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

KENTUCKY STATE DAR CONFERENCE BOOK SIGNING

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!

SPINDLETOP HALL & FARM

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."