Séan Duffy, a good friend of mine from back home in the Ohio Valley, has been hard at work for a while now on a pretty cool project -- "The Wheeling Family: A Celebration of Immigrants and Their Neighborhoods" ... I recommend grabbing a copy. Or two. Or 15.
I had the honor of reading much of the book before it hit the presses, and it's filled with fascinating stories of how immigrants made the American experience their own, assimilating into our larger culture while simultaneously changing it with their traditions, stories and (most importantly) cuisines. I mean, there are some pretty sweet recipes in this book, including one for Italian Wedding Soup -- from Séan's family, I believe -- that might just rival my award-winning recipe. Note that I said "might" ...
I know Séan has worked impossibly long hours to see this book come to fruition. The project deserves your support, and if you're at all interested in the history of the Upper Ohio Valley (which, in many ways, is the history of the 20th Century), you need to read "The Wheeling Family."
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I hear this writer is extraordinary! A young Danielle Steel or like a Debbie MacComber or some such! True?
He looks like he was torn from the cover of the latest Danielle Steele novel, so in that case ... yes. The analogy works.
I failed to mention above that I helped Séan with editing the stories that are in the book, for which I was compensated in beer, in return for blood, sweat and the destruction of dangling participles.
I was paid after the book was completed, lest there be boozy edits throughout.
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