Showalter, Mary Emma. Mennonite Community Cookbook. Scottdale: Herald, 1950. I received this classic of Mennonite cooking from a colleague who had it but did not use it, and knows I am a Mennonite and thus thought I would be interested in it. I grew up with my mother using a number of recipes from herContinue reading “Book Acquired Recently: Mennonite Community Cookbook”
Monthly Archives: September 2015
Book Acquired Recently: Jeff Gundy’s Abandoned Homeland
Gundy, Jeff. Abandoned Homeland. Huron: Bottom Dog, 2015. Gundy’s seventh full-length collection of poetry (to go along with four chapbooks) just came out, and of course I ordered it right away (from amazon.com) because he is one of my favorite poets. It is his second collection to be published in the past two years, asContinue reading “Book Acquired Recently: Jeff Gundy’s Abandoned Homeland”
Books Acquired Recently
Ingraham, Garrett. This is a Microphone Stand. Utica: VBLP, 2015. Ingraham is the co-owner of the Tramontane Cafe in Utica and a regular reader at the weekly Utica Poets Society open mic. His chapbook of poems was released last week and I bought a copy for $5.00. Upon flipping through it I discovered that itContinue reading “Books Acquired Recently”
The 2015 New York Mets: One Month To Go
It has been a weird, strange season for the Mets. They have had the highs of a franchise record-tying 11-game winning streak, several 7-game winning streaks, sweeping a season series against a National League team for the first time ever (they went 7-0 against Colorado), and historic (team-wise) home run production. They have had theContinue reading “The 2015 New York Mets: One Month To Go”
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