New Poet Laureate
On July 1, 2010, the Library of Congress announced the name of the new Poet Laureate. W.S. Merwin is the 17th recipient of the title and will serve from 2010 to 2011. Many books of his poetry are available through the library catalog:
The Shadow of Sirius, Pulitzer Prize (2009)
Migration, National Book Award (2005)
The Ends of the Earth, essays
Background information:
June is Dairy Month
Wisconsin, also known as "America's Dairyland," is the source of some of the best cheeses in the country. The Door County Library has a number of books on the history and background of Wisconsin's cheese production, along with a number of cheese and dairy cookbooks.
Check out these books:
The master cheesemakers of Wisconsin by James R Norton
Cheese : the making of a Wisconsin tradition by Jerold W Apps
Wisconsin cheese : a cookbook and guide to the cheeses of Wisconsin by Martin Hintz
The home creamery by Kathy Farrell-Kingsley
The Wisconsin State Historical Society has an interesting collection of articles on the history of diary farming in the state:
The Rise of Dairy Farming
More information on the history of "June Dairy Month" is available from:
Best Breakfast in the Country
The talk of Door County this week was the Best Breakfast Challenge on ABC's Good Morning America program. One of the four finalist was Door County's White Gull Inn in Fish Creek.Door County Style Magazine
Everybody's talking about Food, Inc.
At the recent Sustainability Fair at Crossroads in Sturgeon Bay, a number of people who stopped by the Door County Library table asked about the award-winning film, Food, Inc. This film seems to have really caught the public's eye. Both the book and the DVD are available from the library through the InfoSoup.org catalog, but for those who can't wait (there are over 150 reserves for the DVD!), watch the film streaming online at the PBS website right now:
