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July 24, 2007
Summer is a wonderful time just to take off and get away any chance you can. You don't have to go far from home to get
a little break from the usual.
All of you who know me, won't be surprised when I tell you that when I travel, I refuse to return the same route as I went.
I figure that I saw what one way had to offer and I might be missing something if I travel home the same way. Well, such a
trip is what inspired this newsletter...
My husband (Big Dave) and I had a chance to get away for a couple of days during the week of the 4th. Well, this was a
last minute trip, so I just got on the phone and found the first place that had something available for the days we had. We
wound up in Douthat State Park (near Clifton Forge, VA). It was gorgeous and very relaxing. We stayed in a little cabin in
the woods and it was wonderful.
On the way home, I had navigated our route to go through the small town of Eagle Rock, VA. We stopped for lunch at Maw
and Paw's Diner - they had Fried Bologna Sandwiches, Liver & Onions and something called Peg Legs on the menu. Well, I
had to ask about the Peg Legs and found that's just a really cute name for chicken drummets! For dessert, the handwritten
sign said they offered Blackberry Cobbler and Apple Dumblins. (That's what the sign said.) It made me glad that we had stopped
at such a wonderful place - full of character! Of course, George Jones, Dolly Parton and Hank Jr. were playing on the radio...that
just added to the whole atmosphere. I'd like to say "Thank you, Maw & Paw for preserving the traditional diner for all
to share!".
We also stopped at every produce stand from here to there. I stumbled upon a special place where I made lots of instant
friends. I can't say enough about this great stop. Foster's Greenhouse & Country Market at 17175 Virgil Goode Hwy. (HWY
220) Rocky Mount, VA is the best produce, etc. shop I've ever found! Of course, they have all kinds of produce, but I was
most excited about the spices, hand dipped candies, dried beans of all kinds, and flour & corn meal that came straight
from the mill. I could have spent the day with the Foster family (that owns and runs the store) - they took me in like I was
family and told me about all of their favorite products. Need some country bacon to cook in your beans...they have it! Need
some maple flavoring...they have it! Want an easy pie filling...they have it! These ladies know their stuff and are more than
happy to share with you. I know that I'll be back again and again. If you want to drop by, tell them I said "Hey!". You'll
probably see a few of the Foster family -Ann, Bill, Nancy or Connie. Or maybe Lenora... they said she's not family but she's
a sweet lady! Here's their number if you need it 540-483-5792.
I know all of these stops may seem silly to some, but to me, they are what make the trip complete! I love meeting folks
everywhere I go and it's always so comforting to feel welcomed even when you're somewhere you've never been.
I encourage you to enjoy the small stops in life!
Travel safely, happy & healthy!
With Love, Lisa
This is from my monthly newsletter...to recieve the recipes that I use on my radio show, send me your email
address and I'll send them to you.
June 30, 2007
Well y'all, summer is upon us and your either loving it or hating it! I love having the kids out of school and not having
to be on the run so early everyday and I like warm weather (over cold!), but it could be a little cooler - don't you think?
I've just returned from being a judge for the recipe contest at the NC Blueberry Festival. I sampled lots of great dishes
- it's harder than you might think to say which is the best when you have so many delicious things to choose from.
I've been busy with not 1, but 2 new books! I'm hoping to have them in before the fall for the holiday season. I might
have told you before, that I've been working on a book which includes the recipes from my radio cooking show "Cooking with
Lisa". The book title is Cooking with Lisa: Kick Off Your Shoes & Let's Get Cookin' and it has 400 recipes (recipes from
the show, my jam & jelly recipes and lots of great recipes for everyday cooking!). It has everything from No-Fry Country
Style Steak, Microwave Mac n' Cheese to 2 Ingredient Peanut Butter Fudge. I've been working on this book since 2005 and I
think you're gonna love it!
My other book is (Your Child's Name Here) Cookbook. It has 100 fun to cook and
eat recipes for children of all ages. The book will have a blank for your child’s name to be written on the cover so
they will feel like the book was written just for them. I believe that learning to cook is a gift that can be received at
any age! This book has been so much fun to write and test. Both books will be in soon - I'll let you know once they are here.
To those of you who have my "Fat Little Crockin' Cookbook", please take a minute to go to page 174 (Waikiki Chicken). I
need to let everyone know that the pineapple chunks are supposed to be added with the green pepper, onion and 1/2 cup of the
pineapple juice. I have corrected that in the newer books, but I did want to clear that up.
Thought for the month...so many things in life can be hard to handle. Don't feel like you have to face them all alone.
Our minds and bodies weren't built to fix every problem. God wants us to hand over our problems to him and trust that He will
either change what's wrong or give us the strength to get through it.
I pray that you have a fun and safe July 4th!
Don't eat too many hot dogs and don't get crazy with the firecrackers!
Happy Cooking!
With Love, Lisa
June 20, 2007
It's hard to believe that I first started my "With Love, Lisa" page one year
ago. The first entry I wrote was after the NC Blueberry Festival and I'm on my way there soon to judge the recipe
contest again this year. If you are nearby...drop by and say "Hey!". There will be lots of good food, vendors
of all types and of course, blueberries! This is a nice show in Burgaw, NC on June 23. Burgaw is right off
of I-40 on the way to Wilmington. For more information, check out www.ncblueberryfestival.com/ .
I've lost count of how many folks are recieving my monthly newsletters, but it's a lot!
It has become one of my favorite parts of what I do. So many people email me after recieving their newsletter and let
me know how they're doing or what they've been cooking! And you know, I love that! It really has become a great
way for us all to keep in touch with each other. Please keep the emails coming...I love to hear from you!
Well, better run. Y'all Take Care!
With Love, Lisa
May 25, 2007
Can you believe it's almost June? I don't know where the time has gone, but it's been
flying! Remember when we were younger and it felt like forever waiting on Christmas...and then for school to be out
for the summer? Me, too! My birthday is Sunday and every year I think "I can't be that age! Not me...I'm
still 20-something in my head, but my body says differently!" Time just seems to go way too fast!
I've been busy with my latest cookbook "Cooking with Lisa". It
will have all of the recipes that I used the first year of my radio show, lots of new favorites for y'all and all of my jam
and jelly recipes. (Some of you may know me as "The Jelly Lady" at the Greensboro Farmers' Curb Market...I don't have
a chance to make jelly like I used to, so I'm sharing all of my jelly recipes in this book.) It has 400 recipes
in total and I can't wait for you to see it! I'll be sending a note to let you know when the book is available.
I'll be a judge for the NC Blueberry Festival on June 23 in Burgaw, NC
(it's right off of I-40 on the way to Wilmington). I really look forward to this because I get to eat blueberry dishes
all day and I don't have to cook any of them! I don't get many days like that so I enjoy this one! I'll be set
up with books at the festival so if you're in the area - stop by and say "Hey!".
I wanted to tell you about something that hit me when I was in Raleigh at
the Southern Women's Show. I was cooking on stage and telling everybody how each of my books has a little bit of me
in them. I said, "After reading my books, you will know more about me than a lot of people you know and see everyday."
That statement hit me later (like a lot of things do) and I realized how true that is. When I write my books, I write
like I'm talking to a friend - because I am. Y'all have shown me that we are all friends - connected together
by traditions, memories and the love of spending time with our families.
I guess friends are like recipes...you can never have too many!!!
Take a minute today to say "Hey!" to someone you know or don't know -
making someone else feel special is a gift that we receive as we give it.
That's it for me this month. Take Care!
Stay safe, healthy and happy!
With Love, Lisa
May 1, 2007
Hey y'all! May is such a great time of year...the weather is getting warmer, the flowers
are blooming- I love it!
I'm packing up for the Southern Women's Show in Raleigh
this weekend. I'll be cooking on the stage and have a booth. I just can't wait - these shows are so much fun and I
love meeting all the folks that come by. If you are in the area, please drop in and say "Hey!" and of course, you know
I'll be feeding everybody in sight! For more information, go to http://www.southernshows.com/wra/?show_features=1&cat_id=215 .
A dear friend of mine, Amanda B., told me about trying
to feed her youngest son. He's 5 and a picky eater, so she has to get creative some days just to get him to eat a descent
meal...I love this story, so I wanted to share (she said I could!).
While in the car one day during lunch time, she thought she would just pull up
to McDonald's and order lunch. She knew her son would not eat hamburgers, but she really did want him to eat something
other than french fries - so, she told him that she would order him a Krabby Patty (like Spongebob, his favorite cartoon character
eats). When she pulled up to order, she knew that ordering a Krabby Patty at McDonald's would cause confusion in the
kitchen, so she told her son that the code name for Krabby Patty is "hamburger" and that the people inside had been trained
to prepare Krabby Patties when this was ordered. He now loves "Krabby Patties" and she doesn't worry as much
when they are traveling and have to stop for fast food.
I think I like this story so much because it shows the lengths we will go to to
make sure everyone eats. I'm not calling it "lying", just being "creative". I have been known to tell Jake (also
age 5) that pork chops come from a special part of the chicken - so he would eat dinner.
Is there a bigger show of love than making sure that someone is fed? Remember
when we were little and our parents would say "Open up, here comes the airplane" with a spoonful of food ready to "fly" into
our mouths? As parents, we all feel the need to feed - that may be dinner or it may be a needed hug, but we all
share this desire to comfort our loved ones with whatever they need. Isn't it funny that "feeding" their needs, fulfills
our own.
Well y'all, that's it for me this month. Take care and "feed" someone you
love today if not with a meal then with a note or a phone call.
Stay safe, healthy and happy!
I'll "talk" to you soon.
With Love, Lisa
May 19, 2007
I hope everyone is doing well. Everything is crazy around here - the
"end of the schoolyear" activities are keeping everybody running. I just wanted to take a moment to say "Hey!".
I've been working on the next book - it's being proofread right this minute. I'll let
you know when it is expected in. I don't have the cover finished yet, but I can't wait 'til you see it!
Better Run! With Love, Lisa
April 30, 2007
I just wanted to drop everybody a note to say "It was wonderful to meet you
all at the Southern Women's Show in Raleigh this past weekend.". I cooked on stage once a day at the show and I had
the best crowds of folks you've ever seen. The folks in the Raleigh area really seem to "get" me and my whole reason
for writing cookbooks. They understand how important meals at home are to me and they want that for their families,
too. I can't wait to go back next year!
The Southern Women's Show in Charlotte is coming up in September - so y'all be on the lookout
for that!
Take Care! With Love, Lisa
April 19, 2007
I was recently asked to speak to a group from the local Council on Aging in
Mayodan, NC. I was welcomed in the door with opened arms. It was such a pleasure to meet each and everyone
of them (about 40 people).
Many of the folks listen to my radio show and felt like they knew me already and that's the
way I want everyone to feel. If you read or hear my recipes, then you do know me, how I cook and what I feel is important.
This group understood my concern about family's not taking the time to sit down for dinner together.
For many of them, times were different when they were raising their families. Going out to eat was not an everyday option
and they still enjoy the memories of times with their families gathered together around the kitchen table.
My wish for you is: to make today a wonderful memory for tomorrow. Don't be too busy to
realize that now is just as important as tomorrow.
Y'all Take Care & I'll talk to you soon.
With Love, Lisa
March 21, 2007
I just wanted to drop a note and say "Welcome" to all of the new folks to my
site. I have an ad running in the Spring Edition of Taste of the South magazine that will be on the stands March 27
and because of this ad, I've talked to lots of people who weren't familiar with me or my books. I want everyone to know
that if you ever have any questions or just want to chat...drop me an email or give me a call. If I can help, I'm more
than glad to.
I do suggest to everyone to sign up for my newsletter. I promise I won't send any
junk. I do send the recipes that I use during the month on my radio show. I know that not everyone is in the listening
area, but I do want to share with everyone and it's a good way to keep us all in touch.
To me, the folks that read my books are instant friends.
So again..."Welcome!"
Y'all Take Care! With Love, Lisa
February 25, 2007
I have been hard at work this month on the New Edition of "From Our Home to Yours". It's
at the publisher's now and should be in sometime in April. I've designed a new cover for the book (you can see it on
my homepage). I wanted it to be the same, but different. I wanted it to look enough like the first edition that people
who already have it recognize it and different enough to look like a new edition. The recipes are the same, but I have
wanted to add a note with each one to tell you something about it, where it came from or what to serve it with. I like
that when I read a cookbook and from the overwelming response over "Gritslickers" (my second book), y'all do, too.
I want to thank everyone who has signed up for my monthly newsletter and urge those of you who
haven't to drop me an email and I'll add you on. It is so much fun to send and I love the emails that come in from
everyone. I'm so glad y'all are enjoying the recipes in the newsletters and if you haven't written, I'd love to hear
from you, too.
Special thanks to the Greensboro News & Record's Carl Wilson for the very nice update about
my "Fat Little Crockin' Cookbook". The loyal readers of that paper have been calling and ordering ever since the story
ran. Thank you to all!
Well, better run. I'm testing recipes for the next book (always!!) and it's time to pull dinner
out of the oven.
With Love, Lisa
January 22, 2006
Well,
January has been a busy month! I spent two weekends in Greensboro for the Fishing Expo and the RV Show and as always,
I had a wonderful time meeting and feeding everyone who came by!
I'm
staying home for a while to get some work done on the new edition of "From Our Home to Yours". I've learned a lot since
writing my first book and now I know that y'all enjoy the notes and stories about the recipes about as much as I enjoy telling
them! I'm hoping the book will be ready by March - I'll be sure to let you know when it comes in.
To recieve the recipes from my radio show "Cooking with Lisa" on WLOE/WMYN...sign up for my newsletter and I'll send
you the recipes that I use on the air every month. Click loopi3@earthlink.net just say "newsletter" in your email and I'll add you on!
Y'all Take Care & Happy Cooking! Lisa
December 27, 2006
I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday. We sure did. We all decided to
only buy gifts for the children of the family and it was wonderful to watch the delight on their faces.
Of course, we had some great food... instead of traditional holiday food, we had steaks,
stuffed baked potatoes, spinach dip and veggies, peanut butter fudge, turtle bars, macaroni and cheese, etc. We really
go all out at Thanksgiving so for Christmas, we change it up a bit.
I'm really excited about being at the Fishing Expo in Greensboro January 5-7.
I've never done such a show and I can't wait to see everybody. If you've ever seen me at a show, you know how much I
love meeting and talking to everybody! Any suggestions on what I should serve for samples?
Well, I better run. My youngest sure is quiet...that can't be good!
Y'all Take Care! With Love, Lisa
November 30, 2006
I can't tell y'all how much I enjoy hearing from you! I had so many nice notes
sent to me after Thanksgiving letting me know which of my recipes y'all were using and how good they turned out. Thank
you so much!
Two weeks ago, I was in my car right before it was time for me to go on the air for
"Cooking with Lisa" on WLOE/WMYN. I pulled off the road into a gas station parking lot and called into the station.
I was live from my car and after my segment, I turned the radio back on. A lady had called in and told Mike Moore that
she had something to say about that Lisa Shively...well, I didn't know if that would be good or bad so I listened closely.
The lady went on to thank me for collecting and sharing my recipes so that more people could eat more meals at home.
She has all of my books and cooks from them almost every night. She said that her husband is thrilled to be eating at
home more often and to be eating good at home! I sat in my car with my mouth wide open while the caller went
on and on about my books...before she finished, I was crying my eyes out. It just means so much to me to hear that someone
is enjoying and cooking from my books. I hear it a lot when I'm at shows, but for someone to feel so strongly as to
call into the radio station - I could cry right now. So, kind lady ...Thank You. You, and people like you, are
the reason that I write my books! Thank you all for the support and kind words that you are so kind to share
with me.
I'll do my best to keep y'all happy and fed good! With Love, Lisa
November 11, 2006
Wow Y'all! Last weekend I was at the Greensboro Coliseum for the Holiday Market
and it was quite a show! Three of my four books sold out so I've been busy getting packages ready to ship. If
you ordered books from me there, you will be getting those books this week. I have a delivery coming in Monday and I'll
be packing those up to be shipped on Tuesday. So be looking for them!
I want to let y'all know that "From Our Home to Yours" is sold out. I'm working
on a new edition that will be out this spring. I wanted to add notes and stories (like "Gritslickers")...there are so
many great recipes and I wanted to let you know where they came from or what to serve with them. This edition will make
you feel like you have a friend in the kitchen with you! I'll let y'all know when it's ready.
Y'all take care and enjoy all of the holiday fairs! With Love, Lisa
October 27, 2006
I just wanted to let everyone who ordered Gritslickers from me in Concord...your books
will be shipped tomorrow morning. The UPS man just came.
Y'all Enjoy! With Love, Lisa
October 24, 2006
Wow! What a show! It was wonderful to meet everyone at the Christmas Made
in the South show this past weekend. The Concord/Charlotte area has once again proved to be one of the friendliest places
on earth! Thank you all who dropped by to chat or eat with me. If you ordered books, look for them to come in
by Monday. I have shipments on the way.
My next show is the Gifts from the Heart show in Winston-Salem and the Holiday Market
in Greensboro at the Coliseum.
I'll be looking for ya!
Take Care! With Love, Lisa
October 16, 2006
It's almost time to pack up and head down to Concord for the "Christmas Made in the
South" show. This is a great show with something for everyone. This will be my first time with the show, but I've
heard lots of good things. Check out their website at www.carolinashows.com . So y'all come on and see me there!
When I get back, it'll be time to get ready for the "Gifts from the Heart" show in Winston-Salem
and the "Holiday Market" in Greensboro. 'Tis the season to stay busy, busy, busy!!!
Even though I'm running here and there, if you have any questions don't hesitate to
ask. Call me or email me anytime. (OK-don't call me anytime...just during decent hours!)
See Y'all Soon! With Love, Lisa
October 7, 2006
Well, let me share my good news...my first two books "From Our Home to Yours" and "Gritslickers:
Southern Home-Cooking for Today's Cooks" are being featured in the new edition of the "Best of the Best Cookbooks from North
Carolina" published by Quail Ridge Press. This is a huge honor to be a part of such a wonderful book. I just recieved
my copy and it looks great. Y'all can find this book at most bookstores or go to their website www.quailridge.com .
I also wanted to let everyone who ordered "Lisa Shively's Fat Little Crockin' Cookbook"
from me at the Southern Women's Show in Greensboro...the books are in and will be shipped to you on Tuesday (Monday is a holiday).
So enjoy!!
I hope you are all doing well. It's been great to hear from so many of you!
Take Care! With Love, Lisa
October 2, 2006
Thanks to everyone who stopped by to see me in Greensboro at the Southern Women's Show! What a great weekend!
I really enjoyed cooking and talking to y'all and can't wait to see you all again! My next show is in Concord for the
"Christmas Made in the South" show...I'll keep y'all posted on that. To everyone who ordered "Lisa Shively's Fat Little
Crockin' Cookbook" - the next order will be in this week so be looking for those in your mailbox soon! Thanks Again.
Y'all Take Care! With Love, Lisa
September 25, 2006
I just want to thank everyone who came to the Southern Women's Show in Charlotte this past weekend.
I have never had such fantastic groups of people to cook for on the Cooking Stage and I really enjoyed talking to each of
you. You know I said that my Grandmother says I was born with "The Gift of Gab"...I started talking and I haven't stopped
yet! Have you ever seen so much food for sampling? Me either! Charlotte you had quite a treat this weekend!
If you've never been to a Southern Women's Show, then you really should try to!
If you're in the Greensboro area this coming weekend, y'all come see me at the Coliseum for the
Southern Women's Show. I'll be on stage cooking like a wild woman and I'll have books available at my booth. So
y'all come see me!
With Love, Lisa
September 13, 2006
This past weekend was a real pleasure meeting everyone at the RV Show in Greensboro at the Coliseum.
I served lots of Crockin' Chili, Crockin' Candy, Mexicali Pork Chops and Cajun Chicken Strips. I've heard from lots
of the folks I met there already and if you're wanting to email or call me...don't be shy! I love hearing from everyone!
I'm packing up now to head down to Charlotte next week for the Southern Women's Show and I absolutely can't wait! My
good buddies - Chef Paul Penney and Ruby Ann Boxcar will be there to entertain! These shows are so much fun and if you've
never been...you must! You'll be glad you did. Y'all come see me on the cooking stage - I'll have a booth
too so I'll be talking and cooking up a storm! See Y'all There! With Love, Lisa
September 6, 2006
It's here! It's here! "Lisa Shively's Fat Little Crockin' Cookbook" is here.
Y'all know it's been a long time coming! And it's adorable if I do say so!
If you're in the Greensboro area, come see me at the RV and Outdoor Extravaganza at
the Coliseum this weekend. I've never done this kind of show so I'm really excited to see everyone. I'll be cooking
like a wild woman so y'all drop by and eat a bite with me!
See Ya There! With Love, Lisa
August 10, 2006
Hey Y'all! I wanted to sit a minute and tell you the latest on the crockin' cookbook...I
will be recieving another proof of it tomorrow. I'm in great hopes that it will be perfect and ready to go to print.
If it does, I'll have books next week. So y'all keep your fingers crossed!
I have been testing a lot of recipes this past week and after several real bombs, I really
wanted a good dinner tonight! Imagine this...fried pork chops with gravy, macaroni and cheese, green beans and home-grown
tomatoes! What a meal! It was so pretty, I almost took a picture of it!
Well, I hope you're having a good dinner too! With Love, Lisa
July 31, 2006
Can you believe that tomorrow is August already? I can't! The kids will
be getting back to school and we'll all have to get back to having a schedule. I have been told by my publisher, that
the proof for my "Fat Little Crockin' Cookbook" will be here tomorrow!!! Yeah! That means I'll be standing by
the front door all day. If there are not too many corrections to be made, I'm hoping to have books in next week.
I have set up my website so that you can go ahead and order books if you want and I'll send them out once they come in.
Y'all are gonna love this book! I can't wait 'til you see it!
Y'all take it easy today. The weatherman says it's gonna get up to almost 100*
this week so stay inside and don't let the heat get you down. Take Care! With Love, Lisa
July 24, 2006
Hey Y'all! It's been so nice to be back at the Greensboro Farmer's Curb Market. It's such a unique
place that truly feels like home to everyone who enters. I will only be there through August due to my schedule this
year so if you get a chance, come see me! Y'all take care! With Love, Lisa
P.S.- My Fat Litttle Crockin' Cookbook is at the publishers now! I'll let y'all know as soon as they come
in...I can't wait 'til you see it!
July 17, 2006
I just wanted to thank everyone who has written or called to tell me they enjoyed the story in the News
& Record last week. I have had orders going out everyday since then and I really appreciate of your support!
I have also had several copies of the paper sent to me by readers...again thank you. (I just sent my Grandmother a copy).
The love of cooking, food and preserving our recipes is a bond that keeps us all together. Y'all take care and be careful
in this heat...it's almost 100* out there! With Love, Lisa
July 12, 2006
Hey Y'all! If you live in NC where you can get a copy of the Greensboro News & Record, grab a copy!
They ran a feature on me and my cookbooks today and they did a fantastic job! I am always so grateful for the opportunity
to have more people hear about my books. It was a real honor to be asked to be featured and I am already hearing from
their readers. So y'all have a good day and I'll let you know what's coming next! With Love, Lisa
July 6, 2006
Well things have been busy around here. Yesterday, I had an interview with a reporter from the Greensboro
News and Record. Today, they sent a photographer to my kitchen to take pitures for the story. It will run next
Wednesday- July 12.
I will be at the Greensboro Curb Market this Saturday with jams, jellies and cookbooks. This will be one
of my last times there selling jams and jellies. So y'all come see me and get stocked up!
On "Cooking with Lisa" today, I had the recipe for Blueberry Coconut Cake. Next Thursday will be Blueberry
Peach Pie. Y'all don't want to miss that! Y'all take care out there!
With Love, Lisa
June 29, 2006
I have been working like a crazy woman to get my next book published in the next few weeks. Y'all be on
the look out for "Lisa Shively's Fat Little Crockin' Cookbook". My proof reader says this is the best book I've written
and I do believe you will love it. It's full of recipes that are perfect for everyday meals that can be prepared in
no time. Well, better run. I have to get ready for my radio show in a few minutes. If you haven't heard
that and live in the Rockingham County are of NC, listen for me on "Cooking with Lisa" at 11:45 every Thursday morning and
again at 6:00 in the afternoon on WLOE 1490AM and WMYN 1420AM. See Y'all.
With Love, Lisa
June 26, 2006
I just got the nicest email that I wanted to share:
"Lisa, It was
a pleasure meeting you at the Blueberry Festival in Burgaw on Saturday. I purchased your “Fat Little Blueberry Cookbook.”
Just wanted you to know I made the blueberry muffin recipe which I think I like better than my grandmother’s recipe
but the recipe that got rave reviews was the blueberry salsa! Thanks! M.
St.Clair".
Thank You! It's
always nice to hear people enjoying my recipes...it lets me know I'm on the right track!
June 25, 2006
I want to thank everyone who came out to the NC Blueberry Festival this weekend. I met so many wonderful
people and ate lots of big, fat blueberries.
As most of you know, I was a judge for the recipe contest - let me tell y'all something...it's a lot harder than
it looks! It's not just about saying which one is the prettiest, and it's not just about saying which one tastes the
best, it's all about saying which one is the best in all categories. There were lots of beautiful and delicious dishes
to taste and everyone who entered had a lot to be proud of. There were so many creative ways to use blueberries in the
dishes and I was amazed at the ways people used them to decorate their entries.
The weather was great...extremely hot and humid...but I always say that we can still have a show if it's hot,
it's the rain that puts a damper on things. The committee members that I talked to said everything went smoothly
with no emergency calls coming in on the radio and everyone was pleased with the entire festival.
If y'all head down that way, stop into Holland's Shelter Creek Restaurant out on Hwy 53. They have some
of the best Cajun Catfish and Shrimp I have every had. Tell 'em I said "Hey". I promise, you'll be glad you made
this little trip.
So do you think that I'll be back next year? Oh yeah! I wouldn't miss it for the world. Burgaw,
y'all are my kinda people! Take Care.
With Love, Lisa
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