This is a great opportunity for college students all across Kentucky.

Western Kentucky Publisher Celebrity Cookbooks is one of Five Scholarship sponsors for the 2012 Business of Writing Summit at University of Louisville Aug. 11-12. With Keynote speakers Andrea Gardener of Glasgow, Scotland and Peggy DeKay of Louisville, KY  Students participating in this year’s summit come from  Ashford University, Northern Kentucky University, and University of Louisville. For more information on the Summit http://www.businessofwritingsummit.com/

FROM CORVETTES TO OUTHOUSES

Recipe from Kentucky Down Under included in The Kentucky Cookbook!!!

Author and Kentucky native Pam Whinnery will be signing her Celebrity Cookbooks this weekend, Saturday, June 30 at the Horse Cave, KY Book Fest 2012, along with over 100 authors from across the nation. Whinnery’s book signing of both her Kentucky and Tennessee cookbooks is serving as a fundraiser for the Kentucky Repertory Theatre.

Now in its sixth printing the cookbook, “Favorite Recipes of Kentucky Celebrities” is a celebration of all things Kentucky. It not only has recipes from famous celebrities such as Bill Monroe, Ashley Judd, and magician Lance Burton, but recipes from various historical locations, tourist attractions, and unique Kentucky celebrations.

The bestselling author has had the opportunity to participate in several of these incredible celebrations. Joe Pruitt, organizer of the National Corvette Homecoming ask her to do a book signing at the event as a fundraiser for the Bowling Green Chapter of the American Cancer Society. The Annual Homecoming is in Bowling Green, which is the home of the only Corvette plant in the world and the National Corvette Museum.

Probably the most unusual and fun event is the Annual Great Outhouse Blowout Race held at Penn’s Store in Gravel Switch, KY (near Danville). The September 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 Bill Edd Wheeler. Dawn Lane Osborn, granddaughter of Alma 'Tincy' Penn 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.

Her second cookbook “Country Goodness Recipes of Tennessee Celebrities,” which is in its third printing has recipes from Reese Witherspoon, Elvis, & basketball legend Lionel Hollins. The cookbook was part of a book signing by the author and John Carter Cash at the 40^th Annual Museum of Appalachia Fall Homecoming. This celebration is honoring Appalachian Folk life through music and crafts.

Come join the fun this Saturday, 10am-6pm at Horse Cave, KY. If you cannot attend this amazing book event, but would like a copy of Whinnery’s cookbooks, or would like to use them as a fundraiser for a non-profit organization in your community, you may contact the author at: Pamela Whinnery, 5754 Lovelaceville Rd. Paducah, KY, 42001; e-mail whinneryw@bellsouth.net, or she can be reached at 270-554-5332. For more information on the cookbooks, go to her website: https://sites.google.com/site/celebritycookbooks/home The suggested retail price is $19.95 each with 50% of the cost going to the non-profit organization.

EDDIE MONTGOMERY

EDDIE MONTGOMERY STEAKHOUSE

HOSTING KENTUCKY LITERARY EVENT

Country Music Star Eddie Montgomery of MontgomeryGentry will be hosting a Songwriters and Authors Event at his Steakhouse inHarrodsburg, KY. Come join the fun Friday and Saturday night, April 20 and 21from 6:00 p.m.to 1:00 a.m.

To start offthe activities Kentucky author Pamela Whinnery will be signing her cookbooks” Favorite Recipes of Kentucky Celebrities” and “Country Goodness Recipes
of Tennessee Celebrities.” Following this will be numerous Kentucky
Songwriters from across the state performing their music.

On Saturday there will be The 5th Annual Kentucky Writer’s Celeb Showcase
from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.at West Hills Community Theatre in Danville,
KY with Poets, Authors, Writers, Playwrights, Journalists, Songwriters
performing, reading from their works, signing books, and CDs. Then on Sunday
April 22 there will be a second Showcase with additional performers from 12:00
to 5:00 p.m.at Penn Store, Gravel Switch, KY.

All of the participants are coming together for this special event as part of the Kentucky
Literary Week Celebration, with proceeds going to Historic Penn Store. The
store was built in 1847 and has been operated by the same family for 4
generations. The Store was damaged last year during the record flooding of the
Cumberland River.

For a list of participants, schedule of events, and directions go

http://www.pennsstore.com/
or http://www.eddiemontgomerysteakhouse.com/

Earl Scruggs 1924-2012

EARL SCRUGGS
1924-2012

Bluegrass legend and banjo pioneer Earl Scruggs, who helped profoundly change country music with Bill Monroe in the 1940s and later with guitarist Lester Flatt, has died. He was 88.

Mr., Scruggs graciously contributed a recipe to my Tennessee cookbook “Country Goodness Recipes of Tennessee Celebrities.” He was best known for “Foggy Mountain Breakdown,” a rollicking number recorded in 1949 with the group the Foggy Mountain Boys. The song was used as the getaway music in the 1967 film “Bonnie and Clyde”; and “The Ballad of Jed Clampett,” the theme song of the 1960s television sitcom “The Beverly Hillbillies,” which he performed with Lester Flatt.

He also helped shape the “high, lonesome sound” of Bill Monroe, often called the father of bluegrass, and pioneered modern banjo playing. His innovative use of three fingers in an up-picking style, rather than the mostly two-fingered claw-hammer down-picking technique,
elevated the five-string banjo to a lead or solo instrument.

His family is in our thoughts and prayers. He will be greatly missed.

MEET WATERCOLOR ARTIST PAT BANKS

Dance of Life

By Pat Banks

One day and Counting to Kentucky Crafted: The Market in Lexington.

I promised to do blogs this week in Market participants, who contributed to the cookbook “Favorite Recipes of Kentucky Celebrities.”
While at the Market, meet watercolor artist Pat Banks from Richmond. She will be at Booth 130. Pat balances her duties as a professional artist and a children’s book illustrator. I have a copy of her book “A is for Appalachia.” Banks has had the opportunity to be a visiting artist in other parts of the United States as wellas Japan, Ecuador and France. Her work is absolutely beautiful.

I had the pleasure of doing a book signing with Pat as a fundraiser for Eastern Kentucky University’s Kentucky River Keepers. Pat graciously shared her recipe for Curried Seafood Salad for the Kentucky cookbook.

Don’t forget to stop by my Booth 408 at the Market, March 1-4, at the Lexington Convention Center, with the cookbooks “Favorite Recipes of Kentucky Celebrities” and the recently released “Country Goodness Recipes of Tennessee Celebrities.” We are offering special SHOW PROMOTIONS.

1.For orders placed prior to or during the show of 10 or more cookbooks, we will provide FREE SHIPPING.

2.For orders placed prior to or during the show of 20 or more, in addition to free shipping we will give you 2 FREE Cookbooks on both wholesale business and individual retail orders. This is a $50.00 Promotion (shipping and 2 cookbooks at retail value of $19.95) with the purchase of 20 cookbooks at $199.00 wholesale price.

See you there!

Ruth Hunt Candy

Ruth Hunt Candy

3 Days and Counting until Kentucky Crafted: The Market. The next few days I will do blogs on a couple of contributors to the Kentucky Cookbook Favorite Recipes of Kentucky Celebrities, who also will be participating in The Market.

When you go to The Market in Lexington this week, be sure to check out Ruth Hunt Candies, which is located in Booth 417 in the Specialty Foods Section. They contributed a recipe to the cookbook for “Blue Monday Cream Pie”, which is made from their Blue Monday Candy Bars.

About Ruth Hunt Candy: It all began in the kitchen of her Mt. Sterling, Kentucky home, where Ruth Tharpe Hunt served homemade sweets to her bridge club. In 1921 she decided to start a small candy business. Today, still located in Mt. Sterling, Ruth Hunt Candies remains a Kentucky landmark.

Ruth Hunt continually adds products to her list. Today there are approximately 70 kinds of candy. They are proud to be celebrating their 91st year in business and are so appreciative of all their customers for the support over the years!

DON’T FORGET TO STOP BY MY BOOTH 408 TO GET A FREE RECIPE AND PURCHASE COOKBOOKS! IF YOU ARE THERE ON SATURDAY STOP BY THE KENTUCKY FOLKLIFE STAGE TO SEE MY PRESENTATION AND COOKING DEMONSTRATION AT 5:00 P.M

Folk Life Stage at 2012 Kentucky Crafted: The Market

Folk Life Stage at 2012 Kentucky Crafted: The Market

Bob Gates, Folk Life Director for the Kentucky Arts Council and The Kentucky Historical Society has invited Pamela Whinnery, local author and owner of Celebrity Cookbook Publications to do a presentation and cooking demonstration on the Folk Life Stage at the 2012 Kentucky Crafted: The Market. Whinnery will be preparing “Italian Pork Loin,” a recipe submitted to her cookbook “Favorite Recipes of Kentucky Celebrities” by Academy Award Winner and Louisville native Bub Asman. The presentation will be Saturday, March 3rd at 5:00 p.m.

This is the second year for the Folk Life Stage and Whinnery’s participation” “The Folk Life Stage is such a fun event and exciting addition to the Market.” Whinnery stated. Last year she prepared a “Southern Spice Tea” from her cookbook “Country Goodness Recipes of Tennessee Celebrities;” The recipe was contributed by actress Reese Witherspoon, who is from Nashville.

Celebrating its 30th Anniversary, The Market will return to Lexington in 2012. The award-winning arts marketplace, which had its debut in 1981 at the Kentucky Horse Park, will come home after a long run in Louisville at the Kentucky Exposition Center. The award-winning arts marketplace, the annual wholesale/retail show of art, craft, books, music and artisan food products will be held March 1 – 4, 2012, at the Lexington Convention Center, 430 W. Vine St., Lexington, Ky.

The Market features more than 200 juried artists, authors, and musicians offering shoppers jewelry, wearable art, home decor, furniture, paintings, prints, photographs and artisan foods along with Kentucky-related books, CDs and DVDs. It will feature two full days of hands-on workshops and activities on the Folk Life Stage and an exciting lineup of hourly performances by musicians to the Kentucky
Stage.

The first two days of The Market are the wholesale trade show days, which are open exclusively to qualified business owners who sell products in retail venues. The wholesale days act as an economic generator for Kentucky, annually attracting 500 – 600 buyers from 15–20 states. Kentucky Crafted: The Market opens to the public on March 3 and 4, giving customers an opportunity to purchase new work before it hits the store shelves or is installed on gallery walls.To find more information on the Market and to purchase discount tickets go to the Kentucky Arts Council’s website:
http://artscouncil.ky.gov/KentuckyArt/Event_Market.htm

KENTUCKY CRAFTED THE MARKET 2012

I wanted to remind you that I will be in Booth 408 at the Market, March 1-4, at the Lexington Convention Center, with the cookbooks “Favorite Recipes of Kentucky Celebrities” and the recently released “Country Goodness Recipes of Tennessee Celebrities.” We are offering 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 Promotions: We are offering two SHOW PROMOTIONS
1. For orders placed prior to or during
the show of 10 or more cookbooks, we will provide FREE SHIPPING.

2. For orders placed prior to or during the show of 20 or more, in addition to free shipping we will give you 2 FREE Cookbooks on both wholesale business and individual retail orders. This is a $50.00 Promotion (shipping and 2 cookbooks at retail value of $19.95) with the
purchase of 20 cookbooks at $199.00 wholesale price.

You can create an order of all KY, all TN, or a mixed order. If you want to know more about the cookbooks go to my blogspot or website listed below for a photo of the covers, list of contributors, organizations, which have used/or using the cookbook as a fundraiser, and letters of reference.

You can check out the Kentucky Crafted Market’s website for discounted tickets at http://artscouncil.ky.gov/KentuckyArt/2012Market.htm

Be sure to stop by the show March 1-4,

at the Lexington Convention Center

in Lexington and my booth 408 in the

publishers section.

If you have any questions please call or e-mail me. Hope to see you there!

Celebrity Cookbook Publications
Author “Favorite Recipes of Kentucky Celebrities”
“Country Goodness Recipes of Tennessee Celebrities”
whinneryw@bellsouth.net
http://sites.google.com/site/celebritycookbooks/home
http://celebritycookbooks.blogspot.com/
270-554-5332

Desserts First

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

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

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

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

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

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

or

270-554-5332.

EVANSVILLE WRITERS' GUILD BOOK FAIR

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

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

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

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

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

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