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Cooking with the Seasons
Wendell Berry: A Digital First
Coming Fall 2011
UPK Author Wins Service Award
UPK Staff News
Upcoming Regional Events

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Cooking with the Seasons

The Kentucky Fresh Cookbook by Maggie Green

Kentucky's seasons are among the most distinct and balanced in the country, with each one greeting the Bluegrass with full force. No one knows this better than local farmers who watch their crops change along with the weather, providing different menus each season. Juicy vine-ripe tomatoes on hot summer nights, nutty pumpkin pie at Thanksgiving, soul-warming bean soup on a cold winter day, and honey glazed ham as the thoroughbreds warm up for the Kentucky Derby.

 

In The Kentucky Fresh Cookbook, author, chef, and nutritionist Maggie Green recognizes the value of locally grown food. She presents readers with an easy-to-use guide to cooking using fresh seasonal ingredients that can be found close at hand. Through her personal anecdotes and delectable recipes, Green discusses the importance of maintaining a diet that works to eliminate preservatives, hormones, and pesticides from our dinner plates, providing healthy alternatives to the processed meat and produce from many of the country's corporate groceries.  

 

Green has organized her cookbook by the calendar year, moving month by month through recipes that utilize meat and produce that is available during that specific season. In The Kentucky Fresh Cookbook, January brings warm bread pudding with Kentucky bourbon sauce, while April introduces fresh mushroom and asparagus skillet frittata. A refreshing peach blueberry pecan crisp brings summer flavors to match the heat of August, and October invites maple mashed sweet potatoes and braised kale with diced tomato. Green recognizes that a strict regimen of local food might not always be doable-practically or financially-so she also includes cooking suggestions that allow for imported or canned goods as well.

Green offers helpful tips for seeking out local growers, farmers markets, fresh food co-ops, farms specializing in pasture-raised stock, and other organizations committed to the slow food movement. Undoubtedly, winter presents a challenge as the harsh wind and ice of the Bluegrass threatens the existence of most Kentucky produce, so Green instructs readers how to preserve produce and meat long into the winter months. In addition, organizing the book by season allows the recipes to change and the available fresh produces changes to take best advantage of what is available.

The Kentucky Fresh Cookbook presents readers with a variety of options for livening up their daily meals while also supporting local farms and food producers as well saving natural resources. Green's energetic prose and carefully crafted recipes demonstrate her passion for cooking as well as her dedication to finding the most effective ways to eat seasonally. For Green, mealtime is not only about the food, but also about the relationships it forms between friends, families, and neighbors.

Maggie Green (@GreenApron) is a chef, registered dietitian, and owner of The Green Apron Company.  

 

Wendell Berry: A Digital First

The Achievement of Wendell Berry: The Hard History of Love

by Fritz Oehlschlaeger


The University Press of Kentucky has been providing readers with online versions of its books for many years, allowing them to be enjoyed through multiple mediums. Recently, UPK has reached a major milestone in this area, publishing the electronic version of Fritz Oehlschlaeger's The Achievement of Wendell Berry: The Hard History of Love for Barnes & Noble NOOK and Amazon's Kindle before the initial release of its bound copy.

Director of Marketing and Sales John Hussey is pleased to announce this advancement. "With the changing book industry, it is important that UPK keeps on top of current trends in electronic publishing. This book represents a landmark moment for us as it soon will be our policy to publish print and electronic versions of our books simultaneously."

As a master of poetry, novels, short stories, and essays, Wendell Berry has established himself as one of America's premier authors, using his distinctive voice to champion a life focused on respect, tradition, conservation, and love. The Achievement of Wendell Berry delves into Berry's extensive corpus of work, highlighting some of his most prominent philosophies and examining how future generations can apply them to their own lives. In his thoroughly researched work of literary criticism, Oehlschlaeger examines how Berry represents his ideas of citizenship, patriotism and agrarianism through unique narratives crafted with care and honesty. Through his insightful discussions, Oehlschlaeger explores Berry's writings as methods of discovery: discovery of self, place, and imagination.

 

Fritz Oehlschlaeger is professor of English at Virginia Tech

He is the author of Love and Good Reasons: Postliberal Approaches to Christian Ethics and Literature and Procreative Ethics: Philosophical and Christian Approaches to Questions at the Beginning of Life.  

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Coming Fall 2011

UPK's Fall 2011 Catalog now available

The University Press of Kentucky recently released its Fall 2011 catalog featuring several new regional titles:

 

A Voice in the Box: My Life in Radio Louisville native and national radio personality Bob Edwards recounts his career as one of the most important figures in modern broadcasting. He describes his road to success on the radio waves, from his early days knocking on station doors during college and working for American Forces Korea Network to his work at NPR and induction into the National Radio Hall of Fame in 2004.

 

Beeconomy: What Women and Bees Can Teach Us About Local Trade and the Global Market by noted bee expert Tammy Horn examines the fascinating evolution of the relationship between women and bees around the world. Synthesizing the various aspects of hive-related products, such as beewax and cosmetics as well as the more specialized skills of queen production and knowledge- based economies of research and science, Horn documents how and why women should consider being beekeepers.

 

Crawfish Bottom: Recovering a Lost Kentucky Community by Douglas A. Boyd traces the evolution of the controversial community that ultimately saw 400 families displaced.A small neighborhood in northern Frankfort, Kentucky, Crawfish Bottom was located on fifty acres of swampy land along the Kentucky River. "Craw's" reputation for vice, violence, moral corruption, and unsanitary conditions made it a target for urban renewal projects that replaced the neighborhood with the city's Capital Plaza in the mid-1960s.  

 

Tales from Kentucky Sheriffs follows the success of noted folklorist William Lynwood Montell's collections of stories from funeral directors, schoolteachers, doctors, and lawyers. Montell collected stories from all areas of the state to represent the diversity of social and economic backgrounds in the various communities the officers serve.

 

The Family Legacy of Henry Clay: In the Shadow of a Kentucky Patriarch explores the personal history of famous Kentuckian Henry Clay, examining the impact of his legacy on future generations of his family. Lindsey Apple's study delves into the family's struggles with physical and emotional problems such as depression and alcoholism. The book also analyzes the role of financial stress as the family fought to reestablish its fortune in the years after the Civil War.

 

Cecelia and Fanny: The Remarkable Friendship Between an Escaped Slave and Her Former Mistressis a fascinating look at race relations in mid-nineteenth-century Louisville, Kentucky. Cecelia was a fifteen-year-old slave when she accompanied her mistress, Frances "Fanny" Thruston Ballard, on a holiday trip to Niagara Falls. During their stay, Cecelia crossed the Niagara River and joined the free black population of Canada. Although documented relationships between freed or escaped slaves and their former owners are rare, the discovery of a cache of letters from the former slave owner to her escaped slave confirms this extraordinary link between two urban families over several decades. Brad Asher focuses on the experiences of these two families during the seismic social upheaval wrought by the emancipation of 4 million African Americans.

UPK Author Wins Service Award

Charles W. Dunn receives Dr. Wolfgang Pindur Award for Distinguished Service in Academia and Practice

On May 6, Charles W. Dunn, UPK author and distinguished professor in the Robertson School of Government at Regent University, was presented with the Dr. Wolfgang Pindur Award for Distinguished Service in Academia and Practice. This award was given by the Hampton Roads chapter of the American Society of Public Administration in recognition of outstanding service in the area of public administration education. The award honors Dr. Wolfgang Pindur, an academic whose lifelong efforts sought to bridge the worlds of the academic and the practitioner, seeking to continuously increase the effectiveness and efficiency of public services.

 

Recipients for this award must demonstrate a record of outstanding performance in public service research or education, commitment to linking the academic world to the world of practitioners, dedication to democratic ideals, and dedication to conducting research that will directly benefit the public.

 

Dunn has edited two books for UPK: The Future of Religion in American Politics, which traces the history of religion in America's political sphere and explores the issues concerning its continuing relevance, and The Enduring Reagan, which brings together eight prominent scholars to examine the political career and legacy of Ronald Reagan. In addition, this fall UPK will publish The Presidency in the Twenty-first Century which explores the growth of presidential power, investigating its social, political, and economic impact on America's present and future.  

UPK Staff News

3 New Staff Appointments

The University Press of Kentucky is thrilled to announce three new changes to their staff:

  • Ashley Runyon has been promoted to Acquisitions Editor & Development Coordinator, and will be handling the acquisitions of Kentucky and regional titles. Ashley began her tenure at UPK as a marketing intern in 2003 and returned to the Press in 2008 as Advertising, Direct Mail, and Exhibits Manager.
  • Bailey Johnson has been hired as an Editorial Assistant in the acquisitions department. She has worked at UPK as a marketing intern since 2008. She graduated from The University of Kentucky just last week.
  • Margaret McGladrey has been named the new Director of Exhibits, Direct Mail, and Advertising. Margaret is a graduate of the University of Oregon, summa cum laude in magazine journalism and holds a M.A. in communications from the University of Kentucky. In addition to her academic resume, Margaret has also been the marketing coordinator for Anderson, Perry & Associates.

Upcoming Regional Events


Friday, May 13: Silas House, Chinaberry by James Still, Bookfest, Northern Kentucky University, Highland Heights, KY, reading, signing. Registration is required, click here for more information.


Saturday, May 14: Maggie Green, The Kentucky Fresh Cookbook, 12:00 pm, Kentucky Haus, 411 East 10th Street, Newport, KY, signing.

 

Saturday, May 14:  Maggie Green, The Kentucky Fresh Cookbook, 2:00 pm, Kremer's Market, 755 Buttermilk Pike, Crescent Springs, KY, signing.

 

Tuesday, May 17: Angene and Jack Wilson, Voices from the Peace Corps, 7:00 pm, Women's Democratic Network Meeting, St. Raphael Episcopal Church basement, 1891 Parker's Mill Road, Lexington, KY, talk, signing.


Wednesday, May 18: Chris Holbrook, Upheaval, 12:00 pm, Kentucky Historical Society,100 W Broadway, Frankfort, KY, talk, signing.


Thursday, May 19: Maggie Green, The Kentucky Fresh Cookbook, 7:00 pm, Bunches of Bows, 3420 Valley Plaza Parkway, Ft. Wright, KY, signing.


Thursday, May 19: Silas House, Chinaberry by James Still, 6:00 pm, Warren County Public Library, 1225 State Street, Bowling Green, KY, reading, signing.


Saturday, May 21: Maggie Green, The Kentucky Fresh Cookbook, 9:00 am, Lexington Farmer�€™s Market, Cheapside Park, Lexington, KY, signing.


Monday, May 23: Maggie Green, The Kentucky Fresh Cookbook, 6:00 pm, Laurel County Public Library, 120 College Park Drive, London, KY, talk, signing.

 

Tuesday, June 7: Maggie Green, The Kentucky Fresh Cookbook, 6:30 pm, Party Source, 95 Riviera Drive, Bellevue, KY, cooking class, signing. $35 tickets for cooking class; visit Party Source website to purchase.

 

Tuesday, June 7: Chris Holbrook, Upheaval, 6:30 pm, Carnegie Center for Literacy and Learning, 251 West 2nd Street, Lexington, KY, reading, signing.

 

Saturday, June 11: Maggie Green, The Kentucky Fresh Cookbook, 4:00 pm, Beer Cheese Festival, Main St., Winchester, KY, signing.

 

Saturday, June 15: Maggie Green, The Kentucky Fresh Cookbook, 6:30 pm, Kremer's Market, 755 Buttermilk Pike, Crescent Springs, KY, cooking class, signing. Cooking class is a ticketed event; Call 859-341-1067 for more information.

 

Saturday, June 15: Rusty Williams, My Old Confederate Home, 7:00 pm, Campbell Co. Public Library Cold Spring Branch, 3920 Alexandria Pike, Cold Spring, KY, talk.

 

Saturday, June 25: Elder John Sparks, Raccoon John Smith, 1:00 pm, Cane Ridge Meeting House, 1655 Cane Ridge Road, Paris, KY, talk, signing.

 

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