Library News September 12, 2022
The changing season and falling temperatures always seem to encourage extra time spent in the kitchen this time of year. Visit our new nonfiction section to find inspiration for your cooking and baking projects!
Snackable Bakes by Jessie Sheehan features 100 easy recipes for exceptionally scrumptious sweets and treats that minimize time but maximize fun.
The Mediterranean Dish: 120 Bold and Healthy Recipes You’ll Make on Repeat by Suzy Karadsheh brings cross-culturally inspired dishes from throughout the Mediterranean into American home kitchens, using easy-to-find ingredients and easy-to-follow, tested-to-perfection recipes to make your meals more vibrant, delicious, and yes—even a little healthier, too!
Be a Plant-Based Woman Warrior: Live Fierce, Stay Bold, Eat Delicious by Jane Esselstyn includes more than 125 recipes made for women on the go that are sure to tempt even the most reluctant vegetable-focused eaters. Full of life, captivating energy, and delicious food, this cookbook brings readers to the Esselstyn family table, where plants and joy are at the center.
Finding Freedom: A Cooks Story, Remaking a Life from Scratch by Erin French unfolds the challenges, stumbles, and victories that have led the author to the exact place she was ever meant to be: telling stories of multiple rock bottoms, of darkness and anxiety, of survival as a jobless single mother, of pills that promised release but delivered addiction, of a man who seemed to offer salvation but in the end ripped away her very sense of self... and of the beautiful son who was her guiding light as she slowly rebuilt her personal and culinary life around the solace she found in food-as a source of comfort, a sense of place, as a way of bringing goodness into the world.
UPCOMING EVENTS:
Preschool Story Hour: Stories, music, and movement for babies, toddlers and their caregivers! Wednesdays, September 21-November 16, 2022 at 10:15AM.
The Evolution of Themes in Children's Literature: Southwestern Michigan College English Professor, Joe Coti, will discuss the ever-evolving themes of the genre and how children's literature is an often misunderstood topic. September 22, 2022 at 6:30PM.
Grown Up Game Nights will be held on the last Wednesday of each month, inviting adults to gather, play games and socialize while enjoying coffee, tea and charcuterie. September 28, 2022 at 6:00PM.
Southwest Michigan Reads: Karen Dionne at the Van Buren Conference Center in Lawrence: This event is free and open to the public. A book signing and light refreshments will follow Dionne's presentation. Tuesday, October 4, 2022 at 6:30 PM.
First Thursday Book Club: Join us for lively conversation to discuss what you've been reading & gain new recommendations from friends! October 6, 2022 at 12:00 Noon.
Muxlow Exotics - Live Animals: Join us during First Friday for an interactive and educational live animal presentation featuring a wide variety of reptiles and amphibians! Friday, October 7, 2022 at 5:15 PM.
Halloween Fright Night at the Library! Venture through the stacks during trick or treat on October 31, 2022 if you’re brave enough!