PM. Here are just a few of the activities you can find…

There will be a wide variety of vendors set up with unique gift ideas and specialty items

The special riders will showcase their skills in the “Boots and Bridles Competition” obstacle course where they earn ribbons

A book festival will be held with authors presenting their own published books

Local entertainment throughout the day

2 concession stands

2 bands from Lexington, Ky. perform in the afternoon/evening

Students will conduct a canned food drive for local food pantry

Raffle drawings throughtout the day

and much, much more! So, whether you come to do some early Christmas shopping or come to cheer on your favorite rider in the Boots and Bridles Competition, you’re sure to have a good time and support a worthy cause. So don’t miss out!

DON'T MISS IT. OCT. 15, CARSON PARK 10:00 A.M. TO 7:00 P.M.

MUSEUM OF APPALACHIA FALL HOMECOMING

2011-10-05T20:34:00.000-07:00

JOHN RICE IRWIN HAS INVITED ME TO DO A BOOK SIGNING AT THIS YEARS HOMECOMING. IT IS SUCH AN HONOR. MY FATHER-IN-LAW WAS THE LEATHER CRAFTSMAN FOR THE HOMECOMING SINCE IT FIRST STARTED.

He passed away last March and will be remembered at the Memorial Service on Saturday.

Homcoming is a wonderful tradition. Authentic, old-music fills the air at the Museum of Appalachia’s Tennessee Fall Homecoming in Norris, TN, Oct. 7-9. With musicians performing simultaneously all day on five different stages, seasoned festival-goers stop at the information tent for the daily music schedule to plan their day. Some 400 nationally and regionally known musicians will perform traditional mountain, folk, Gospel, and bluegrass music throughout the three-day event. The Homecoming is internationally renowned as one of the oldest and most authentic festivals of its kind.

Homecoming also includes demonstrations of pioneer skills, a large craft fair with authentic Appalachian artisans, and traditional Southern foods.

Tickets are available at the gate; plenty of free parking is available.The Museum offers a picturesque backdrop, with dozens of authentic log buildings, display halls filled with artifacts, and garden and farm animals surrounded by split-rail fences.

All Homecoming proceeds go toward the Museum’s mission to preserve Appalachian culture & heritage. A non-profit organization, the Museum is an official affiliate of the Smithsonian Institution.

40TH ANNUAL REELFOOT LAKE ARTS & CRAFTS FESTIVAL

2011-09-26T13:49:00.000-07:00

40TH ANNUAL REELFOOT LAKE ARTS & CRAFTS FESTIVAL

Sept. 30 to Oct. 2

I will be signing the cookbook “Country Goodness Recipes of Tennessee Celebrities" at the Bi-Centennial Committee’s booth (NO 61) as a fundraiser for them.

Working with the state parks and local authorities, the festival has grown since 1971 to an estimated crowd of over 45,000 people & 300 different vendors in 2010 The festival is always held on the first weekend with an October date in it. There is free entertainment with artists from the area. People come and sit in the shade to enjoy old time string music and singing.

Come enjoy the festival and soak up on the local flavor as well. Great restaurants, great fishing, beautiful scenery with nature walks along the lake; we look forward to sharing it with you.

Celebrating 200 Years of Reelfoot Lake

1811/1812 -- 2011/2012

..."On the 16th of December, 1811, about two o'clock, a.m., we were visited by a violent shock of an earthquake," writes Eliza Bryan, a resident of the area at the time. The quakes continued, almost daily, until February 7, 1812, when the most violent of all occurred. In Eliza's words, "At first the Mississippi seemed to recede from its banks, and its waters gathering up like a mountain...then rising fifteen to twenty feet...and expanding, as it were, at the same moment, the banks were overflowed with the retrograde current, rapid as a torrent...the river falling immediately, as rapid as it had risen...and lately it has been discovered that a lake was formed on the opposite side of the Mississippi, in the Indian country."1

This is how Reelfoot Lake was formed, a natural phenomenon, a cypress forest covered with water from the mighty Mississippi River when it flowed backwards for a time.
The complete eyewitness account by Eliza Bryan can be found on the New Madrid Earthquake website.

1 From "Lorenzo Dow's Journal," Published by Joshua Martin, Printed by John B. Wolff, 1849

12TH BBQ ON THE RIVER PADUCAH

2011-09-18T13:12:00.000-07:00

I will sign my TN and KY cookbooks at the Yeiser Art Center, 200 Broadway just across the Gazebo as part of Paducah's 12th Annual BBQ on the River this weekend.

BBQ on the River, A Community Charitable Event! Can you think of a better way to spend an early fall weekend than enjoying great BBQ, lively entertainment, exquisite crafts, a charming downtown and a great time with friends. Come join us in Paducah, KY for three great days of BBQ Bliss as 50 plus BBQ teams from Western Kentucky and beyond cook up over 60 tons of meat in hopes of taking home the coveted Grand Champions trophy. Along with delicious mouthwatering food and fabulous fun you will be helping out many local charitable organization.

Make your plans now to be in Paducah, September 23 thru 25, 2010 for our 16th Ever BBQ on the River.

The cookbooks are also available in the Paducah area at:

Market 315 proceeds going to Paducah Cooperative Ministry

BBQ & More proceeds going to BBQ on the River Fundraiser

Lourdes Hospital Gift Shop proceeds going to Auxiliary

Purple Toad Winery proceeds going to St. Mary's High School

Western Baptist Hospital proceeds going to Auxiliary

And in Western Kentucky:

Ice House Gallery, Mayfield Proceeds going to Graves Co. Art Guild

Miss Scarletts, Grand Rivers proceeds going to Grand River Tourism

Moors Marina, Benton proceeds going to local tourism orgnization

The Market Place, Draffenville proceeds going to Marshall Co, Scholarship Fund

The Kentucky cookbooks are also available at Kentucky State Parks including Columbus Belmont, Kenlake State Park, Kentucky Dam Village, Lake Barkley State Park

ICE HOUSE GALLERY GOURD PATCH FESTIVAL

2011-09-14T19:52:00.000-07:00

2010 FESTIVAL WINNER

SEPTEMBER 17, 9 TO 4

On Saturday, September 17, Mayfield will once again pay homage to the humble gourd. The seventh annual Gourd Patch Festival, sponsored in cooperation with the City of Mayfield, the Mayfield Tourism Commission, and the Mayfield/Graves County Art Guild, will celebrate the modest cucurbit with an international gourd art exhibition, gourd vendors and crafters, music and dancing, children’s activities, a gourd racecar derby, concessions, a farmer’s market, and other activities. Simultaneously, the Mayfield/Graves County Art Guild’s Ice House Gallery will be hosting its annual All About Gourds exhibition, which is the focal point of the festival. Quality craftsmanship and creative abandon abound in this year’s exhibit. Now in its nineth year, the show features over 75 pieces by 28 artists from 11 different states as well as an artist from India. Festival activities will be centered between the Ice House Gallery at the corner of North and North 8th Streets and Regions Bank on North 7th Street in Mayfield from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on Saturday.

I participated in this last year signing the Kentucky cookbook. I have been invited back to do a signing of the Tennessee Cookbook, "Country Goodness Recipes of Tennessee Celebrities."

MELLWOOD ART FAIR BOOK SINGING

2011-09-02T18:00:00.001-07:00

MELLWOOD ART FAIR

BOOK SINGING

Scooter Davidson, Executive Director of Mellwood Art Center has invited me to do a book signing at this years Art Fair. As a fundraiser for St. Joseph Children’s Home. Stop by BOOTH 160 and pick up a copy of “Favorite Recipes of Kentucky Celebrities” cookbook with proceeds going to St. Joseph. The cookbook will make a perfect Christmas Present and at the same time help a wonderful organization. "Country Goodness Recipes of Tennessee Celebrities" will also be available.

BOOTH 160 is directly across from the parking area on the end near the children’s arts and crafts. Beside St. Joseph’s booth!

LOOK FOR THE

CELEBRITY COOKBOOK TENT!

BOOK SIGNING SEPT 1

2011-08-22T18:40:00.001-07:00

BOOK SIGNING SEPT 1

WHO:

Dr. Susan Wiltshire has graciously accepted an invitation by Christopher Burawa, executive director of the APSU Center of Excellence to co-sign my cookbook as a fundraiser for the Center. Dr. Wiltshire contributed a recipe that she makes and said was her daughter’s favorite.

Dr. Susan Ford Wiltshire is Professor of Classics Emeritus at Vanderbilt University and served as department Chair for 9 years. The Tennessee author is a graduate of Columbia University and written numerous books including “Public and Private in Vergil’s Aeneid”; “Greece, Rome, and the Bill of Rights”; “Seasons of Grief and Grace”; “Athena’s Disguises; and Windmills and Bridges”: “Poems Near and Far”.

She has served on the Board of the National Council on the Humanities, the advisory board of the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the National Endowment for the Arts.

WHERE:

Ingredients For The Gormet In You will soon be celebrating their 2 year anniversary in business in Historic Downtown Clarksville, TN located on Strawberry Alley. They offer a wide range of items including kitchen accessories, food items, wine supplies, cookbooks, and cooking classes.

WHEN:

Come join us Sept. 1 from 5 to 8 p.m. for a presentation and book signing of the cookbook “Country Goodness Recipes of Tennessee Celebrities” BY BOTH Dr. Wiltshire and me, author Pamela Whinnery

1ST Thursday Gallery Walk and Book Signing, Clarksville, TN

2011-08-17T16:30:00.000-07:00

September 1st is the start of a full 2 months of book signings. Everywhere for Evansville, IN to Norris, TN

It is going to be great fun!

First Thursdays in Clarksville, TN will kick things off.

The signing will be at a specialty kitchen (cooking) store called Ingredients in downtown Clarksville. The address is:

100 Strawberry Alley

Clarksville, TN 37040-3837

(931) 542-6935.

The signing will begin at 5 PM and run to 8 PM. Christopher Burawa Director of the Center of Excellence for the Creative Arts at Austin Peay State University invited me to do the book signing as a fundraiser for their scholarship fund.

THE EXCITING PART ABOUT THIS IS: Dr. Susan Wiltshire a Tennessee author and Classics Chair for Vanderbilt University is co-signing the cookbooks. She is one of the individuals, who graciously contributed a recipe for the cookbook.

Stop by on the First Thursday Gallery Walk and pick up a copy of the cookbook. It will make a great Christmas present signed by two authors and it is never too early to start!

Fancy Farm Picnic Book Signing

2011-07-30T09:42:00.001-07:00

Fancy Farm Picnic

Book Signing

If you want to be elected in the Bluegrass State, there's only one place to be the first Saturday in August: Fancy Farm, Ky, where old-fashioned politics meets dyed-in-the-wool religion, and the differences are evened out by the glorious, gluttonous, gastronomic magic of charred pork and mutton at the annual Fancy Farm picnic-cum-political rally.

What do political leaders Sen. Mitch McConnell, Gov. Steve Beshears, Sec. of Agriculture Richie Farmer, and Vice-President Alben Barkley have in common? Three will be there this Saturday and one helped organize the political speaking years ago. They also sent a favorite recipe for the Kentucky Cookbook, “Favorite Recipes of Kentucky Celebrities.” Alben Barkley’s Granddaughter sent the recipe for him.

The cookbook also has recipes from Miley Cyrus, Tom T. Hall, Lance Burton, Naomi Judd, and Kentucky Derby Museum and you can get a copy this weekend at the Fancy Farm Picnic.

Local author Pamela Whinnery will be at the picnic to do a book signing with proceeds going to St. Jerome Parrish. She will also have her recently released cookbook “Country Goodness Recipes of Tennessee Cookbooks.”

Both cookbooks have over 300 recipes from local and national personalities, highly visible businesses, artist, writers, athletes, sportsmen, actors, musicians, bed and breakfasts, restaurants, notable events and places. In addition, there are brief notes with each recipe on the contributors, and calendar of events.

COME JOIN THE FUN!

2nd Annual Women Celebrating Women

2011-07-27T19:47:00.000-07:00

JULIAN CARROLL

CONVENTION CENTER

Thursday, July 28

2nd Annual

Women Celebrating Women

This should be fun!

Julian Carroll Convention Center 5:00 pm - 8:00 pm Free event designed to promote women business owners and businesses that cater to women and children as well as provide health, nutrition, education and finance information to women. There will be vendors with jewelry and fashion accessories as well as local restaurants and therapist. There will be a fashion show, cooking demonstrations, a live Zumba class, door prizes, fashion displays, and refreshments. It's all free, educational and fun. Sponsored by Paducah Business and Professional Women.

I have bee invited to do a book signing of both my Kentucky Cookbook and the Tennessee Cookbook, with proceeds going to the Business and Professional Women’s Scholarship Fund.

CORVETTES CONQUER CANCER

2011-06-26T18:10:00.000-07:00

30TH NATIONAL

CORVETTE HOMECOMING

July 16th will be the 30th Anniversary of the National Corvette Homecoming. It takes place at Sloan Convention Center in Bowling Green, KY. Bowling Green is the home of the one and only Corvette assembly plant.

They are having an iconic display of Corvettes from each and every year produced at the Bowling Green plant. 1981-2011.

Joe Pruitt Director of the Homecoming just announced that leading off the 30-car display would be the very FIRST production Corvette off the line at Bowling Green. VIN #00001 will be unveiled at the Meet & Greet and will be on display to celebrate its very own 30th Birthday. But not to be left out, for this very rare occasion only, they will also have the LAST Corvette off the St Louis assembly line as well! Both of these cars have no miles and look like they've been in a time capsule for all these years.

Isn’t this amazing! And I get to be a part of it! Joe contributed a recipe to the cookbook “Favorite Recipes of Kentucky Celebrities.” He has invited me to do a book signing for a special event they are having “Corvettes Conquer Cancer.”

AS always, I am donating 50% of the proceeds from the book signing to the fundraiser for the Bowling Green Chapter of the American Cancer Society.

I love what I get to do and participate in with my book signings.

Come join the fun!

STEEL STRING SESSION RECIPE & ROMP

2011-06-19T18:57:00.000-07:00

STEEL STRING SESSION

THE COUNTDOWN IS ON!!!

3 DAYS UNTIL THE START!!!

If you love bluegrass music The International Bluegrass Museum is hosting ROMP, its Annual Bluegrass Festival. June 23 to 25 in Owensboro, KY. There are some amazing and unique bands including The Carolina Chocolate Drops, coming from the Piedmont Region of North Carolina. They play in the old traditions, but are extremely talented, modern musicians.

And The Professors of Bluegrass. The members of this band will tell you when they are not playing Bluegrass they moonlight as Professors of Yale University. With the exception of their bass player Peter Salovey, who is the Provost at Yale. The band has been together for 20 years and they are returning again to play at ROMP. Peter told me if I ever did a cookbook on Connecticut, he would send me a recipe.

Speaking of bands, which have played previously at this event, one of my favorites was the Steel String Session. This GREAT band played last year and their fiddle player Lisa Jacobi sent me a recipe for the band to be included in my most recent cookbook “Country Goodness Recipes of Tennessee Celebrities.”

Steel String Session, Copperhill, is a dynamic group of acoustic multi-instrumentalists from Ocoee River region of the Blue Ridge Mountains. They play “Rockabilly-Jazz-Grass.” Lisa Jacobi said of her Bachelor Pasta recipe: “It is great when you work with a bunch of guys in a band or kayakers.” Her husband is Olympic Gold Medallist Joe Jacobi.

Don’t forget to Stop by and get a copy of either the “Country Goodness Recipes of Tennessee Celebrities" or “Favorite Recipes of Kentucky Celebrities.”

WHY NOT GET BOTH! THE PROCEEDS FROM THE COOKBOOK SALES GO TO THE INTERNATIONAL BLUEGRASS MUSEUM AS A FUNDRAISER.

The Farewell Drifters Preforming at ROMP

2011-06-07T20:20:00.000-07:00

The Farewell Drifters

I promised to do a blog on some of the performers at the Owensboro ROMP Festival, who also contributed a recipe to the cookbook “Country Goodness Recipes of Tennessee Celebrities.” The group I am blogging this week is The Farewell Drifters.

THEY ARE PERFORMING JUNE 23, THURSDAY NIGHT DIRECTLY AFTER STEVE MARTIN AND THE STEEP CANYON RANGERS.

The Farewell Drifters are a band based in Nashville, Tennessee. They began when Zach Bevill and Joshua Britt met in Nashville and played some music together. Britt coming from a family of former touring musicians played in high school garage bands with his brother Clayton in Franklin, Kentucky. Joshua brought brother Clayton along, then they added violinist Christian Sedelmyer and bassist Dean Marold after the move to Nashville.

They sent a recipe one of the band members mother prepares for them when they are in town.

Don’t forget to stop by and pick up a signed copy of the Tennessee cookbook. If you did not get a copy at last years ROMP, I will also have a few copies of the Kentucky cookbook “Favorite Recipes of Kentucky Celebrities” available.

Remember, proceeds

from the Cookbook

Signing go to the

International Bluegrass Museum!

Book signing International Bluegrass Music Festival

2011-05-31T13:17:00.000-07:00

Steve Martin

Book signing at

International Bluegrass

Music Festival

THIS IS AN EXCITING MONTH! The International Bluegrass Music Museum has invited me to return to do a book signing at their ROMP Celebration in Owensboro June 23, 24, 25 featuring Steve Martin with the Steep Canyon Rangers and EmmyLou Harris.

I did a book signing last year for the cookbook “Favorite Recipes of Kentucky Celebrities,” which has recipes from the museum and Bill Monroe. This year the book signing will be the recently released “Country Goodness Recipes of Tennessee Celebrities,” with recipes from Bobby Osborne, Flatt and Scruggs, Farewell Drifters, Steel String Band, etc.

Check back the next couple of weeks for additional blogs on contributors, who will be participating in this year’s festival.

For more information on the festival go to:
http://www.bluegrass-museum.org/general/romp.php

and on the cookbooks: https://sites.google.com/site/celebritycookbooks/home

As always, I pledge 50% of the proceeds from the cookbooks to non-profit organizations. Proceeds from this book signing will go to the museum.

STAX MUSEUM AND RECORDING STUDIO

2011-05-24T19:32:00.001-07:00

STAX MUSEUM AND

RECORDING STUDIO

I will be at West Tennessee Delta Heritage Center in Brownsville, TN for its annual I-40 Exit 56 Blues Festival, May 28, 2011 10:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. They have invited me to do a book signing as a fundraiser for the Center.

I have been doing blogs related to Blues and the Festival. This week I am doing one on Stax Museum. They sent a recipe for Greens. It is a GREAT recipe for Greens using Turnip, Mustard, and Collard Greens. I know it is great, because I just made it.

The Stax Museum of American Soul Music, located at the original site of the legendary Stax Records is the heart of Soulsville USA at 926 E. McLemore Ave., Memphis, Tennessee. This 17,000-square-foot facility with more than 2,000 cultural artifacts, music exhibits, video footage, and items of memorabilia is designed to preserve and promote the legacy of American soul music, particularly that of Stax Records. With permanent Soul Music Exhibits, like Soul Train.

The mission of the Stax Museum is to keep the memory of Stax soul music legends such as Otis Redding, Booker T, Isaac Hayes, Memphis Horns, and Little Milton alive forever.

Stax is the only soul music museum in the world and you'll find programs, special events, concerts, exhibits, and memorabilia dedicated to other soul music artists and labels, including that of Muscle Shoals, Motown, Atlantic, and Hi Records.

Don’t forget to stop by this Saturday for the Blues Festival in Brownsville, some really good music, and a SIGNED copy of my cookbook “Country Goodness Recipes of Tennessee Celebrities.”

Blues Icon “Little Milton”

2011-05-20T22:41:00.000-07:00

Blues Icon “Little Milton”

Milton Campbell recorded with Sun Records & Stax in Memphis. He garnered such honors as the W. C. Handy Blues Entertainer of the Year Award, a Grammy Award nomination, inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame, & numerous billboard blues smash hits.

His friends said, “Milton just loved to cook for himself, his family, & his friends.” We have a recipe for “Little Milton in the Tennessee cookbook “Country Goodness Recipes of Tennessee Celebrities”

As I will be doing a book signing Saturday, May 28 at “The Exit 56 Blues Festival” at the West Tennessee Delta Heritage Center in Brownsville, TN (Just east of Memphis) I am doing a blog on blues contributors to the cookbooks. I will do a blog next week on Stax Record Studios, which also sent a recipe.

Milton “Little Milton” Campbell” found an early connection to Country and western music and later fused it with the other two predominant musical influences of the Mississippi Delta: Gospel & Blues. A youthful “Little” Milton began studying what he heard and practiced; mastering songs and reciting them, no matter what the style or difficulty. By his early teens, he was performing in local clubs and bars across the Delta.

He carefully developing his craft and attracting the attention of established acts and local record labels. By the time Ike Turner introduced Milton to Sam Phillips of Sun Records in the early 50's, he was a young but seasoned performer with a momentous live show that created a buzz in every town he played. His debut single Beggin My Baby was recorded and released at the same time Sam Phillips was molding the sound of another unknown talent from Mississippi: Elvis Presley.

He sky rocketed to success with such blues hits as I’m a Lonely Man, Baby I Love You, If Walls Could Talk, Feel So Bad, Who's Cheating Who? and the unforgettable Grits Ain't Groceries.

Little Milton signed with Stax and joined a virtual who’s who of influential black recording artist of the day including Isaac Hayes, Rufus & Carla Thomas, Booker T. & The M.G.'s, Albert King and, Johnnie Taylor. Milton’s legend only grew at Stax, where from 1971 through 1975, he stacked up more mega hits including Walking The Back Streets and Cryin and That's What Love Will Make You Do.

He was the man who made the THE BLUES IS ALRIGHT a national anthem with blues enthusiasts around the globe.

2011-05-14T19:12:00.000-07:00

Sleepy John Estes

Blues Festival Brownsville, TN

West Tennessee Delta Heritage Center in Brownsville, TN will host its annual I-40 Exit 56 Blues Festival May 28, 2011 10:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. They have invited me to do a book signing as a fundraiser for the Center. I will do a couple of Blogs in the next couple of weeks on places and events with Blues connections, who also contributed recipes to the Tennessee cookbook.

About the Festival

Live Music from the Porch of the Home of Blues Pioneer Sleepy John Estes

All concerts will be performed from the porch of the last home of Blues Pioneer "Sleepy" John Adam Estes, located on the grounds of the West Tennessee Delta Heritage Center

Check back in the next

couple of weeks for blogs on

Stax Recording Studio

and

Little Milton.

MOTHER'S DAY BOOK SIGNINGS

2011-05-04T14:53:00.001-07:00

LOURDES HOSPITAL VOLUNTEER

OVER 120 VOLUNTEERS

Here are 2 GREAT opportunities to get a cookbook for Mother’s Day and help 2 wonderful organizations. I have 2 book signings this weekend. The first is at Lourdes Hospital Cafeteria on Friday May 6 and the second is Saturday May 7 (NOTE LOCATION CHANGE DUE TO FLOODING IN NOBLE PARK) at Tilghman High School Football Field.

Lourdes Hospital Auxiliary Bake Sale

Date & Time: May 6, 2011 6:30 AM
Location: Lourdes Hospital
Phone: 270-444-2552
On Friday, May 6 there will a Lourdes Auxiliary Bake Sale in the Garden Room from 6:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. All proceeds from this event will go to Lourdes Foundation.

March of Dimes March for Babies

Time: May 7, 2011 - 10:00am

Note: Due to the temporary closure of Noble Park, the walk will be held at the Tilghman High School football field and track.

The March of Dimes McCracken County March for Babies at Noble Park. Registration begins at 9:00 a.m. with the walk at 10:00 a.m. The park will not be closed to the public during the event: however, please use caution around the walkers.

Last week I was so busy I did not have time to do a blog. I did a book signing for Yeiser Art Center, during the National Quilt Show in Paducah. There were over 35,000 quilters from around the world. They loved the cookbooks PERFECT KENTUCKY SOUVENIR.

2011 Southern Kentucky Book Fest/ Robert Penn Warren

2011-04-10T17:15:00.000-07:00

ROBERT PENN WARREN

BORN APRIL 24, 1905

The nation and Kentucky celebrate National Writer's Week. All the events in Kentucky are tied to Author Robert Penn Warren's Birthday. There are numerous activities and events. One of these events is:

2011 Southern Kentucky Book Fest

Carroll Knicely Conference Center

2355 Nashville Road

Bowling Green, KY

April 16, 2001

I will be participating in the 2011 Southern Kentucky Book Fest. The Director, Tracy Harkins has invited me to do a panel discussion. I am so honored and humbled by this invitation. My table number at the Book Fest is 44 and the presentation time is 12:00.

Be sure to stop by to check out my recently released new cookbook “Country Goodness Recipes of Tennessee Celebrities.” Mother’s Day is near and if you have a Mom, who is an ELVIS FAN or a Country Music Fan, this would be the perfect gift. Of course the Kentucky cookbook “Favorite Recipes of Kentucky Celebrities” will also be available. The Kentucky cookbook has a recipe for Robert Penn Warren. STOP BY FOR A FREE RECIPE!

The Southern Kentucky Book Fest is one of the state's largest literary events and is presented by WKU Libraries, Warren County Public Library, and Barnes and Noble Booksellers. Held annually during National Library Week, the Book Fest draws thousands of readers of all ages who welcome the occasion to meet their favorite authors and purchase signed copies of their books. Their website is www.sokybookfest.org

The 13th Annual 2011 SOKY Book Fest is a fundraiser for the promotion of literacy in the Bowling Green community. This year’s Book Fest is on Saturday, April 16 and is from 9 am to 4 pm.

GOV. NED McWHERTER 1930-2011

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Gov Ned McWherter

1930-2011

Former Gov Ned McWherter passed away yesterday, April 4. He was at the center of power in Tennessee for more than two decades, first as speaker of the House of Representatives for 14 years and then as a two-term governor from 1987 to 1995.

Ever folksy, Mr. McWherter often joked during his campaign that he would need just four vanilla wafers and a cup of coffee to be ready to start work as chief executive. Friends said that kind of talk was central to his appeal and was genuine.

He was probably one of the greatest leaders in Tennessee History. As governor, Mr. McWherter lived in Nashville but remained true to his rural roots with what he called his "95-County Jobs Plan," which aimed to stimulate economic development beyond just the state's biggest cities. Mr. McWherter also pushed through a sweeping education reform package that equalized state funding for schools & raised graduation standards.

He sent a recipe for my cookbook “Country Goodness Recipes of Tennessee Celebrities.” From Palmersville, is mother owned & operated a small restaurant in Union City. His son Mike said his father’s fondest memories were helping his mother in the restaurant when he was growing up. She served this cake Lucille McWherter’s Cold Oven Pound Cake at the restaurant.

Our sympathy and prayers go to his family.

MIAMI DOLPHINS' LEE REHERMAN

2011-04-03T13:58:00.000-07:00

Actor & Professional Football

Player Lee Reherman

Lee Reherman of Louisville was a standout at Cornell University before playing pro football with the Miami Dolphins as part of their offensive line. While working on his PhD. at UCLA he could be seen as “Hawk” on the television series American Gladiators. He sent a recipe for BBQ Chicken for the cookbook "Favorite Recipes of Kentucky Celebrities."

BBQ & MORE

321 Broadway

Paducah, KY 42001

(270)534-5951

Susie Dawahare and David Boggs, Directors of Paducah’s BARBECUE ON THE RIVER have opened bbQ & MORE at 321 Broadway. They are planning an Official Grand Opening in the near future.

The store and BBQ on the River are Community Charitable organizations. The store is to help promote and fund the Sept. main event.

They have invited me to do a book signing at the Grand Opening with proceeds going to Barbecue on the River. Stop by and help a great organization.

More on Barbecue on the River:

Each September, more than 15 tons of chicken and pork is smoked, grilled, and barbecued at this Also, Marine Industry Days and children's events on the riverfront. An annual event in which local volunteers donate proceeds of barbecue sales to charities and non-profit organizations of their choice. Regional media personalities compete to become the Grand Champion in the Media Cook-Off Tournament!

It's serious fun on Paducah's riverfront today as backyard cookers and professional competitors challenge each other in four categories: chicken, pork shoulder, whole hog and pork ribs. They have to enter all four categories to win the coveted Grand Champion title. Free live music, booth shopping, and a variety of activities, including a race, towboat tour and line tossing contest, keep folks coming back the three days. Games, pig calling and chicken clucking contests make this a unique event that's fun for the whole family.

ARTIST LANETTE FREITAG FROM LANMARK FARMS

2011-03-25T13:47:00.000-07:00

GRAY STOLE MADE

FROM SHEEP WOOL

I am doing a couple of blogs on contributors to the Kentucky cookbook “Favorite Recipes of Kentucky Celebrities,” who also participating in The Kentucky Crafted Market.One of the contributors is artist Lanette Freitag from LanMark Farm located in Sharpsburg, KY

About the farm:

The farm is a working sheep and cattle farm that has been supporting families since 1824. The land and buildings have been loved and cared for by many generations and the love of the land has always been deep rooted.

Today's innovations will continue to create a sustainable agriculture future for the farm.

The products are made with a newly patented feltloom developed by artist and farm owner Lanette Freitag. To view the FeltLoom visit their website www.feltloom.com. The fibers that are shorn from their different breeds of sheep and llamas continue to play a large part of the feltloom. Lanette also works with other Kentucky farmers using their wool that meets the high standards set for usage. LanMark Farm is also home to Kentucky Wool Society

ARTIST GARY BERTRAM

2011-03-12T10:04:00.000-08:00

ARTIST GARY BERTRAM

Kentucky Folklore Program Director Bob Gates from the Kentucky Arts Council has invited me to do a presentation and book signing on the Food Stage at the 29th Kentucky Crafted, The Market in Louisville. I will be doing the presentation at 2:00 p.m. Sat. March 19th. This is such an honor for me! Stop by, as I will be preparing actress Reese Witherspoon’s favorite recipe.

I am doing a couple of blogs on contributors to the Kentucky cookbook “Favorite Recipes of Kentucky Celebrities,” who are also participating in The Market.

One of the contributors is artist Gary Bertram from Georgetown, KY. He will be at Booth 410 at the Kentucky Crated Market. He is such an incredibly talented artist.

Drawing has been one of Gary’s passions since he was a child, but he didn’t become a professional artist until later in life. He has spent the past twenty nine years working as either a teacher, a minister of music, or an associate pastor. However, during his college years, he started doing portraits of people, and for the last twenty years has been doing them on commission. Then in 2001, Gary became interested in wildlife portraiture, and in short order began exhibiting in some of the most elite wildlife art shows in the country, including the Safari Club International and the Southern Wildlife Festival, where in 2006 he won the coveted "People’s Choice Award." Gary has won numerous first place awards, including "Best of Show" and "Best of Professional" in many of the regional art shows.

Gary has also produced equine art of such high quality that it is registered with the Saddlebred Museum at the prestigious Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, Kentucky, as well as with the Kentucky Artisan Center in Berea, Kentucky. In 2010, the Kentucky Arts Council nominated Gary to the Southern Artistry Organization. These artists are nominated based on the quality of their work by their state arts agencies, and is designed to spotlight the talent of the South's most acclaimed artists. Gary is also an associate member of the "Oil Painters of America.”

When coming to Kentucky

Crafted Market be sure to

stop by Gary’s Booth 410

and my Booth 714 as well.

2011 KENTUCKY CRAFTED, THE MARKET

2011-03-05T13:59:00.000-08:00

2011 KENTUCKY CRAFTED,

THE MARKET

I wanted to remind you that I will be in Booth 714 at the Kentucky Crafted Market, March 17-20, at the Kentucky Fair Grounds, Louisville, KY, with the cookbooks “Favorite Recipes of Kentucky Celebrities” and the recently released “Country Goodness Recipes of Tennessee Celebrities.” We have some special SHOW PROMOTIONS. The cookbook is the perfect item for gift shops, Kentucky Souvenirs, and Mother’s Day Presents. It was part of the Nov. Kentucky Dept. of Libraries State Book Fair and was 8th in overall sales from a selection of 523 books.

About the Promotions: We are offering two SHOW PROMOTIONS. For orders placed during the show of 10 or more cookbooks, we will provide FREE SHIPPING. For orders of 20 or more, we will give an additional 10% DISCOUNT on the total order to both wholesale business and individual retail orders.

You can check out the Kentucky Crafted Market’s website at http://kycraft.ky.gov/

Be sure to stop by the show March 17-20, at the Kentucky Fair Grounds in Louisville and my booth 714 in the publishers section.

175th Anniversary of the Battle of the Alamo

2011-02-19T15:09:00.001-08:00

175th Anniversary of

The Battle of the Alamo

No I did not drop off the face of the earth. I just returned from a stay in San Antonio, TX.

While there, I learned The Daughters of The Republic of Texas is hosting the 175th Anniversary of the Battle of the Alamo Events this year. What does this have to do with the Tennessee cookbook “Country Goodness Recipes of Tennessee Celebrities?”

I have 6 recipes with ties to Texas and those following my blog might find the Texas Ties interesting. The Friends of David Crockett State Park, Lawrenceburg, TN sent a historical recipe for David Crockett. Fess Parker sent a recipe as he played David Crockett in both movies and television. The curator for The Hermitage sent a recipe for Pres. Andrew Jackson, who was President at the time of the battle of the Alamo.

Megan Buro who is with the The Sam Houston Memorial Museum in Huntsville, Texas sent 3 recipes. One which was for Sam Houston, another which was used for the Sam Houston School House Historic Site. This is a log cabin school located in Maryville, TN and is the oldest school in Tennessee, built in 1794. Sam Houston taught there.

She also sent a recipe for John Ross, also known as Koo Wes Koo We. He was the Chief of the Cherokee Nation, when it was in TN, GA, and NC. He went to Texas with Sam Houston and fought with him at Horse Shoe Bend.

So, whether you are from Tennessee or Texas check this cookbook out. It has great recipes from amazing people, and is a celebration of our great heritage.

"AUSTIN POWER'S" MOVIE COMPOSER GEORGE S. CLINTON

2011-01-27T18:29:00.000-08:00

GEORGE S. CLINTON

Emmy & Grammy nominated composer George S. Clinton from Chattanooga, TN has written the musical scores for over 80 feature films, television movies, and mini-series including Mortal Kombat, Austin Powers, Cheech & Chong, Big Momma’s House, & Santa Claus 2 & 3. Clinton said of the potato salad recipe he sent, “This is a family recipe made by my grandmother, aunt, & sister.”

The East Tennessee Historical Society is now selling my Tennessee cookbook “Country Goodness Recipes of Tennessee Celebrities” in their Museum shop located at 601 S. Gay St. in Knoxville, TN.

About the cookbooks East Tennessee Ties: There are recipes from Stella and Dolly Parton, Sevierville, Jonesborough Storytelling Festival, Artist Vince Pitelka, Smithville, American Idol finalist Phil Stacey, Cleveland, Austin Powers Music Composer George S. Clinton, Chattanooga and you will have to go by the museum to see the other East Tennessee contributors.

About the Museum: Recognizing that East Tennessee’s history, heritage, and geography are distinct from the rest of the state, the East Tennessee History Center provides services uniquely tailored to the region. Visitors can attend workshops and conferences, enjoy a lecture, peruse exhibitions, research family history, or a special historical subject, participate in student and teacher educational programs, as well as find a wide selection of books, crafts, and history-related items in the Museum Shop.

150th CIVIL WAR SESQUICENTENNIAL

2011-01-13T14:54:00.000-08:00

NATHAN BEDFORD FORREST

150th CIVIL WAR

SESQUICENTENNIAL

Friend’s of Nathan Bedford Forrest State Park are contributors of a historical recipe for “The Forrest Family Molasses Pie” to the Tennessee Cookbook “Country Goodness Recipes of Tennessee Celebrities.” They are also selling the cookbook as a fundraiser for the park.

Nathan Bedford Forrest State Park, Eva near Camden, TN is named for one of the greatest & best-known cavalry raiders of the Civil War. His operations were concentrated along the Tenn. River, where the park is located. It includes a River Folklife Museum located at the summit of Pilot Knob, highest point in West Tennessee, so named because it was used as a landmark by the early riverboat captains (pilots).

This year, 2011 is the beginning of the 150th Anniversary of the Civil War. The approaching 150th Sesquicentennial of the American Civil War (2011-2015) offers the current generation of Americans a most important opportunity to know, discuss, and commemorate this country's greatest national crisis, while at the same time exploring its enduring relevance in the 21st century.

I will be doing various book signings for both cookbooks "Favorite Recipes of Kentucky Celebrities" and "Country Goodness Recipes of Tennessee Celebrities" throughout Kentucky and Tennessee in conjunction with the 3-year event. The Kentucky Cookbook has recipes for Abraham Lincoln, Jefferson Davis, Battle of Perryville, Columbus Belmont State Park, and Camp Nelson. Check back to my blogspot or website for additional information on book signings and events.

KNOXVILLE MUSEUM OF ART

2011-01-01T14:37:00.001-08:00

This past year has been so much fun! I have met so many wonderful people, had opportunities to do book signings in really fun and sometimes once in a lifetime places (2010 World Equestrian Games.) I am sure God created all these events and opportunities for both the cookbooks and for me. For this, I am truly thankful!

The Kentucky Cookbook “Favorite Recipes of Kentucky Celebrities” was released just 2 years ago and has been used by over 100 organizations as a fundraiser. The Tennessee Cookbook, “Country Goodness Recipes of Tennessee Celebrities" was released by the publisher just 2 months ago and there are over 20 organizations already selling the cookbook as a fundraiser.

One of the organizations is the Knoxville Museum of Art, which was also a contributor. The Tennessee cookbook is being sold in their gift shop. They sent a recipe for Microwave Peanut Brittle.

The Knoxville Museum of Art, located on the site of the 1982 World’s Fair, includes five galleries, as well as a Sculpture Terrace, & 2 large outdoor garden areas. The Museum collection consists of work primarily from the 20th & 21st century. Kitsy Hartley, one of their longtime docents & volunteers makes the peanut brittle & brings to staff functions as well as volunteer activities.

Now to all the wonderful people who have contributed recipes, purchased a cookbook to help with numerous fundraisers, and those who just happen to stop by to read this blog, I hope you had a very blessed Christmas and wishing you a very Happy New Year. Thank you for all your help and God’s blessings.

SPINDLETOP HALL ANNUAL CHRISTMAS DINNER

2010-12-15T18:24:00.000-08:00

KENNETH ROLLINS

MEMBER OF U.K. FAB FIVE

1948 NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM

HAS RECIPE IN THE KENTUCKY COOKBOOK

This weekend, Saturday Dec. 18th is the traditional Dec. Basketball game between U.K. & UofL. It is also a tradition to have the annual University of Kentucky Alumni Christmas Dinner at Spindletop Hall on the following Sunday Dec. 19th for club members.

I have been invited to do a guest book signing FOR THE COOKBOOK "Favorite Recipes of Kentucky Celebrities" that day from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., with proceeds from cookbook sales going to The Ronald McDonald House in Lexington. The cookbook “Favorite Recipes of Kentucky Celebrities" also has a recipe from Richie Farmer a former U.K. Basketball player and Spindletop Hall’s Executive Chef Ed Valente.

LOURDES HOSPITAL AUXILIARY FUNDRAISER

2010-12-07T07:11:00.000-08:00

Academy Award winning screenwriter Tom Schulman has a recipe in the Tennessee Cookbook.

Tom Schulman, Nashville, attended Montgomery Bell Academy, & 1 of his teachers, Sam Pickering was the basis of Robin Williams's character in "Dead Poet's Society." Vice president of the Writers Guild of America, West, his other writing credits include Honey, I Shrunk the Kids, Welcome to Mooseport, What About Bob?

I will be at Lourdes Hospital, Paducah, KY to do a booksigning for the Hospital Auxiliary Thursday, November 9, 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. in the Auxiliary gift shop. This will be the 1st book signing for the Tennessee cookbook at the hospital. They hosted a Kentucky cookbook signing last summer. If you did not get a copy of the Kentucky cookbook, they will also be available.

The auxiliary has over 100 volunteers who provide services to the community at Lourdes. A few of the many opportunities include the Gift Shop, Information Desk, visiting patients, fundraising, and assisting in clerical areas. The Lourdes Auxiliary is an organization of hospital volunteers.

They are also sponsoring a food drive for Paducah Cooperative Ministry on Thursday. If you would like to contribute, bring the food items by the gift shop.

HICKMAN COUNTY ARTS, CRAFTS, & BOOK FAIR

2010-11-29T09:36:00.000-08:00

RECIPE FROM

DOLLY PARTON

IN COOKBOOK

“Country Goodness Recipes of Tennessee Celebrities” will be one of the featured books at the Sixth Annual Hickman County Arts, Crafts and Book Fair.

I will be signing both the Kentucky and Tennessee Celebrity cookbooks. This event will take place at the Clinton Elementry School Gym on Saturday, December 4th from 9 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Authors from around the region will be offering books for all age levels and interests.

Vendors of affordable Christmas gifts for young and old will be on hand with their wares. Organizers anticipate between 35 and 40 vendors.

There will be music at the Fair this year. Shoppers can enjoy a $5 lunch of soup, sandwich, dessert and drink while listening to local musicians perform. Santa will be on hand to hear Christmas wishes.

The Hickman County Arts, Crafts and Book Fair is sponsored by Friends of the Arts in Hickman County. Proceeds from the Fair go to the Hickman County Arts Council which supports arts programs throughout the year.

Arts Council Chair Mary Potter is looking forward to the Fair this year.
“It’s a great time to see old friends, get some unique Christmas gifts and support our local artists. I am especially excited to have music this year during the day. It will add to the total arts experience.”

H.O.R.S.E.S. Inc. LOGO MISSING

2010-11-17T12:08:00.001-08:00

H.O.R.S.E.S. Inc. LOGO MISSING

H.O.R.S.E.S. Inc. is one of the organizations, which I work with to do fundraising with my cookbooks. They do Horse Therapy with children who have learning disabilities or need speech therapy. They are a wonderful organization made up of volunteers who donate their time and their horse’s time for this valuable work.

After a Saturday bazaar at Kentucky Oaks Plaza, H.O.R.S.E.S. Inc. Therapeutic Riding Center volunteers placed the organization’s large aluminum logo behind the building because it would not fit in the door.

THEIR 9 FT. BY 9 FT. ALUMINUM LOGO SIGN WAS TAKEN! THIS IS A PHOTO OF IT. IF YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION ON THIS PLEASE CONTACT THE PADUCAH POLICE OR H.O.R.S.E.S. Inc. MEMBERS.

TAKING THE SIGN IS TAKING AWAY FROM THESE VERY SPECIAL CHILDREN!!!!

OTHER NEWS: I had the opportunity to participate in the Kentucky State Library and Archives 2010 State book Fair this weekend. Nov. 13. IT WAS A SUCCESS! More than 3,200 patrons supported the fair, with sales of $125,000! The proceeds go to provide grants to state libraries and library scholarships.

29th Annual Kentucky Book Fair

2010-11-05T13:54:00.000-07:00

ONE WEEK AWAY!!!!!

KENTUCKY BOOK FAIR

P.O. Box 715,

Frankfort, KY 40602-0715

Cell phone 502/229-2542;

Fax (502) 564-5773

http://www.kybookfair.org/

29th Annual Kentucky Book Fair

Saturday, November 13th, 2010

I have exciting news! I have been selected for the second year to participate in the Kentucky State Book Fair. I will do a book signing of the just released “Country Goodness Recipes of Tennessee Celebrities.”

My cookbook “Favorite Recipes of Kentucky Celebrities” will also be available, if you did not get a signed copy last year. It was 8th in overall sales from a selection of 200 authors and 523 books at last year’s book fair.

Here is your chance to get great gifts for family, friends, and yourself.

About the book fair:

The Book Fair, November 13th, opens at 9:00 a.m. to the public and continues until 4:00 p.m. There will be over 200 authors from across Kentucky. The books with authors are in Rows based on subject. The cookbooks and books on bourbon or with ties to bourbon will be to the extreme right in ROW 10 and ROW 3. As of now, my cookbooks are in the back area in ROW 3, which is next to the children’s books. JUST GO RIGHT AND KEEP WALKING! YOU WILL FIND US! :-)

About the cookbook:

There are recipes for Elvis, Trace Adkins, authors Sam Pickering and Tom Schulman (of Dead Poet’s Society fame), Paypal Founder David O. Sacks, and Lovelace Café (and no they did not send their biscuit recipe.)

COME CHECK IT OUT!

COUNTRY GOODNESS RECIPES OF TENNESSEE CELEBRITIES

2010-10-21T16:53:00.000-07:00

The Tennessee cookbooks just

arrived from the publisher!

What does Elvis, Miley Cyrus, Trace Adkins, author Sam Pickering, and Pres Andrew Jackson have in common? They all have a favorite recipe in the Tennessee Cookbook:

“Country Goodness Recipes of Tennessee Celebrities."

The cookbook has over 300 recipes from local and national personalities, highly visible Tennessee businesses, artist, writers, athletes, sportsmen, actors, musicians, bed and breakfasts, restaurants, notable events and places. In addition, there are brief notes with each recipe on the contributor.

My goal is to use the cookbook as a fundraiser for non-profit and charitable organizations. Fifty percent of any copies sold will be given to charities or non-profit organizations that wish to use it as a fundraiser. The other fifty percent is to cover my cost. I feel God has blessed me and this is a way I can give back to the community.

In addition to being interesting to read and a charitable fundraiser, the cookbook is also a great way to publicize and promote Tennessee tourism, business, industry, historic sites, and most of all the wonderful people who were born, lived, or have ties to Tennessee.

If you would like to purchase a cookbook or to use the cookbook as a fundraiser contact me:

Pamela Whinnery

5754 Lovelaceville Rd.

Paducah, KY, 42001

e-mail whinneryw@bellsouth.net,

or 270-554-5332.

If you are interested in purchasing an individual copy, they are $19.95 each with $2.95 for shipping. 3 -5 copies $2.00 ea. 6-9 copies $1.00 ea. 10-19 copies $.75 ea. 20 or more FREE Shipping.

Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games Book Signing

2010-09-19T15:14:00.000-07:00

Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games Book Signing

September 28, 2010
10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
Kentucky Experience Pavilion.

The Kentucky Arts Council has invited me to do a book signing during the World Equestrian Games. This is such an honor for me! They plan to feature various authors (book signings), artist, & musicians (Demonstrating art & music) from across Kentucky.

The proceeds from any cookbooks sold will go to the Kentucky Arts Council. I think God is creating so many wonderful opportunities for the cookbooks and for me!

More about the Games: The World Equestrian Games are comprised of the world championships for eight equestrian sports. The Games are held every four years, two years prior to the Olympic Games, and are governed by the Fédération Equestre Internationale (FEI). This is the first time they have been held outside of Europe.

I also have 2 other book signings scheduled the next couple of weeks.

16th Barbeque On The River

Sept. 23-25
200 Broadway
Paducah, KY

In front of the Yeiser Art Gallery as a fundraiser for the gallery.

Barbeque on the River, A Community Charitable Event! Can you think of a better way to spend an early fall weekend than enjoying great BBQ, lively entertainment, exquisite crafts, a charming downtown and a great time with friends. Come join us in Paducah, KY for three great days of BBQ Bliss as 50 plus BBQ teams from Western Kentucky and beyond cook up over 60 tons of meat in hopes of taking home the coveted Grand Champions trophy.

5th West Kentucky Highland Games

Oct. 2 Saturday

10:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Murray, KY

I will be at the Benton Arts Council Booth as a fundraiser for the council.

The 2010 Games will be held October 2, 2010. Please join us for a celebration of Scottish-Celtic heritage featuring all things Scottish such as: bagpipe bands, music, amateur athletic competition including: caber-tossing, sheath toss, weighted throws, stone throws, etc., Clan tents, Scottish entertainers, genealogy tent, Scottish vendors, highland cattle, shepherding and MUCH MORE! There are events the whole family will enjoy!

ALL ABOUT GOURDS

2010-09-17T08:16:00.000-07:00

There are 2 Book signings on my schedule this Saturday. Mayfield Gourd Patch Festival and Hanson, KY Fall Gathering

All About Gourds 2010

Book Signing 8:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

Artistry has become the hallmark of the Mayfield/Graves County Art Guild’s annual All About Gourds exhibition; and the 2010 show, which is on display at the Ice House Gallery until October 8th, continues the tradition. In its 9th year, the international show features 40 indredible gourd creations from all across the U.S. as well as international artist. This festival also includes arts & craft vendors, food booths, music, and a Gourd Derby Race. Proceeds from the book signing will go to the Ice House Gallery.

Hanson, KY Fall Gathering

Book Signing 2:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.

The Fall Gathering features everything fall! A Hanson Harvest Market sets up in the Fall to provide color and supplies for our shoppers. Working on the Tried & True Honor System, buyers just pay at any of the shops if no one is there to take their money. Businesses host open houses and there is music and activities for the kids. Bring the entire family and kick off the prettiest season of the year! Proceeds from the book signing will go to the local arts council.

BOOK SIGNING ST. JOHNS 50TH ANNUAL PICNIC

2010-09-08T11:36:00.000-07:00

50th Annual Picnic

Fish Fry-Friday, Sept 10, 2010 4:30-7:30 pm

Knights of Columbus Hall

Picnic-Saturday, Sept 11, 2010

Games, Prizes, and Country Store 11:00 am-9:00 pm

All you can eat Lunch and Dinner 11:00 am-7:00 pm in the Gym

Carryouts/Drive thru Sandwiches and Barbeque by the pound 8:00 am-9:00 pm

Live Entertainment

Political Speeches

KY U.S. Senate Candidates

Jack Conway

Rand Paul

St. John’s Parrish Picnic gets bigger each year, so that it came to be called "The Biggest Little Picnic in Western Kentucky." It is now held the first Saturday after Labor Day, and the proceeds are totally dedicated to St. John and St. Mary parochial schools of the parish.

Barbecued ribs, chicken, pork, and mutton are served, along with hot dogs, drinks and popcorn, funnel cakes, ice cream. Games include bingo, bottle toss, cake wheel, can throw, coin toss, free throw, and ping-pong.

Politicians are always on hand to give speeches, and this year includes Jack Conway. Rand Paul (candidate for U.S. Senate), Rep. Ed Whitfield, Governor Steve Beshear all of whom I have recipes.

I WILL DO A BOOK SIGNING "FAVORITE RECIPES OF KENTUCKY RECIPES' STARTING AT 11:00 A.M. AT THE PARRISH BOOTH. WORKING WITH HAZEL WURTH. PROCEEDS GOING TO PARRISH.

COOKBOOK COMPLETED!!!!

2010-08-31T18:11:00.000-07:00

COUNTRY GOODNESS

RECIPES OF

TENNESSEE CELEBRITIES

THE NEW COOKBOOK IS

DONE!

COMPLETED!

GONE TO THE PUBLISHER!

I AM READY FOR A BREAK!

IT IS TO BE RELEASED

NOVEMBER 1

List of Contributors

Not that anyone is going to read this long list, but...

Abraham Lincoln Library and Museum, Harrogate
Anwar F.Accawi, Knoxville, (Author)
Trace Adkins, Nashville, (musician)
Ajalon Acres Bed & Breakfast, Sumner County
Lisa Alter, Kingsport, (author)
Apple Jack’s Sandwich Shop, Pigeon Forge
David Appleby, Memphis, (filmmaker)
Katie Armiger, Nashville, (Singer)
Darnell Arnoult, Nashville, (author)
Aunt Granny’s Restaurant, Pigeon Forge
Sybil Baker, Chattanooga, (author)
Coleman Barks, Chattanooga, (poet)
Ken Barnett, Memphis, (actor)
Kim Barrick, Nashville, (artist)
Adrian Belew, Mt. Juliet, (musician)
Bell Witch, Adams
Berries ‘n’ Cream, Pigeon Forge
Blount Mansion, Knoxville
Blue Heron Studio & Retreat, Gainesboro
Blue Moon Farms, Franklin
Bonnie Blue Farms, Waynesboro
Gov. Phil Bredesen, Nashville
Bristol Motor Speedway, Bristol
Garth Brooks, Nashville, (singer)
Jim Ed Brown, Nashville, (singer)
Gay Bryant, Oak Ridge, (artist)
Roy Burkhead, Nashville, (author)
Frances Hodgson Bunrett, Knoxville, (author)
Butler Museum, Butler
Buttonwillow Civil War Dinner Theater, Whitwell
Cades Cove, Townsend
Calico Inn, Sevierville
Milton Campbell, Memphis, (singer)
Carter Mansion,
Cascade American Café- Opryland Hotel, Nashville
Steve Curtis Chapman, Franklin, (singer)
Chappy’s on Church, Nashville
Chattanooga Choo Choo, Chattanooga
Cherokee National Forest
Cherry Hill Farm B&B, Watertown
Children’s Museum of Nashville, Nashville
Henry Cho, Knoxville, (comedian)
Circle G Ranch Wild Animal Park & Safari, Strawberry Plains
Clarence Brown Theatre, Knoxville
Clear Channel Nashville
Clement Railroad Museum- Hotel Halbrook State Historic Site, Clement
George S. Clinton, Knoxville, (Composer)
Andrea Conte, Nashville, (First Lady)
Malani Coomes, Woodberry, (filmmaker)
Michael Cooper, Dickson, (artist)
Copper Cellar, Knoxville
Chaz Corzine, (Entertainment Manger)
Mary Costa, Knoxville, (singer/actress)
Country Music Hall of Fame, Nashville
Crossville Octoberfest, Crossville
Crown Winery & Vineyard, Humboldt
Cumberland Mountain State Park, Cookville
Ben Curtis, Chattanooga, (actor)
Billy Ray & Miley Cyrus, Thompson Station, (singer/ actor)
Dick Dale, Nashville, (musician)

David Crockett State Park, Limestone
Susan DeMay, Nashville, (artist)
Dippin’ Dots Ice Cream, Franklin
Dixie Stampede, Pigeon Forge
Dollywood Blues & BBQ Festival, Pigeon Forge
Dollywood, Pigeon Forge
Duff’s Smorgasbord, Pigeon Forge
Gov. Winfield Dunn, Memphis
Ava Dupree, Knoxville, (singer)
East Tennessee Irish Festival, Knoxville
J.T. Ellison, Nashville, (author)
Sasha Eleyce, Nashville, (singer)
Arlyn Ende, Sewanee, (artist)
Lisa Ernst, Nashville, (artist)
Exchange Place: Gaines-Preston Farm, Kingsport
Fall Creek Falls B&B, Pikeville
Fall Mills, Belvidere
Farewell Drifters, Nashville
Fayetteville Lincoln County Museum & Civic Center, Fayetteville
Felicia Suzanne’s Downtown Memphis,
Festival of Nations, Pigeon Forge
Lester Flatt, Nashville (singer)
Colin Ford, Nashville, (actor)
Tennessee Ernie Ford, Bristol, (singer)
Fox Manor B&B, Kingsport
Fiddler’s Glen B&B, Jonesborough
Franklin Theatre, Franklin
Sen. Bill Frist, Nashville
Allen Frizell, Nashville, (singer)
Corey Frizell, Nashville, (artist)
Alex Gabbard, Knoxville, (author)
Gaither Vocal Band, Nashville, (Musicians)
Anna Garrott, Nashville, (singer)
Crystal Gayle, Nashville, (singer)
Geni, Inc., Founder from Memphis (computer)
George Dickel Distillery, Tallahoma
Johanthan Kayne Gillaspie, Nashville, (Fashion Designer)
Susan Gilmore, Chattanooga, (author)
Nikki Giovanni, Knoxville, (author)
Mayor Jerry Gist, Jackson
Glory Bugles, Box Springs, (musicians)
Melissa Goodwin, Memphis, (computer animator)
Brentley Gore, Nashville, (actor)
Vern Gosdin, Nashville, (singer)
Gracehill B&B, Townsend)
Clare Grant, Memphis, (model/actress)
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Ranger Doug Green, Nashville, (songwriter)
Jack Greene, Nashville, (singer)
Gail Grice, Memphis, (artist)
Alex Haley, Hensley, Norris, (author)
Mary Alice Haney, Chattanooga, (producer/TV host)
Tom T. Hall, Nashville, (singer)
Jack Hanna, Knoxville, (animal educator)
Thayr Harris, Sunnertown, (stuntman)
John Hartford, Madison, (singer)
Mayor Bill Haslam, Knoxville
Jon Hassell, Memphis,(composer)
Linda Head, Nashville, (artist)
Sen. Douglas Henry, Nashville
Tim Hodge, Franklin, (director/animator)
Lional Hollins, Memphis, (professional basketball coach)
Holly Tree Manor, Trenton
Steve Holy, Nashville, (singer)
Anna Safley Houston, Chatanooga, (art/antique collector)
Houston Museum of Decorative Arts, Chatanooga
Sam Houston, Maryville, (statesman/soldier)
Jan Howard, Nashville, (singer)
Sierra Hull, Byrdtown, (singer)
Sylvia Hyman, Nashville, (artist)
International Storytelling Festival & Center, Jonesborough
International Towing Museum, Chattanooga
John Rice Irwin, Norris, (author)
Jack Daniel’s Dsitillery, Lynchburg
Alan Jackson, Franklin, (singer)
Pres. Andrew Jackson, Hermitage
Stonewall Jackson, Nashville, (singer)
Jesse & Frank James, Huntsville (outlaws)
Jessie Janeshek, Knoxville, (author)
Terry Mike Jeffery & Co, Memphis, Musician)
Pres. Andrew Johnson, Greenville
Bill A. Jones, Shackett, (actor)
Ashley Judd, Franklin, (actress)
Naomi Judd, Nashville, (singer)
July 4th Celebration & Anvil Shoot, Norris
Marilyn Kallot,Knoxville, (author)
Sen. Brian Kelsey, Germantown
Mary Ann Kennedy, Nashville, (songwriter)
Kentucky Headhunters, Nashville, (musicians)
Knoxville Art Museum
Chris Ladd, Jackson, (actor)
Land Between the Lakes, Northwest TN
Claudia Lee, Liberty, (artist)
Michael Lewis, Nashville, (musician
Alan Lightman, Memphis, (author)
Joe Lindsey, Pigeon Forge, (culinary director)
Loews Vanderbilt Hotel, Nashville
Lodge at Gunter Hill, Fayetteville
Lovelace Café, Nashville
Loretta Lynn, Hurricane Mills, (singer)
Yuri Lowenthal, Nashville, (voice over/ anime)
Lylewood Inn, Dover
Lynchburg, TN
Jean MacArthur, Murfreesboro (WWII Gen. Wife)
Mafiaoza’s Music City Brewers Festival, Nashville
Magnolia House B&B, Clarksville
Louise Mandrell, Hendersonville, (singer)
Carolyn Martin, Nashville, (musician)
Mayfield Dairy, Athens
Patricia McAnally, Franklin, (Miss Tennessee)
Raymond McAnally, (actor/Comedian)
Martinia McBride, Nashville, (singer)
Gail McDaniels, Nashville, (artist)
Ellen McGowan, Bartlett, (artist)
Kim McMillan, Clarksville, (political advisor)
Govennor Ned McWherter, Palmersville
Memphis Zoo
Jo Dee Messina, Nashville, (singer)
Miss Mary Bobo’s, Lynchburg
Miss Ollie’s Paino Bar, Jackson
Stacy Mitchhart, Nashville, (musician)
John Michael Montgomery, Nashville, (singer)
Bill Monroe, Nashville, (singer)
Rick Monroe, Nashville, (singer)
Llynda More, Nashville, (singer/Miss Tenn)
Mountain City, TN
Museum of Appalachia, Norris
Museum of Appalachia Restaurant, Norris
Odum’s Tennessee Country Pride Sausage, Madison
Nashville Zoo at Grassmere, Nashville
Nathan Bedford Forrest State Park, Eva
National Banana Pudding Festival, Centerville
Samantha Newark, Nashville, (voice over/anime)
Oak Ridge, TN
Ocoee Winery, Cleveland
Old Butler Museum, Butler
Bobby Osborne, Portland, (singer)
Fess Parker, (actor)
Our Backyard Town B&B, Martin
Dolly Parton, Sevierville, (singer)
Stella Parton, Sevierville, (singer)
Minnie Pearl, Centerville, (singer/comedian)
Cathie Pellietier, Nashville, (author)
David Phelps, Nashville, (singer)
Sam Pickering, Nashville, (author)
Pigeon Forge, TN
Pisgah National Forest, Eastern Tenn/No Carolina border
Vince Pitelka, Smithville, (artist)
Elvis Presley, Memphis, (singer)
Prospect Hill Inn, Mountain City
Curly Putman, Lebanon, (songwriter)
Lori Putman, Franklin, (artist)
Bets Ramsey, Chattanooga, (artist)
Paul Ramsey, Chattanooga, (poet)
Readyville Mill, Readyville
Roan Mountain State Park, Johnson City
Kenny Rogers, Nashville, (singer)
John Ross, Eastern TN, Cherokee Indian Chief
Mark Russell, Greenville, (artist)
Davis O. Sack, Memphis, (business executive)
Sam Houston School House, Maryville
Tom Schulman, Nashville, (screenwriter)

John Scope, Dayton, (educator
Earl Scruggs, Nashville, (singer)
Alfred Sharp, Woodbury, (artist)
LaRita Shelby, Nashville, (singer)
Dinah Shore, Winchester/McMinnville, (singer)
Walter Simonson, Knoxville, (comic book artist/ computer anime)
Greg Sims, Nashville, (composer)
Felicitas Sloves, Memphis, (artist)
Dolph Smith, Huricane Mills, (artist)
Smithville’s Ole Time Fiddler’s Festival, Smithville
Smoky Mountain Brewery & Restaurant
Smoky Mountain Llama Treks, Sevierville
Sperry’s Restaurant, Nashville
Splash Country Water Adventure Park, Pigeon Forge
Phil Stacey, Cleveland, (singer)
Stax Museum, Memphis
Steel String Band, Coppertown, (musician)
Redd Stewart, Ashland City, (singer)
Tom Stoviak, Oak Ridge, (actor)
Sun Studio, Memphis
Sycamore Shoals State Historic Area, Hampton
Tennessee Aquarium, Chattanooga
Tennessee Aquarium Conservation Institute, Chattanooga
Tennessee Beef Council, Murfreesboro
Tennessee Dept. of Agriculture, Nashville
Tennessee Fall Homecoming, Norris
Tennessee Valley Eggs, Englewood
Lloyd Thaxton, Memphis, (producer/TV host)
The Big Bungalow B&B, Edgefield
The Silver Caboose, Collierville
Thistletop Inn, Goodlettsville
Thomas House, Boiling Springs
Lily Tomlin, Nashville, (comedian/actress)
Randy Travis, Nashville, (singer)
Tuckaleechee Caverns, Townsend
Tanya Tucker, Nashville, (singer)
Upper Cumberland Quilt Trail
Ray Walker, Waverly, (musician)
Mimi Walsh, Nashville, (artist)
Michael Lee West, Lebanon, (author)
Mayor A.C. Wharton, Memphis
Karen Wheeler, Lebanon, (singer)
Allen Wier, Knoxville, (author)
Wilburn Brothers, Nashville, (Musicians)
Williums Country Sausage, Union City
Leigh Wilson, Rogersville, (author)
Susan Wiltshire, Nashville, (author)
Oprah Winfrey, Nashville, (producer/TV host)
Jerry Winsett, Clarksville, (actor)
Reese Witherspoon, Nashville, (actress)
Rick Wittrig, Lebanon, (artist)
Sen. Jamie Woodson, Knoxville,
Yammer Inc., Founder from Memphis, (computer)
Trisha Yearwood, Nashville, (singer)
Dwight Yoakam, Nashville, (singer)
Sgt. Alvin C. York, Pall Mall, (WW I Hero)
Curtis Young, Jordanaires, East TN. (singer
Donna Zimmer, Lewisburg, (artist)

THANKS TO EACH OF YOU!

BBQ on Barkley, Kuttawa, KY

2010-08-20T15:42:00.000-07:00

"Favorite Rcipes of

Kentucky Celebrities"

to be at 2 events this weekend!

Looking for the perfect gift for a friend and an opportunity to help some very good organization? You have 2 opportunities this weekend.

The Lyon County Chamber of Commerce is hosting a book signing this Saturday in conjunction with the Barbecue On Beautiful LAKE BARKLEY Kuttawa Beach, Kuttawa, KY I-24 Exit 40. This is a KCBS Sanctioned BBQ Cook-off for Professional & Backyard Cooking Teams. There will be free concerts and a special appearance by 2010 Miss Kentucky. I will be signing books as a fundraiser for the Lyon County Chamber of Commerce & will be at the booth next to theirs.

The other event is Ladies’ Society Social Lourdes Hospital, Nemer Pavilion 1530 Lone Oak Rd. 6:00 pm Gather some women for a good time and a great cause! Join us as we celebrate the Spirit of Hope recipient Kelly Smith. Tickets are $40 each. Food by Whaler's Catch Catering; spirits by Roof Brothers. Silent auction and vendor booths, too! Buy tix online or call 444.0384. The cookbook will be part of the silent auction and Lisa O’Rourke will have additional cookbooks available for purchase., with proceeds going to the American Cancer Society.

FANCY FARM PICNIC BOOK SIGNING

2010-07-31T09:06:00.001-07:00

130TH FANCY FARM PICNIC

The 130th Fancy Farm Picnic will be this next Saturday Aug. 7. It is drawing major news coverage, NOT because of the book signing I have been invited to do during the picnic, but because of the Nov. Senatorial race. Republican Candidate & Tea Party supported Rand Paul (son of Presidential candidate Ron Paul) and Democratic candidate Attorney General Jack Conway should draw major crowds. It is being shown live on KET and will be shown for the first time on C-Span.

Fancy Farm Picnic is famous as a traditional political gathering attracting statewide and occasionally national candidates. The picnic began in 1880 as a purely local affair. It takes place mostly on the grounds of Fancy Farm Elementary School. Since 1956 it has been held on the first Saturday in August. It has come to represent the traditional starting point of the fall campaign season in Kentucky.

The picnic was of purely local interest until A.B. "Happy" Chandler began making appearances, going for the first time in 1931 while running for Lieutenant Governor.

National figures that have made speeches include George C. Wallace and Al Gore. Vice President Alben Barkley, known for his oratorical skills, spoke many times over the years before his death in 1956.

In addition to the political appearances, the picnic offers traditional fair activities like Craft items, book signings, bingo, and raffle prizes. Food includes barbecue, a Knights of Columbus fish fry, and homemade baked goods.

The event was recognized in the 1985 Guinness Book of World Records as the "World's Largest Picnic", for the consumption of 19,000 pounds of mutton, pork, and chicken. The picnic is profitable and proceeds are used to finance local improvements. About 12,000 to 15,000 people attend each year.

Stop by the Country Store in the Knights of Columbus Hall (Just across from the dining area,) to get a copy of my cookbook "Favorite Recipe of Kentucky Celebrities.” It has recipes from Gov. Steve Beshears, Sen. Mitch McConnell, U.S Representative Ed Whitfield, & former Vice-President Alben Barkley (sent by his granddaughter).

DAVID DICK 1930-2010

2010-07-22T17:28:00.000-07:00

DAVID DICK 1930-2010

Our thoughts and prayers go out to the family of David Dick, who passed away this week at his home in his native Bourbon County Kentucky. He was 80.

He was a former CBS News correspondent and bureau chief. David worked at CBS from 1966 to 1985, winning an Emmy for his coverage of the assassination attempt on then-presidential candidate George Wallace. He also served as South American bureau chief from 1978-1979.

After his years at CBS, David went on to become Director of the University of Kentucky's School of Journalism. He and his wife Lalie own Plum Lick Publishing and together they have written over a dozen books on their beloved state of Kentucky and its people.

I had the pleasure of meeting David and doing a book signing with him and his lovely wife Lalie last year at Historic Penn Store. It was such an honor! He will be sadly missed.

ELVIS PRESLEY RECIPE

2010-07-15T13:04:00.001-07:00

TENNESSEE CELEBRITY

COOKBOOK UPDATE.

We now have over 230 recipes for the Tennessee Celebrity Cookbook.

I just received a recipe from John Schorr, President of Sun Studios Memphis. He sent Elvis’s Fried Banana Pie.

Sun Studios located on Beale Street is the legendary recording studio, and birthplace of rock and roll, widely known for recording Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, and Johnny Cash.

We also have received recipes with other Elvis ties! The Banana Pudding recipe the cook at Graceland always kept fresh in the refrigrator. This came from the folks at Graceland.

The Jordanaires were one and the same with Elvis for years. Ray Walker, their fabulous bass singer sent his wife's recipe for Corn Chowder. He said he had been married to Marilyn for 55 years and she and the corn chowder got better every year. I loved that!

Gospel Music was a big part of Elvis’s life. The Stamps Quartet sang with Elvis in all of his gospel recordings. The original lead singer Ed Enoch has graciously agreed to send us a recipe.

This is so exciting! I believe all these wonderful people sent recipes as they knew the cookbook is to be used as a fundraiser for various non-profit organizations all across Tennessee. We have already had several organizations that have sold the Kentucky Cookbook that want to sell the Tennessee one as well.

I think God is constantly creating opportunities for the Cookbook and fun activities for me.

THE TENNESSEE COOKBOOK

WILL BE AVAILABLE

NOVEMBER 1, 2010!

INTERNATIONAL BLUEGRASS MUSEUM-ROMP

2010-06-27T14:04:00.000-07:00

INTERNATIONAL

BLUEGRASS MUSEUM-ROMP

This weekend I had the pleasure to do a book signing at ROMP “River Of Music Party” , sponsored by the International Bluegrass Museum. It was so much fun. They had bluegrass bands from as far away as Japan, Hungary, and Sweden. Bill Monroe would have been pleased.

One of the most interesting bands was the Professors of Bluegrass, who are all professors at Yale and their Bass Player is the Provost there.

Bluegrass is the official State Music of Kentucky, and Bill Monroe's "Blue Moon of Kentucky" shares with Stephen Foster's "My Old Kentucky Home" the honorable distinction of being the official Kentucky State Songs. The infectiously energetic style of dance that grew up around bluegrass and old time music is clogging, the official Kentucky State Dance.

The International Bluegrass Museum, established to preserve the history of the music Mr. Monroe created, is located 30 minutes from the little town of Rosine, Kentucky, and Jerusalem Ridge, the homeplace where he was born and grew to manhood, and where he and members of his family now rest in peace.

The International Bluegrass Music Museum is located in the RiverPark Complex in downtown Owensboro, Kentucky. As you draw near, you'll hear the sounds of bluegrass music emanating from the museum's radio station, RBI, with audio speakers taking the music to the streets. Only a few hundred feet from the museum's entrance, the sound of music drifts downstream via the mighty Ohio River, the subject of more than a few memorable bluegrass songs.

For more information on the Museum go to their website at http://www.bluegrass-museum.org/general/home.php

Book Fair In Elizabethtown KY

2010-06-20T19:45:00.000-07:00

Special thanks to Robert Villanueva and Becca Owsley, who helped promote the book fair held this past weekend in Elizabethtown, KY. The following is a story done on the book fair in the News Enterprise Newspaper on June 17th.

THE BOOKFAIR WAS A SUCCESS!!!

By ROBERT VILLANUEVA

rvillanueva@thenewsenterprise.com

Authors with Hardin County connections will be among the dozens expected to participate in the Almost Famous Authors’ Faire, an event free to the public Saturday at Towne Mall in Elizabethtown.

The event, which wiis from noon to 7 p.m., is an opportunity to meet authors from Kentucky and neighboring states who will be available to autograph their books.

Fort Knox author Nelda Shattles Copas is scheduled to participate in the fair. Her book, “Twisted Desire,” is a murder mystery set in Bowling Green, and she was a workshop presenter at the International Mystery Writer’s Festival in Owensboro this year.

Retired from the U.S. Army, Copas earned a bachelor’s degree in psychology/criminology and a master’s degree in mental health counseling.

She later worked in a variety of roles including victim advocate, drug and alcohol treatment counselor, therapist and social worker. From these occupations she gained experience working with law enforcement personnel.

Though Kentucky author Pamela Whinnery is from Paducah, her book “Favorite Recipes of Kentucky Celebrities” includes entries by Hardin Countians Amy Dudgeon and Becca Owsley.

Among actress Dudgeon’s credits are appearances on TV’s “House,” “Las Vegas,” “ER” and “Desperate Housewives.”

Owsley is a features writer for The News-Enterprise.

Dudgeon’s recipe is Baked Brie while Owsley’s is Spinach, Almond and Strawberry Salad.

Whinnery’s cookbook has been used for fundraising efforts by numerous organizations. Proceeds from the sale of the cookbook on Saturday will be donated to a team from Springfield for The American Cancer Society Relay for Life.

AFAF was formed to promote authors at fairs by bringing them together with readers. Authors pay AFAF for table space at the fair and keep all profits from their sales.

For more information about AFAF, contact chairman Gary D. Drechsel at

garydbhp@insightbb.com

or Almost Famous Authors' Faire, P.O. Box 16539, Louisville, KY 40256.

Robert Villanueva can be reached at (270) 505-1743.

H.O.R.S.E.S. Inc.

2010-06-10T08:13:00.000-07:00

H.O.R.S.E.S. Inc.

I had the opportunity to meet this week with members of H.O.R.S.E.S. Inc. This is a wonderful organization. The members are part of the North American Riding for the Handicapped Association (NARHA) Therapeutic Horseback Riding Center designed for individuals with physical, mental, or emotional challenges. They are a non-profit 501(c) 3 organization that is run entirely on grants, donations and with the assistance of volunteers.

Their instructors are certified by NARHA through a stringent training course and continuing education. Classes are designed for the needs of each individual. They also have a licensed Physical Therapist and offer Hippo Therapy, which is physical therapy on horseback using the horse as a tool to achieve maximum benefit for the rider.

They are expanding their services to include Speech and Occupational Therapy. If you are interested in finding out about their services, volunteering (you and your horse), or working as a licensed therapist go to their website:

http://www.horsesinc.org

to find out more about our organization!

H.O.R.S.E.S. Inc. will be participating in a booth at various County Fairs across Western Kentucky to promote their services and will be selling my cookbook “Favorite Recipes of Kentucky Celebrities” at their booth as a fundraiser.

For all the horse lovers out there the cookbook has a recipe for a cookie you can make for your horse. It was contributed by Old Friends Equine, which provides a home for retired racehorses. The horse that starred in Seabiscuit lives on the farm. The cookbook also has recipes from Kentucky Derby Museum, The Red Mile, Keeneland, and the singing Cowgirl Dale Evans.

EXCITING NEWS FROM CONTRIBUTORS

2010-05-23T15:22:00.001-07:00

EXCITING NEWS

FROM CONTRIBUTORS

Actress Reagan Payne and Actor Ben Curtis sent me e-mails about exciting events!

Writer & actress Reagan Payne was born & raised in Murray, KY. Having graduated cum laude from Sewanee, she has performed in Theatre, film, & television, including co-staring in “Charmed” & “The Closer.” Reagan sent a recipe for Homemade Honey Granola for my Kentucky Cookbook.

Reagan Payne vowed to complete 50 charity activities in one year, blogging every inspiring and surprising step of the way and Readers Digest did a story on it! If you want to know more about it go to:

http://www.rd.com/make-it-matter-make-a-difference/make-it-matter-blogging-for-a-better-world-1/article179123.html

American actor and former spokesman for Dell Computers , Ben Curtis will be the featured actor in The OBIE and Lucille Lortel award-winning PECCADILLO THEATER COMPANY’S first revival in decades of LILLIAN HELLMAN’S “ANOTHER PART OF THE FOREST” at THEATRE AT ST. CLEMENT’S 423 W. 46th St. (bet. 9th & 10th Aves) NY, NY

Ben, who is from Chattanooga, was kind enough to send his grandmother’s recipe for the Tennessee cookbook, which I am working on.

CONGRATULATION

REAGAN AND BEN!!!!!

RELAY FOR LIFE

2010-05-07T15:06:00.000-07:00

RELAY FOR LIFE

May and June are traditionally the months when the American Cancer Society conducts Relay For Life Events across Kentucky.

This year we have had an opportunity to be a small part of this program. This is special to me as my father Wilson Allcock had cancer and passed away in 2001. I think he knows that I am helping with this and is pleased!

Several teams are using the cookbook as a fundraiser. If you want copies of “Favorite Recipes of Kentucky Celebrities” and want to help the American Cancer Society, PLEASE contact one of these teams.

Benton, KY: Stilley House: Contact Gina Wallace

Paducah, KY: Jackson Oaks Apartments: Contact Denise Rupp

Shepherdsville, KY: Bullit Co. Homemakers: Contact Joyce Crigler

Springfield, KY: Bank Relay For Life Team: Contact: Cathy Carrico

Lancaster, KY: Whitaker Bank: Contact Wilma Floyd

Danville, KY: Ephraim McDowell Regional Medical Center: Contact Melissa McCraw

Special Note: We did a Mother’s Day Book Signing last Wednesday and Thursday at Lourdes Hospital here in Paducah as a fundraiser for their Auxiliary. Nina Woods the Director for the Auxiliary has invited me to come back to do another book signing June 8. I guess that is for Father’s Day Dad’s that like to cook!

ACADEMY AWARD WINNING AUTHOR TOM RICKMAN

2010-04-29T07:48:00.000-07:00

ACADEMY AWARD WINNING AUTHOR TOM RICKMAN

In Gathering recipes for my Tennessee Cookbook, I have started collecting recipes from authors, writers, etc. I received a recipe from Sam Pickering (Robin William’s character from Dead Poet’s Society was based on him), John Rice Irwin Appalachian author and founder of the Museum of Appalachia in Norris, and a recipe for Banana Pancakes for Frances Hidgson Burnett (author of The Secret Garden). Her Biographer sent this recipe, she found while researching the book. The Tennessee Cookbook should go to the publisher in September.

I also said earlier, I would do blogs on various contributors for my Kentucky Cookbook. I am doing this on Academy Award winning writer Tom Rickman He sent a funny story that had to be edited to the publisher’s format and therefore I was unable to include. I am posting it today. If you want the entire recipe, you will have to get a copy of the cookbook “Favorite Recipes of Kentucky Celebrities. ENJOY!

MEATLOAF WELLINGTON

I tried this recipe once on a group of friends from whom the reviews were somewhat, well, guarded. It was, admittedly, an experiment: I wanted to make a down-home version of a Beef Wellington, substituting for its upscale (expensive) ingredients some very downscale (cheap) equivalents – meat loaf instead of a choice cut of beef, braunschweiger (or liverwurst) instead of pate de foie gras, etc. My guests applauded the political statement I was trying to make (they were Californians) while politely not asking for second helpings. I liked it though.

Make the meatloaf the way Mama made it (mine, anyway): a couple of pounds of hamburger, some diced onions and celery, maybe a carrot, and a can of tomatoes.

Tom Rickman from Sharpe, Ky ,whose screenwriting/directing feature movie credits include Oscar Winning “Coal Miner’s Daughter,” & “Truman,” for which he received an Emmy nomination, “Breakfast with Morrie,” “Berry Gordy’s Motown,” a miniseries.

2010 Fantastic Fiber Competitiion/Exhibition

2010-04-19T06:55:00.000-07:00

Tues. April 20 - Sat. April 24

CELEBRITY COOKBOOK

BOOK SIGNING FREE!!!!

Held in conjunction with the 2010 Fantastic Fiber Competition/Exhibition and National Quilt Show

Yeiser Art Center
200 Broadway
Paducah, Ky
10:00 am

What do Hannah Montana, Fess Parker, Bill Monroe and The National Quilt Museum have in common? They all contributed recipes to “Favorite Recipes of Kentucky Celebrities.” In the spirit of Kentucky neighborliness, you are invited to take a lighthearted peek into the personal recipe files of celebrities from all across Kentucky, as well as those who have strong ties to the Bluegrass State. This is just what “Favorite Recipes of Kentucky Celebrities” gives you an opportunity to do. The cookbook has more than 300 recipes from local and national personalities, highly visible Kentucky businesses, artist, writers, athletes, sportsmen, actors, musicians, bed and breakfasts, restaurants, notable events and places. In addition, there are brief notes with each recipe on the contributor. Kentucky author Pamela Whinnery will be at the Yeiser Art Center to sign copies of the cookbook, with proceeds going to the Yeiser Art Center. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. For more info, contact Pamela, 270.554.5332.

More on the 2010 Fantastic Fiber Exhibit!

The response to this year’s Fantastic Fibers Competition/Exhibition has been nothing short of…well, fantastic! Contemporary and innovative artworks created with fiber as the primary medium from three continents will be on display at the Yeiser Art Center during the month of April. Panoply of materials, techniques and processes take the form of two-dimensional wall hangings, three-dimensional object and sculpture, wearable art, and temporary installations. Techniques include embroidery, quilting, felting, tapestry, braiding, weaving, basketry, and a variety of mixed media, non-traditional processes. Materials range from traditional cotton, silk, and wool to a wide range of synthetic fibers and manmade materials.

Three jurors chose 56 works created by 45 fiber artists from
Lima, Peru; Durban, South Africa; and 25 states including Hawaii and the District of Columbia. Close to 600 entries were submitted by 137 fiber artists from Belgium, Canada, England, Germany, Peru, South Africa, and from 38 states.

PADUCAH'S NATIONAL QUILT SHOW ATTACTS 25,000 TO 30,000 QUILTERS FROM AROUND THE WORLD.

QUILTERS, WELCOME TO

PADUCAH AND WISHING YOU

GOD'S BLESSINGS, A SAFE

TRIP HERE, AND A SAFE

TRIP HOME!

Southern Kentucky Book Fest

2010-04-14T10:38:00.001-07:00

Southern Kentucky Book Fest

Saturday, April 17, 2010 9:00 a.m. — 4:00 p.m.

Join us at our new location:

Carroll Knicely Conference Center

Bowling Green, KY

We are thrilled to be one of the authors invited to participate in this event.

The Southern Kentucky Book Fest is the state's largest literary event and is presented by WKU Libraries, Warren County Public Library, and Barnes and Noble Booksellers. Held annually during National Library Week, the Book Fest draws thousands of readers of all ages who welcome the occasion to meet their favorite authors.

The 2010 SOKY Book Fest will be their 12th and is a fundraiser for the promotion of literacy in our community. The Book Fest was recently named one of Kentucky's Top 10 Events and attracts people from several surrounding states.

I have not received information on my booth number, so just look for the cookbook section or

PAMELA WHINNERY

Favorite Recipes of Kentucky Celebrities

Book Description:

What do Hannah Montana, Fess Parker, Bill Monroe, and Robert Penn Warren have in common? They all contributed recipes to “Favorite Recipes of Kentucky Celebrities”
In the spirit of Kentucky neighborliness, you are invited to take a lighthearted peek into the personal recipe files of celebrities from all across the state of Kentucky as well as those who have strong ties to the Bluegrass State.

The cookbook has over 300 recipes from local and national personalities, highly visible Kentucky businesses, artist, writers, athletes, sportsmen, actors, musicians, bed and breakfasts, restaurants, notable events and places. In addition, there are brief notes with each recipe on the contributor.

Author Biography:

Kentucky native Pamela Whinnery, who put the cookbook together, said she did not think of herself as an author. She felt the real authors were all of the wonderful individuals who took time from their busy schedules to graciously share their favorite recipes. She believes they were willing to do this as they knew the cookbook & each recipe is to be a gift to be shared as a fundraiser for Non-Profit Organizations all across Kentucky. She is presently working on 2 other cookbooks: a second Kentucky cookbook and one with Tennessee celebrity recipes.

2010 National Beta Club Convention, Louisville, KY

2010-04-09T11:27:00.000-07:00

Bob Bright, who is the National Beta Club Kentucky State Chairman & National Convention Planning Chair, has selected our cookbook "Favorite Recipes of Kentucky Celebrities," to give as gifts to various dignitaries and officials attending the national convention in Louisville. We are so honored to have the convention in our state and to be a part of the event.

The National Senior Convention and The National Junior Convention with over 5,000 in attendance are held in June and bring together thousands of Junior and Senior Beta Club members. National Conventions have been held in such locations as Orlando, Florida; New Orleans, Louisiana; and Nashville, Tennessee.

This years theme is A Circle of Winners!

The 2010 National Senior Beta Club Convention will be held in Louisville, KY June 30-July 3 at the Galt House/Kentucky Int. Convention Center

In addition, the 2010 National Junior Beta Club Convention will be held in Louisville, KY June 26-June 29 at the Galt House/Kentucky Int. Convention Center.

BOOK SIGNING TATER DAY

2010-04-04T20:25:00.000-07:00

IT’S HERE!!!
THE 167TH ANNUAL BENTON, KY TATER DAY
MONDAY APRIL 5TH

This year I will be doing a BOOK SIGNING for the American Cancer Society's Relay for Life Team, at Stilley House Monday April 5 (TATER DAY) from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. In addition, Mike Driver and his wife Ann have graciously accepted an invitation to help me sign the cookbooks.

Mike contributed a recipe in memory of his father Restaurateur Jim Driver. Ann and mike are owners of historic Aire Castle Inn B&B, 413 Salem Chapel Road North, Benton, KY, near beautiful Kentucky Lake. Ann sent me a recipe for the Lady Ann's Hashbrown Heaven she serves to her guest at the Bed & Breakfast.

MORE ABOUT TATER DAY: Tradition claims Tater Day was established in 1842, the year Marshall County was founded. At that time first Monday in April marked the beginning of county court. Local people took this day to come to Benton and transact their business. Many traded for their needs and one of the main items traded was sweet
potato slips, hence 'Tater Day.'

Old timers can still remember when mule buyers came from the South and nearby states to trade and buy livestock. A special section of the court square was set aside near 13th and Poplar for the trading ring for horses, mules, hogs, and sheep. This horse-swapping ring was usually the busiest part of Tater-Day but plenty of other entertainment could be foundaround the court square.

Today Tater Day also includes a parade, giant 'Flea Market' is the antique lovers' delight, Horse races, pony-pulling contests, and a Four-Wheel Drive Drag Race.

BE SURE AND STOP BY TO GET A COPY OF THE COOKBOOK AND HELP OUT THE STILLEY HOUSE RELAY FOR LIFE TEAM!!!

KENTUCKY STATE DAR CONFERENCE BOOK SIGNING

2010-03-22T20:42:00.000-07:00

FESS PARKER 1924-2010

Our thought and prayers go out to the family of Fess Parker, who passed away this week.

In 1964, Parker began filming his network television series, Kentuckian Daniel Boone. During six years as one of the highest rated shows of its time, Parker not only starred in the series but also co-produced it.

In 1987, Parker purchased a 714-acre ranch thirty-five miles north of Santa Barbara, in the Santa Ynez Valley, where he promptly set about planning and establishing Fess Parker's Winery & Vineyard.

Fess sent us a recipe for the cookbook “Favorite Recipes of Kentucky Celebrities,” because he portrayed Daniel Boone. The recipe was for a Quiche made by his neighbor Otto Eitel. He said they often served it with wine tasting at the vineyard.

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This weekend we will do a presentation and book signing at the Kentucky State DAR Conference at the Hilton Hotel in Lexington March 26-27 from 8:00-5:30. The book signing is to be a fundraiser for Duncan Tavern Historic Site located in Paris, KY, which is the DAR’s State Headquarters.

We will also do a book signing on the Thursday prior to the Conference at Varden’s Café in Paris, KY from 11:00- 6:00. Steve Varden is going to plan a special menu with items from the cookbook to be served the day of the book signing. The proceeds from the book signing are to aid the conservation of a Ranney portrait of the "Boone Party" coming over the Cumberland Gap. The painting is located at the historic site. We are delighted to have this opportunity to help such a deserving organization.”

Maybe I can talk Steve into helping sign the cookbooks as he contributed a recipe for the cookbook!

FUNDRAISER FOR GUIDE DOGS OF AMERICA

2010-03-16T18:14:00.000-07:00

FUNDRAISER FOR GUIDE DOGS OF AMERICA

Come join us this weekend March 20, 2010
Kentucky Oaks Mall
9am-5pm

We have seen big boy’s toys shows, boat shows, sports car shows! It’s about time someone had a show all about women. This is it! And it is coming back to Paducah. All in one location and under one roof, you’ll find everything you can imagine and things you never have.

We will have demonstrations, food samples, a chocolate fountain, cooking demonstrations, door prizes, hands on demonstrations and nearly 60 exhibitors set up just waiting to offer something special to each of the ladies participating that day.

NV Florist has graciously invited me to do a book signing at their booth with proceeds from my cookbook going to Guide Dogs of America.

The florist started including the cookbook "FAVORITE RECIPES OF KENTUCKY CELEBRITIES" in gift baskets just before Christmas. They make a great gift for someone in the hospital (The notes under recipes are fun reading.)

NV Florist is also recommending the cookbook as part of a gift basket for Mother’s Day.

Here is your chance to do something nice for your mother and for a wonderful organization.

DID YOU KNOW IT COST $35,OOO TO TRAIN A GUIDE DOG AND HIS OWNER!

BUTLER COUNTY'S 200TH ANNIVERSARY

2010-03-10T12:53:00.000-08:00

BUTLER COUNTY'S 200TH ANNIVERSARY

The Butler Family is known for generations of soldiers who won notoriety for their exploits in the Revolutionary War, the War of 1812, the Mexican War and the Civil War. Percival Butler, son of an Irish immigrant gunsmith and one of five brothers known as the "Fighting Butlers" of the Continental Army, was aide to General Marquee De Lafayette when the British surrendered at Yorktown. Washington himself bore testimony when he gave the historic toast: “To the Butlers and their five sons;” and Lafayette superbly supplemented this with: “When I wanted a thing done well, I had a Butler do it…”

Butler County in Kentucky, which was named for Gen. William O. Butler, is hosting a year long celebration of its 200th Anniversary. Part of that celebration is a book signing at the Morgantown Library on Friday, March 12, 8:30 TO 3:30 & Saturday, March 13, 9:00 to 4:00.

This weekend! There will be 12 authors!

I will be there to sign my cookbook “Favorite Recipes of Kentucky Celebrities”, with proceeds going to the Anniversary Committee.

JUST GOT BACK FROM KENTUCKY CRAFTED MARKET. I had so much fun this weekend and met so many wonderful people. John Hassman with Taste of Kentucky is now carrying the cookbook as is Jim Beam Outpost, Friends of LBL, and Appalachian Artisan Center. Steve Vest with Kentucky Monthly is going to do a story on the cookbook and the Lt. Governor's wife bought a copy. She said she was going to talk to some people about using it to promote Kentucky.

Isn't this wild! I worked as a Quality Control Lab Analyst at USEC in Paducah, took early retirement, and compiled the cookbook for fun. Some people quilt, play golf, or fish. I chose to do this. :-)

I THINK GOD IS CONSTANTLY CREATING NEW OPPORTUNITES FOR THE COOKBOOK.

ST. JOHN’S PARRISH & PHIL ROOF

2010-02-21T13:55:00.000-08:00

ST. JOHN’S PARRISH & PHIL ROOF

My husband & I attended the St. John’s Catholic Church’s Fish Fry last Friday with our good friends Mike & Yvonne Bosch and Bill & Barbara Gholson. The Fish Fry is one of several annual fundraisers done by the local Parrish’s Knight’s of Columbus & an activity the entire community looks forward too. The fish fry and the church’s annual picnic are major community events, where you go to visit friends, family, and get the best-fried fish in Western Kentucky. The Picnic held in August is a major political event that draws national, state, and regional politicians.

Located just south of Lone Oak & Paducah KY St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church was founded in 1839 by a group of German Catholic immigrants who had settled in Western Kentucky several years earlier and the picnic was started in 1930’s.

What does this have to do with the cookbook “Favorite Recipes of Kentucky Celebrities?” The church sold the cookbook as part of their picnic fundraiser last August and one of their members contributed his mother’s Blackberry Cobbler recipe.

St. John’s member Phil Roof was a catcher for the Milwaukee Braves (1961 and 1964), California Angels (1965), Cleveland Indians (1965), Kansas City Athletics/Oakland Athletics (1966-69), Milwaukee Brewers (1970-71), Minnesota Twins (1971-76), Chicago White Sox (1976) and Toronto Blue Jays (1977).

He is the brother of former Major League Baseball outfielder Gene Roof and the cousin of former MLB outfielder and manager Eddie Haas.

In 15 seasons he played in 857 Games and had 2,151 At Bats, 190 Runs, 463 Hits, 69 Doubles, 13 Triples, 43 Home Runs, 210 RBI, 11 Stolen Bases, 184 Walks, .215 Batting Average, .283 On-base percentage, .319 Slugging Percentage, 687 Total Bases, 40 Sacrifice Hits, 6 Sacrifice Flies and 18 Intentional Walks.

Roof also served as bullpen coach for the San Diego Padres (1978), Seattle Mariners (1983-88) and Chicago Cubs (1990-91), and managed for 16 years in the Twins organization before his 2005 retirement.

To get a copy of the recipe and cookbook contact me at whinneryw@bellsouth.net or stop by Booth 712 at the Kentucky Crafted Market March 4-7 at the Louisville Fair Grounds.

KENTUCKY CRAFTED MARKET MARCH 4-7

2010-02-15T19:11:00.000-08:00

KENTUCKY CRAFTED MARKET MARCH 4-7

“Favorite Recipes of Kentucky Celebrities” cookbook will be a part of the 2010 Kentucky Crafted Market. We will be at Booth 712 in the Books and Publishers Section.
This is such an honor as it is by invitation only.

As this is our first year to participate, we are offering two SHOW PROMOTIONS. For orders placed during the show of 10 or more cookbooks, we will provide FREE SHIPPING. For orders of 20 or more, we will give an additional 10% DISCOUNT on the total order to both wholesale business and individual retail orders.

Be sure to stop by the show at the Kentucky Fair Grounds in Louisville and my booth 712. You can check out their website at http://kycraft.ky.gov

SNOW AND SNOW ICE CREAM

2010-02-03T08:57:00.000-08:00

SNOW AND SNOW ICE CREAM

Let it snow! Let it Snow! Let it Snow! Paducah and Western Kentucky received from 4 to 7 inches of snow this past week. It was beautiful with ice on our pond and woodpeckers and deer at our birdfeeders. What a beautiful gift from God!

The snow reminded me of a recipe in my Cookbook, "Favorite Recipes of Kentucky Celebrities.” The recipe was for Snow Ice Cream and came from Emmy award winning meteorologist John Belski. John has been the meteorologist at WAVE-TV in Louisville for over 20 years. He likes this recipe because it is directly related to the weather and can make it feel a little like summer in the middle of winter.

In addition to being an Emmy award winning meteorologist, John has received various awards from community organizations and publications including being named Best Of Louisville by the readers of Louisville magazine for a number of years and has been named Best of Kentucky by the readers of Kentucky Monthly magazine and the LEO's Readers' Choice Award. John has received the Special Service Award from the National Weather Service and was presented the Mark Trail Award for public awareness of NOAA weather radios. This prestigious national award was presented on Capitol Hill in Washington D.C.

His folksy, friendly style along with his weather knowledge makes him a favorite among viewers. Several years ago, John was among a select few TV meteorologists from around the country to be invited to the White House to meet with the President for a discussion on global warming.

If you would like to know more about John, you can go to WAVE-TV’s website http://www.wave3.com/Global/story.asp?S=26845 and if you would like a copy of his recipe, you can purchase a copy of the cookbook “Favorite Recipes of Kentucky Celebrities” by contacting me at whinneryw@bellsouth.net. In the Louisville area, North Middle School in Vine Grove is taking orders for the cookbook as a fundraiser and it is also available at the Hadley Pottery Museum.

Remember the proceeds from individual sales of the cookbook goes to non-profit organizations in the Paducah area and the cookbook is available as a fundraiser for any non-profit organization.

LAND BETWEEN THE LAKES

2010-01-24T17:07:00.000-08:00

LAND BETWEEN THE LAKES

Eagles! Eagles! And more Eagles!!!!! That is what we had an opportunity to see this weekend. We went with friends on a dinner cruise aboard the 95 ft. Louisville-based CQ Princess Excursion yacht. It sails out of Kenlake Marina in Aurora, KY, to see the Eagles on the shores of Kentucky Lake. The eagles are nesting during the winter months in the Land Between the Lakes. We saw between 20 and 30 eagles as well as Blue Heron, Coots, and Red Tail Hawks. The LBL provides wildlife experts to help find the eagles and provide information on them. There are now over 200 eagles in the LBL.

And what does this have to do with the cookbook “Favorite Recipes of Kentucky Celebrities?” The Land Between the Lakes contributed one of the recipes in the cookbook. It was not your typical recipe. They sent a recipe for a “Suet Bird Feeder.” For all bird lovers this is a great recipe.

And what is Land Between the Lakes? When the Cumberland and Tennessee Rivers were impounded to create Kentucky Lake and Lake Barkley, an inland peninsula was formed. With more than 170,000 acres and 300 miles of undeveloped shoreline, The Land Between the Lakes is the corner stone of Western Kentucky’s $600 million tourism industry. Again, you will have to buy the cookbook to get the recipe.

Up date on new recipes for the latest cookbook I am compiling. It is made up of Tennessee celebrities. I received a recipe this week from the daughter of the late Grammy winning musician John Hartford. He wrote “Gentle on My Mind” and music for “Oh Brother Where Art Thou” among other things. I also received a recipe from Memphis Mayor A.C. Wharton.

I just received my booth assignment for the Kentucky Crafted Market held in Louisville. I will be in the publisher’s section in Booth 712. The Market is scheduled for March 4-7. Hope to see you there!

"KASSIE'S HAPPY HATS"

2010-01-18T14:10:00.000-08:00

Kassie De Pavia wearing one of her "Happy Hats"

Congratulations to Meryl Streep for winning the Golden Globe for her role in “Julie and Julia.” I could so relate to that movie after creating the cookbook “Favorite Recipes of Kentucky Celebrities” and presently compiling the second cookbook “Favorite Recipes of Tennessee Celebrities.”

I received two great recipes for the new Tennessee cookbook last week. One from Kenny Rogers and the other from animal educator Jack Hanna.

Now I promised to do a blog each week about various contributors to the Kentucky cookbook. Before I start, I have two new organizations that are selling the Cookbook as a fundraiser. The Prestonsburg Convention and Visitor’s Bureau in Prestonsburg, KY and Cathy Carrico from Springfield, KY. Cathy is selling the cookbook as a fundraiser for the American Cancer Society’s Relay For Life Event in Springfield.

I am so thankful to have the opportunity to work with these two organizations!

NOW FOR THIS WEEKS CELEBRITY BLOG. Kassie De Pavia

Actor Kassie De Paiva was born and grew up in Morganfield, KY one of four children in a Southern Baptist family (Her father was a minister). She has starred in numerous television roles including Chelsea Reardon on “The Guiding Light”, Melrose Place, & Baywatch. She presently has a leading role as Blair Cramer on “One Life to Live.”

Kassie sent a salad recipe for the cookbook. She is a very caring person, who loves music. She is in a band: Divas of Daytime. They were recently in Franklin, KY doing a benefit concert and she is especially interested in the work and research for hearing loss. She hand makes hats called “Kassie’s Happy Hats”, which you can buy on her website. 100% of the proceeds goes to League of Hard of Hearing. You can go to her website to find out more about her support and interest in this area. www.kassiedepaiva.com

The Morganfield Lion’s Club (where Kassie is from) is presently selling the cookbooks as a fundraiser. If you live in the Morganfield area, show your support for this great organization by purchasing one of the cookbooks "Favorite Recipes of Kentucky Celebrities".

Bye for now and God’s blessings until next week.

SPINDLETOP HALL & FARM

2010-01-10T15:29:00.000-08:00

SPINDLETOP HALL & FARM
LEXINGTON,KY

I have exciting news! The Lexington Convention and Visitors Bureau (they are non-profit) just purchased cookbooks to give as gifts to various dignitaries and business people that come to Lexington. I hope they will consider it as a promotional tool for the 2010 World Equestrian Games. Patricia Knight, Vice President of Finance and Operations said, "Visitors love things like this."

I want to start doing a blog on some of the people and places that contributed recipes to my cookbook. After all, it would never have been possible with out all these wonderful people.

Speaking of Lexington… I received a recipe from Historic Spindletop Hall

The History of Spindletop Hall & Farm

On November 13, 1925, Miles Frank Yount struck oil at the Spindletop field in Beaumont, Texas. The fields produced over 340,000 barrels of oil an acre per year, pumping in excess of 50 million barrels within 5 years. Miles Frank and wife Pansy established a stable of American Saddle bred horses, quickly becoming recognized as a leader in the industry.

Spindletop Hall & Farm was established in 1935 on 800 acres of land in Lexington, KY. When completed, the mansion housed 40 rooms and over 45,000 square feet of floor space.

Spindletop Hall’s Award-winning Chef Ed Valente contributed an amazing recipe, “Sweet Potato, Sorghum, & Bourbon Pie.” He and his culinary team provide a variety of menus to cater to every taste – from regional cuisine to casual fare to five-star gourmet dining.

If you are in the Lexington area, you must visit and dine at beautiful Spindletop Hall and if you want the recipe, you will have to buy a copy of “Favorite Recipes of Kentucky Celebrities."

FAVORITE COOKBOOK !!!!

2010-01-02T08:50:00.000-08:00

FAVORITE COOKBOOK !!!!

Leigh Landini Wright, who does the TASTE Section for the Paducah Sun recently did a story on her very favorite cookbook. She told of a student (at the school where she does Public Relations) who made a homemade cookbook as a gift for her.

This story brought back some very special memories. When my son was young, our family was very involved in church. One day after church, he ask me for a copy of my Chocolate Brownie Pie, which was his very favorite recipe. He said he could not tell me why.

On the following Mother’s Day, he gave me a homemade cookbook with all the favorite recipes of his bible class. It was made of blue construction paper with the title “COOKBOOK” printed in large letters with a crayon. In his eagerness to put it together, the recipes were stapled in up-side-down.

The cookbook is now very old, the construction paper is faded, and the pages are stained with chocolate and butter. However, each time I open it the cookbook brings a smile to my face. It brings back memories of a young child so loving and caring. A young child so eager to show his love. It truly is my VERY FAVORITE COOKBOOK.

I used the cookbook this Christmas holiday to make the traditional 3 pies. One for our dinner and 2 that I always make for my niece and nephew as part of their Christmas presents. It is still the Family Favorite.

Thanks to Leigh for bringing back such good memories.

I would also like to thank Leigh for doing several stories on the my cookbook “Favorite Recipes of Kentucky Celebrities.” I know she has so many request from various contributors. I really appreciated her including the cookbook.

Also if you have not yet seen this, check out the December Issue of “Paducah Life” and the January issue of “Kentucky Living” Magazines, as they both did stories on the cookbook.

WISHING YOU A VERY HAPPY AND BLESSED NEW YEAR!!!!

God’s blessings,

Pam Whinnery

WORLD PREMIERE “ SPY ”

2009-12-23T14:28:00.000-08:00

WORLD PREMIERE “ SPY ”
WITH BEN CURTIS

The new cookbook I am working on is well under way. “Favorite Recipes of Tennessee Celebrities” has over 100 recipes including Flatt and Scruggs (sent by family members), George S. Curtis (He wrote music score for Austin Powers Movie), Tom T. Hall, Hannah Montana and her father.

I am having so much fun doing this. It has been an opportunity to meet and exchange e-mails with so many wonderful people. Sometimes there are some very nice surprises. I have been exchanging e-mails with Ben Curtis (The Dell Kid), who is from Chattanooga.

He is starring with Vincent Pastore and Frank Vincent (Both from Sopranos) in the new movie Spy. Ben was so gracious to offer us tickets to the New York Premiere. We would love to go, however New York is a long way from Kentucky. I am still very appreciative of the offer.

Now to all the wonderful people who have contributed recipes, purchased a cookbook to help with a numerous fundraisers, and those who just happen to stop by to read this blog, I wish you a very blessed Christmas and New Year. Thank you for all your help and God’s blessings.

CANDIDATES FOR 2010 ELECTION: KENTUCKY U.S. SENATOR

2009-12-15T19:20:00.001-08:00

CANDIDATES FOR 2010 KENTUCKY U.S. SENATOR

GUESS WHICH CANDIDATE DID NOT SEND A RECIPE FOR THE NEW KENTUCKY CELEBRITY COOKBOOK!

Three months ago, I attended the Fancy Farm Picnic. All four of the candidates running for Senator in 2010 were there and gave speeches.

It had so much fun! I did a blog on the picnic, as I am working on 2 more cookbooks, another one for Kentucky, and one on Celebrities from Tennessee.

I wanted recipes from each of the candidates. I had an opportunity to speak with each of them and their staff. They all promised to send recipes. The staff ask me to send them reminders, which I did.

I really wanted recipes from each of them as I had recipes in the first cookbook from Senator Mitch McConnell, Governor Steve Beshear, and all of the Kentucky U. S. Representatives.

Here are the results:

Attorney General Jack Conway and his wife Elizabeth sent a recipe for “Pork, Chicken, and Sausage Jambalaya

Secretary of State Trey Grayson sent a recipe that his wife makes. Nancy Grayson’s Artichoke Dip

Lt. Governor Dan Mongiardo likes to cook and sent a recipe with Venison. Dr. Dan’s Deerly Loved Lasagna

And Dr. Ron Paul son of former Presidential Candidate Rand Paul… Well! We are still waiting.

Probably no one politically connected reads this blog, but if they did, it would be interesting to hear some comments on why they think he and his staff promised to send a recipe and did not follow through.

It is a minor thing, but the cookbooks are used as fundraisers for non-profit organizations and it would have been encouraging to know that all the candidates followed through on their promises. Especially since, we were not asking for money or political favors.

I HAVE FAITH! I THINK HE WILL COME

THROUGH WITH A RECIPE!

28TH ANNUAL KENTUCKY DEPT. OF LIBRARIES BOOK FAIR

2009-12-06T18:54:00.000-08:00

28TH ANNUAL KENTUCKY DEPT. OF LIBRARIES BOOK FAIR

I was one of 200 authors invited to participate in the Kentucky Department of Libraries Book Fair, which was held in the capital city of Frankfort.

For the official numbers here goes:

Top sellers for individual titles include: Burch, Hatter and Hughes, James Archambeault, Senator George McGovern, Silas House, Gary West, Tori Murden McClure, Barbara Napier, Allan Eckert, David Dick, Sallie Clay Lanham with Rebecca D. Bolton and Mary Nash Cox, PAMELA WHINNERY, Joy Perrine, Phyllis George, Chester Zoeller and Mark Wayne Adams.

We had $141,000 in sales---very very good in light of this year’s economy.
3900 patrons attended.
Of the 523 titles offered for sale, nearly 7300 books were sold.

The Director Connie Crowe sent this information to me.

As this was a new adventure for me, I knew it would be fun.

However, it was more enjoyable, because Connie Crowe was so helpful and patient in answering my numerous questions. I did try to tell as many people with committee tags and Member at Large tags, etc. how much I appreciated her help and that I thought she did a great job. They all told me she was a Saint.

And the volunteers!!! I can’t say enough about how much I appreciated their checking on me and the other authors numerous times. They were wonderful.

THE BOOK FAIR IS A FUNDRAISER FOR LIBRARY SCHOLARSHIPS AND GRANTS FOR STATE LIBRARIES. I CONSIDERED IT A PRIVILEGE TO BE A PART OF THIS ACTIVITY.

ART, ARTISTS, & AUTHORS

2009-11-09T07:38:00.000-08:00

ART, ARTISTS, & AUTHORS

When: November 14th, 2009
Time: 3:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.
What: Lower Town Second Saturday
Where: Lower Town Art Galleries

Come experience this first-time event, “Art, Artist, & Authors,” during Lower Town’s Second Saturday gallery walk, and get that special someone the perfect gift for the holidays!

What a great opportunity to purchase unique, original artwork and books signed by the artist and /or author. Stroll from gallery to gallery to meet and talk with the various artist and authors. Questions? Contact Stefanie Graves 270-908-0755 or Pam Whinnery 270-554-5332

Kijsa Housman Studio, 444 N. 8th Street, artist Kijsa Housman
Author: Tracy Buchanan, “Flutterbies”

Cowango Studio, 517 N 8th Street, artists Stefanie Graves and David Lucht
Author: Berry Craig, “True Tales of Old-Time Kentucky Politics: Bombast, Bourbon & Burgoo”

Judeen’s Art Studio:, 720 Harrison Street, artist Judeen Theis
Authors: Pam Whinnery, “Favorite Recipes of Kentucky Celebrities”
Angie Wyatt, “Timmy the Tractor, His Hay Day”

Pinecone Studio, 419 N. 7th Street, artist Char Downs
Authors: Char Downs and Jay Siska, “Then & Now, Lower Town, Paducah”

Gallery 5, 803 Madison Street, artist William Renzulli
Authors: William Renzulli, “Have I Told You Today That I Love You: A father's words to his children”
Patience Renzulli, Mama Pajama Tells A Story: Writings About Dogs & Their Servants

Mentor House: Paulette Mentor, 332 N. 6th Street, artist Paulette Mentor
Authors: Ro Morse, "100 Things to Enjoy in Historic Paducah", "Ro”s Simple Pleasures”
Ann Watkins, “Reclaiming the Art of Child Training Toward a Biblical Approach”

Etcetera, 320 N. 6th Street, owners, Johanna & Allen Rhodes
Author: Cliff Gill, “Doin' Time for a Living: The story of a Kentucky Jail”
Clay Campbell, “Guitars, Bar's & a Prodigal Son”

The Egg and I, 335 N. 6th Street, artist, Carol Gabany
Author: Steve G. Gabany, Ph.D., "Historic Architecture of Paducah and McCracken County"

Stornaway House Gallery, 513 N.6th Street, artists Carolyn & Wil MacKay
Author: John Robertson, “Paducah, a Pictorial History”

Bryerpatch Studio, 502 N. 5th Street, artist Caryl Fallert
Author: Caryl Fallert, a variety of quilting how-to books

2009 KDLA BOOKFAIR, FRANKFORT, KY

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The date of the 2009 Kentucky Book Fair is November 7th at the Frankfort Convention Center, 405 Mero Street, Frankfort, KY. Hours are 9 to 4:30 p.m.

Admission is free.

The list of authors attending the 2009 Kentucky Book Fair is now available at their:

website

www.kybookfair.com

The exciting news is my cookbook "Favorite Recipes of Kentucky Celebrities" has been selected for the bookfair. With nearly 200 authors selected, it is one of only 5 cookbooks chosen.

If you are going to the book fair I will be in Row 7 Table 33b.

Other Paducah authors: Tracey Bucanhan, Cliff Gill, & Molly Harper.

KENTUCKY LIVING MAGAZINE

2009-10-29T11:56:00.000-07:00

KENTUCKY LIVING MAGAZINE

The Kentucky Living Magazine is doing a story on my Cookbook “Favorite Recipes of Kentucky Celebrities” in their December issue. Janet Hoover is doing the story, complete with photos

“The Phoenix,” which is the national publication for Alpha Sigma Alpha Sorority is also planning to cover the cookbook. However, they have not provided me with a date. More on this at a later date.

If you are looking for a GREAT way to raise funds for your favorite non-profit, consider this cookbook. The Boone County Band Boosters (Florence, KY) just completed their fundraiser. They sold 63 copies and raise $610. for the band. They were thrilled they did not have to compile it themselves.

If you are interested in taking orders or having the cookbook in your gift shop contact Pamela Whinnery 270-5545332 whinneryw@bellsouth.net

“Favorite Recipes of Kentucky Celebrities” Cookbook release date: 12/1/2008
Kentucky Author Pamela Whinnery

*** Cookbook is an accepted Publication of the Kentucky Arts & Heritage Cabinet’s Kentucky Artisan Center at Berea***

***Cookbook has been selected by Kentucky Parks Department for State Park Gift Shops.***

*** The cookbook is now an accepted publication of the Jesse Stuart Foundation***

***Author has been selected to participate in the Kentucky Dept. of Libraries 2009
Kentucky Book Fair in Frankfort & 2010 Kentucky Crafted Market in Louisville **

It is presently for sale in the following locations:

Bluegrass Railroad Museum, Versailles, KY
Bowling Green Convention & Visitor’s Bureau, Bowling Green, KY
Chestnut Tree Gallery, Richmond, KY
Christian Way Farms, Hopkinsville, KY
Georgetown College, Georgetown, KY
Grand River Tourism Association, Grand Rivers, KY
Hadley Pottery, Louisville, KY
Highlands Museum, Ashland, KY
Homestead Bed & Breakfast, Bardstown, KY
Ice House Gallery, Mayfield, KY
Izzy’s Boutique, Bardstown, KY
International Bluegrass Museum, Owensboro, KY
Jesse Stewart Foundation, Ashland, KY
Jim Beam Outpost, Clemont, KY
Kentucky Artisan Center, Berea, KY
Kentucky Dept. of Ag. Kentucky Proud Market, Lexington, KY
Kentucky Dept. of Tourism
Kentucky Dept. of Libraries, KDLA Book Fair
Lost River Cave, Bowling Green, KY
Main Street Market, Newport, KY
McGaffin Co. Historical Society, Salyerville, KY
Museum of Appalachia, Norris, TN
Penn Store, Gravel Switch, KY
Pine Mountain Settlement, Pine Mountain, KY
Purple Toad Winery, Paducah, KY
Quail Hollow Candle Co. Adolphus, KY
Rebecca Ruth Candy, Frankfort, KY
Steve Curtis Chapman Foundation, Nashville, TN
Taste of Kentucky, Frankfort, KY
Turfway Park, Florence, KY
Whistle Stop Café, Glendale, KY
Yeiser Art Center, Paducah, KY

It has been used as a fundraiser by the Following Organizations:

Allen County League of Artist and Craftsman: Contact Tee Kuelic
Boone County High School Band Boosters: Contact Eileen Jones
Boston Elementary PTA: Pam Corter
Bowling Green Red Cross at National Corvette Homecoming: Contact Joe Pruitt
Bluegrass Community College Arts Foundation: Contact Teresa Tope
Calhoun Elementary School PTO: Contact Tara Leachman
Concordia Lutheran Church, Louisville, KY: Contact Debbie Blum
EKU’s Kentucky Riverkeepers: Contact Dr. Allen Banks and Pat Banks
Faith Lutheran Church, Louisville, KY: Contact Barbara Anderson
Fort Campbell Armed Services YMCA: Contact Janis Corley
Guide Dogs of America: Contact Sondra Bennett
Hanson, KY Lions Club: Contact Teresa Anthony
Harlan, KY Red Cross: Preston Mclain
Hickman Co. Friends of the Arts: Contact Mary Potter
Just For Kicks (Kids Introduced to Christ): Contact Lanita Boyd
Immanuel Lutheran Church LWML Murray, KY: Contact Donna Holsten
Lowertown Artist Association, Paducah, KY: Contact Judeen Theis
Lyon County Chamber of Commerce: Contact Sandy Davis
McCracken County Homemakers Club: Contact Claudia Stevens
Morganfield, KY Lion’s Club: Contact Debbie Odom
Newport, KY Chamber of Commerce: Contact Kevin Smith
Northern Kentucky Women’s Outpost Ministry: Contact Lanita Boyd
Paducah Cooperative Ministry: Contact Heidi Suhrheinrich
Radcliff Middle School PTO: Laura McGray
St. John’s Parrish, Paducah, KY: Contact Hazel Wurth

JESSE STUART FOUNDATION

2009-10-21T06:48:00.000-07:00

KENTUCKY AUTHOR JESSE STUART

We took a brief break from doing the blog as we had family visiting from Louisville. My husband’s sister and family came for a visit. We really enjoyed their visit. My niece came with them. She has become such a beautiful young woman. It is so nice to have a young person in our family who treats us with so much love and respect yet ask nothing in return. Like a breath of fresh air. I know their parents are so proud of their children. They are truly a blessing to our family.

Now enough about family! Cookbook update! The cookbook “Favorite Recipes of Kentucky Celebrities,” which I compiled has been included in the items that will be sold by the Jesse Stuart Foundation. I am humbled by this honor.

The Jesse Stuart Foundation is devoted to preserving the human and literary legacy of Jesse Stuart and other Kentucky and Appalachian writers. The Foundation also promotes a number of cultural and educational programs. We encourage the study of Jesse Stuart's works, and of related material, especially the history, culture, and literature of Kentucky and Appalachia.

Dr. Keith R. Kappes Chairman of the Foundation states, “We are proud that Jesse Stuart's books are a guideline to the solid values of America's past. With good humor and brilliant storytelling, Stuart praises the Appalachian people whose quiet lives were captured forever in his wonderful novels and stories. In Jesse's books, readers will find people who value hard work, who love their families, their land, and their country, who believe in education, honesty, thrift, and compassion--people who play by the rules. Today, we are so caught up in teaching children to read that the process has obscured its higher purpose. Children require more than literacy. They need to learn, from reading, the unalterable principles of right and wrong. That is why Stuart's books are so important. They allow educators and parents to make reading fun for children while teaching solid values at the same time. In a world that is rapidly losing perspective, we at the JSF believe we must help educate tomorrow's adults for responsible citizenship.”

It is an honor to be a small part of this organization and to have an opportunity to help support these goals.

Paducah Author to Conduct Two Book Signings Saturday October 10th

2009-10-08T09:27:00.000-07:00

ACTRESS AND SUPER MODEL MOLLIE SIMS

Did you ever wonder what those gorgeous supermodels and movie stars (wearing size 2 dresses) choose as their favorite food? You would be surprised!

Actress and supermodel Mollie Sims, from Boaz, KY loves her mom’s Spinach Quiche. Jeri Ryan a graduate of Lone Oak High School and a regular on Star Trek, prefers a lamb dish prepared by her husband, French Chef Christophe Eme.

If you ask Louisville native Erin Hill, the harpist for musician Kayne West and who performs as Annie Blake on the daytime television show “Another World,” she will tell you in an instant it is the fourth generation family recipe for Fried Pumpkin Blossoms.

Reagan Payne, born and raised in Murray, KY and a regular on the television series “The Closer,” loves homemade honey granola.

If you want the detailed recipes, you will need to attend one of two book signings of the cookbook “Favorite Recipes of Kentucky Celebrities” this weekend by Paducah native and author Pam Whinnery.

The first will take place from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. October 10, at the Grand River’s Harvest Moon Festival. The Grand River’s Chamber of Commerce / Western Waterlands Tourism organization is hosting the book signing as a fundraiser for tourism projects.

The second book signing is in conjunction with the Lowertown’s Second Saturday events this Saturday. Pam will be at Judeen Theis Art Gallery from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. This is a fundraiser for the Lowertown Artist Association.

The cookbook is also available locally at Ice House Gallery in Mayfield, Purple Toad Winery (as a fundraiser for St. Mary’s High School), St. John’s Catholic Church (there is a recipe from professional baseball player Phil Roof), Immanuel Lutheran Church, Murray, and the Yeiser Art Center here in Paducah.

If you have any questions or would like to use the cookbook as a fundraiser contact Pam Whinnery at 270-554-5332 or e-mail her at whinneryw@bellsouth.net

2 BOOK SIGNINGS THIS WEEKEND!!! OCTOBER 3, 2009

2009-09-30T23:21:00.000-07:00

KUTTAWA, KY. AND HANSON, KY.

We are truly blessed with the opportunity to do 2 book signings this weekend Saturday October 3, 2009.

The Lyon County Chamber of Commerce has invited the Author (Me: Pam Whinnery) to do a book signing of “Favorite Recipes of Kentucky Celebrities” at the Autumn Festival in Kuttawa on beautiful Lake Barkley. I will be there from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Proceeds from the book sales will go to the Lyon County Chamber’s project to provide Recycle Bends at the various Lake Barkley Marinas. All those boaters that come in after a day on the lake will have a place to recycle aluminum cans and plastic bottles. Isn’t this a great project!

Then we are going to Hanson, KY, which is just north of Madisonville to do a book signing starting at 5:00 p.m. as a fundraiser for the Hanson Lions Club at the annual Hanson Cruise-in.

Hanson has the distinction of being Kentucky's smallest historic district with a thriving art and antiques community. With architecture from the late 1870's - 1890's, what's outside is just as fantastic as the fabulous shops inside these architectural treasures. From art and antiques to biscuits and B-B-Q, Hanson Kentucky has something to offer for everyone. Reaching back into its vibrant history, Hanson has become a haven for artisans and antique collectors.

This should be fun! Come join us to help a wonderful organization.

“KENTUCKY PROUD PRODUCT"

2009-09-27T16:32:00.000-07:00

Exciting news for the COOKBOOK!!!

“Favorite Recipes of Kentucky Celebrities” was selected to be a “Kentucky Proud Product” This is the first book/cookbook to be considered by the Kentucky Proud Program. The cookbook has several recipes from Kentucky Proud Businesses, such as distilleries, vineyards, and craftsman that use farm products. It will be available at the Kentucky Proud Market

Kentucky Proud Market offers specialty foods, beverages, and handcrafted items grown and produced by Kentucky Proud and Kentucky Crafted members.

We are excited to be a part of the store, which recently opened at 210 W. Vine St., Lexington, KY. This is the first Kentucky Proud Market location in The Shops at Lexington Center. Located in the heart of downtown Lexington adjacent to Triangle Park, Victorian Square Shops, Rupp Arena and hotels, the center boasts over 1 million visitors per year for UK games, concerts, sports venues, family shows, conferences, and conventions. The 5,000 square foot store in endorsed by The Kentucky Department of Agriculture. Their long-range plans are to open stores all across Kentucky to promote Kentucky Proud Products.

In addition to their retail location in The Shops at Lexington Center, all of the Kentucky Proud and Kentucky Crafted products (INCLUDING MY COOKBOOK) are available for sale on their website.

The Great Outhouse Blowout Race is this Saturday September 12, 2009 at Penn Store in Gravel Switch, KY.

2009-09-09T13:15:00.000-07:00

The 17th Annual Great Outhouse Blowout Race held at Penn’s Store in Gravel Switch, KY (near Danville). The September 12th event is carried live on ESPN. The celebration first started in 1992 as an Outhouse Dedication Ceremony at America's oldest country store, still in ownership and operation by the same family since 1845. The historic '92 event included performances by Chet Atkins and Billy Edd Wheeler. Dawn Lane Osborn, granddaughter of Alma 'Tincy' Penn Lane invited Pam to do a book signing as a fundraiser for Penn’s Store and its OUTHOUSE, which are listed on the National Registry of Historic Places, a Kentucky Historical Landmark, and a Kentucky Centennial Business.

I will be doing a book signing from 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. under the WHITE tent marked CELEBRITY COOKBOOKS. And that is a whole new story. I ordered the new tent and it arrived 4 days before the book signing. However, when I opened the box it was a PURPLE TENT with PURPLE side panels and marked SCRANTON PREP SCHOOL. Fortunately, they sent us both labels so we could mail them overnight to each other.

The race should be great fun, but keep Dawn Lane Osborn of Penn Store in your prayers as she had to go to the Emergency room and was admitted to the hospital in Danville, KY yesterday.