February 2006

Supper at Richard’s Place: Recipes from the New Southern Table (9781589802995), by Richard Jones, was chosen by editors at Food & Wine Magazine as one of the best hardcover cookbooks published in 2005! After evaluating 125 cookbooks in their test kitchen, they chose favorite recipes from each to be included in a Best of the Best Food & Wine Cookbook. Recipes from Supper at Richard’s Place include Seafood Gumbo, Crabmeat Dumplings, Oatmeal Pancakes Stuffed with Chicken Strips and topped with Pecan Syrup, and Barbecue Rib Eye Steak.

Walter Donald Kennedy, coauthor of The South Was Right! (9781565540248), was the featured speaker at Jackson/Lee banquets on Monday, January 23, for Ogeechee Rifles Sons of Confederate Veterans (SCV) Camp #941 in Statesboro, Georgia, and on Friday, January 27, for Warner Robins SCV Camp in Warner Robins, Georgia. He also spoke at a Lee/Jackson dinner in Warner Robins, Georgia, on Friday, January 27, hosted by Warner Robins SCV Camp. Pelican publishes all of the Kennedy brothers’ books: Why Not Freedom! America’s Revolt Against Big Government (9781589803404), available now in paperback, Was Jefferson Davis Right? (9781565543706), Reclaiming Liberty (9781589802759), and Myths of American Slavery (9781589800472).

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Richard Campanella, author of Time and Place in New Orleans: Past Geographies in the Present Day (9781565549913), will participate in a panel discussion regarding “New Orleans and Its Environment Before/After Katrina,” at Loyola University on February 9.

In celebration of Black History Month, Freddi Williams Evans will be signing The Battle of New Orleans: The Drummer’s Story (9781589803008), illustrated by Emile Henriquez, at Barnes and Noble bookstore in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, on February 11. Author and illustrator will also appear on Saturday, February 18, from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. at the Barnes and Noble bookstore in Mandeville, Louisiana.

Epicurious.com interviewed author Leah Chase and will feature recipes from The Dooky Chase Cookbook (9780882896618), which are to be posted on their web site on February 7. Recipes included are: Baked Ham, Creole Jambalaya, Southern Fried Chicken, and Old-Fashioned Bread Pudding.

Janeen Mason, illustrator of Kissimmee Pete, Cracker Cow Hunter (9781589803251), autographed her book at the Fish House Gallery in Port Salerno, Florida, on Sunday, January 29.

John Besh, coauthor with David A. Newsome, M.D., of The New Orleans Program: Eat, Exercise, and Enjoy Life (9781589803442), will appear on The Iron Chef on Food Network Television on February 28.

In February, Barbara Sillery, author of The Haunting of Louisiana (9781565549050), will be the coordinating producer for “The Live Meeting of the Courts of Rex and Comus,” the tenth anniversary special of WYES-TV, the New Orleans PBS affiliate. The show airs on February 28, Mardi Gras night.

Mardi Gras comes to Barnes and Noble in Lafayette, Lousiana, on Saturday February 25, at 2:00 p.m., when Alexandria Hayes presents her new book, Zydeco Shoes: A Sensory Tour of Cajun Culture, (9781589802469), with illustrations by Earl Hébert. This multidimensional knock-your-socks-off sample of the spicy spectrum of Cajun culture includes the paintings of Earl Hebért, a musical compact disc of the Lucky Playboys, and recipes from Mulates restaurant. Proceeds from sales during this event will go to the Acadian Arts Council in Lafayette, Louisiana, for their Arts & Artists Restoration Fund.

 Dreddielocks and the Three Slugs (9781589802315), by Margaret E. Hyde with illustrations by Curtis Parker, received a Storytelling World Award from Storytelling Magazine. This delightful children’s book is a fairy tale retold with a science lesson.

June Soniat will sign her book La Bouche Creole II, coauthored by Leon Soniat, Jr., on Saturday, February 18, at Chateau Vestavia, in Vestavia Hills, Alabama, from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. For more information contact Page Nicholson at (205) 492-8633.

Ann Parr, author of Gordon Parks: No Excuses (9781589804111), will participate in a Black History Month event sponsored by the NAACP in Salina, Kansas, and attend the William Allen White Award honoring Gordon Parks at Kansas University at Lawrence, Kansas, both on February 10.

ON A SOLEMN NOTE

Pelican expresses its condolences to the families of Carmen Aboy Valldejuli, author of Cocina Criolla (9780882894294), who passed away in November, and Larry F. Sternberg, author of Why Jews Should Not Be Liberals (9781589803831), who died on January 15. Sternberg’s son, James, will participate in the promotion of his father’s book.

NEW ON THE ACCELERATED READER LIST

Phil and His Fabulous Feathers (9781589802803), by Frank Blazek with illustrations by Wes Thomas. A duck who gets in trouble with an alligator shows his friends how sometimes our greatest differences are our greatest assets.

Bluebonnet at the East Texas Oil Museum (9781589803589), by Mary Brooke Casad with illustrations by Benjamin Vincent. Bluebonnet the armadillo, when visiting her sister, learns how the East Texas oil field was discovered and that her four nephews are all named after East Texas oil pioneers.

The Battle of New Orleans: The Drummer’s Story (9781589803008), by Freddi Williams Evans with illustrations by Emile Henriquez, is the story of Jordan B. Noble, a fourteen-year-old boy who summoned the troops to action during the Battle of New Orleans.
The Warlord’s Messengers (9781589802711), by Virginia Walton Pilegard with illustrations by Nicolas Debon, is the sixth book in the acclaimed Warlord’s Series, which teaches the principals of mathematics. Chuan and Jing Jing, using their math skills, ingenuity, and the wind, find a way to help the warlord reach his destination by utilizing a windsock attached to a cart for faster traveling.
The Pilgrims’ Thanksgiving from A to Z (9781589802384), by Laura Crawford and illustrated by Judith Hierstein, is a beautifully illustrated alphabet picture book presenting the story of the Pilgrims on Thanksgiving Day.
Kissimmee Pete, Cracker Cow Hunter (9781589803251), by Jan Day with illustrations by Janeen Mason. This tall tale is based on the life of a frontier cowboy, or “cow hunter,” and his round up of a herd as big as the sky.

Daniel Boone: Trailblazer (9781589802124), by Nancy Kelly Allen with illustrations by Joan C. Waites. The life story of pioneer Daniel Boone, who was greatly admired for opening the West for further settlement.
What the critics are saying about Pelican titles:

Christmas Past (9781589803565), by Barbara Hallman Kissinger:

“This is a very lovely book, loaded with information on the international origins of our modern Christmas traditions.” --WTBF AM 970, FM 94.70 Troy, Alabama

“Barbara Hallman Kissinger’s tribute to all things Christmas . . . could become your family’s yearly reference.” --Beaumont Enterprise

“Lots of wonderful old paper treasures of the Victorian era into the twentieth century are captured in [this] yuletide volume.”
--The Auction Exchange and Collectors News

“When the demands of Christmas overwhelm, visit Christmas Past, Barbara Hallman Kissinger’s exploration into the history of Christmas traditions.” --Ron Berthel, Associated Press

“[Includes] an amazing array of vintage Christmas postcards. . . . Interspersed with the lavish and compelling holiday illustrations are brief histories of Christmas in many European countries as well as the United States.”
--Country Pleasures magazine

Great Irish Legends for Children (9781589803459), by Yvonne Carroll with illustrations by Robin Lawrie:

“Earns four stars for its excellent variety of themes, the concise nature of each story, and the fantastic artwork.”

--Maryanne Obersinner,
O’Hara Catholic School Archdiocese of Portland, Oregon

A Travel Guide to the Jewish Caribbean and South America (9781589800786), by Ben G. Frank:

“It’s rare these days to come across a travel book whose table of contents sparks genuine curiosity. But several topics here beg for a deep reading.”
--Chicago Tribune

Best Editorial Cartoons of the Year: 2006 Edition (9781589803978), edited by Charles Brooks:

“These collections have several values: they identify what was what in a particular when; they draw our approval or disapproval all over again depending on our own political orientation; they bring evidence to the argument that the ‘vast conspiracy’ really is on the right, which controls most media; and that, basically, we all like cartoons.”

--Book Notes, East Texas Historical Association

The Battle of New Orleans: The Drummer’s Story (9781589803008), by Freddi Williams Evans with illustrations by Emile Henriquez:

“New Orleans writer Freddi Evans . . . has once again succeeded in offering a different point of view on a well-known historical period. As our city battles to recover the rhythm and beat of normal life after the attack from a huge and well-organized natural onslaught, Jordan Noble’s example of the triumph of steady, focused courage may well be a guide for us all.”

--Marigny Dupuy, New Orleans Times-Picayune

The Jade Stone: A Chinese Folktale (9781589803596), adapted by Caryn Yacowitz with illustrations by Ju-Hong Chen:

“Lovely drawings by Ju-Hong Chen bring the traditional tale to life.”
 --Midwest Book Review
 

General James G. Blunt: Tarnished Glory (9781589802537), by Robert Collins:

“Blunt emerges as a competent, even imaginative, combat officer who was both highly political and personally corrupt. . . . Collins has presented a serviceable biography of a previously neglected figure and added to the literature of the Trans-Mississippi Theater.”

--The Civil War News

We’re Dead, Come On In (9781589803268), by Bruce Davis:

“Not only an excellent story of this infamous event, but a good history of the area.”

--Mexia Daily News, Mount Calm, Texas
 

Rolland Golden: The Journeys of a Southern Artist (9781589802902),
by John R. Kemp with art by Rolland Golden:

“Whether experimenting with new techniques or simply exploring a rural landscape, Golden’s art has the rare ability to teach you how to see the world around you differently.”

--Country Roads

Arnaud’s Restaurant Cookbook: New Orleans Legendary Cuisine (9781589803091), by Kit Wohl with photography by David Spielman:

“Each recipe has been adapted for use in home kitchens, translating large-volume and complicated restaurant fare to home cooking. The resulting Creole dishes are very easy to work with--especially given the numerous full-page color photos throughout.”
--Midwest Book Review

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