August 7 - Annette Nielsen and Elizabeth Folwell will sign books at Hudson River Trading, North Creek, beginning at 1:00 p.m. (518) 251-4461
August 10 - Adirondack Authors' Night at Hoss's Country Corner, Long Lake at 7:00 p.m. (518) 624-2481
August 22 - Annette Nielsen will sign Northern Comfort and Northern Bounty at The Bookstore Plus, Lake Placid, at 1:00 p.m. (518) 523-2950
August 23 - Annette Nielsen speaks about local food traditions at the Adirondack Museum, Blue Mountain Lake, 7:30 p.m. (518) 352-7311
NORTHERN
BOUNTY
New
Cookbook from Adirondack Life Highlights Spring and Summer Recipes
June
15, 2010
JAY,
NY—Adirondack Life magazine, established in 1969, has featured traditional and
contemporary North Country food throughout the years. In June 2010 the new
collection of soups, salads, entrées and desserts—Northern Bounty:
Spring and Summer Recipes—will be released. The 144-page paperback retails for $15.95.
The
book, edited by food writer Annette Nielsen, offers more than 120 recipes using
regional fruit, vegetables, cheese, fish, even foraged greens and wild
mushrooms. Beverages infused with fresh berries; salads garnished with clover
buds; red, white and blue potato salad; grilled and marinated free-range beef;
even delicious dandelion wine show the range of signature flavors.
"Gourmet
backpacker meals you can assemble at home fill an entire chapter," said
Nielsen, who lives in Salem, New York. "These are much better
nutritionally than typical dehydrated packets, and many of the recipes were
created specifically for Adirondack Life by well-known regional chefs."
Some
selections were gleaned from contests sponsored by the magazine, including
desserts and dressings using maple syrup and dishes relying on potatoes. Other
recipes highlight produce found in regional farmers' markets.
Northern
Bounty is the
companion to Northern Comfort: Fall and Winter Recipes from Adirondack Life, which was released in late
2009. Together, the books present a good overview of local food culture as well
as scores of recipes unavailable elsewhere.
Nielsen
will be signing books and demonstrating dishes from both cookbooks this summer.
Check with local bookstores for information on author appearances or visit www.adirondacklife.com
in the "Press" section for details. Nielsen and Adirondack Life
creative director Elizabeth Folwell will be at the 26th annual authors' night
at Hoss's Country Corner, in Long Lake, in August.
Bookstores,
gift shops and libraries: Please contact Linda Bedard at lbedard@adirondacklife.com
to order or call (518) 946-2191 extension 106.
Newspapers:
For a photo of the author or to arrange an interview contact Annette Nielsen
via Annette Nielsen annettenielsen@verizon.net.
ADIRONDACK PHOTOGRAPHY INSTITUTE AND ADIRONDACK LIFE TEAM-UP FOR LAKE
PLACID WORKSHOP
ADIRONDACK
PHOTOGRAPHY INSTITUTE AND ADIRONDACK LIFE TEAM-UP FOR LAKE PLACID
WORKSHOP
June 15, 2010
Jay, New
York—Adirondack Photography Institute (API) and Adirondack Life magazine are partnering to bring a weekend of fun
and photography to the Olympic Village. The Adirondack Photography Weekend will
take place August 27-29 at the historic Northwoods Inn in downtown Lake Placid.
This is a great opportunity to experience the unique beauty of the High Peaks
region of the Adirondacks and learn first-hand from leaders in nature
photography and regional publishing the latest tips and techniques for
improving the quality of your images, as well as guidelines and advice for
getting your images into print.
This one-of-a-kind weekend
will include field trips led by API staff members to spectacular photo
locations selected for their image-making possibilities, entertaining,
informative presentations by Adirondack Life staff members and power-packed presentations by
API staff instructors shedding light on the latest technologies and techniques.
The Adirondack
Photography Institute is an organization formed in 2004 for the purpose of
improving the quality of our lives and preserving our natural spaces through
the study and practice of outdoor photography as a means for creative
expression. Adirondack Life
is a regional magazine covering the six-million-acre Adirondack Park of
northern New York State. It explores the region's people, places, history,
wildlife, environment and public issues, and provides readers with ideas for
activities and outdoor recreation throughout the vast park.
BLUE
MOUNTAIN LAKE—Writers, editors, publishers, and book lovers gathered at
the stunning Blue Mountain Center in Blue Mountain Lake on Sunday, June 6,
2010, to hear the announcements of the Adirondack Center for Writing's (ACW’s)
annual Adirondack Literary Award winners.
The
Adirondack Literary Awards celebrate and acknowledge the books that were
written by Adirondack authors or published in the region in the previous year.
All
of the books submitted for consideration this year were on display, giving a
visual sense of the scope of our Adirondack literary achievements, and many of
the authors had signed copies of their books for sale.
And
the winners are…..for Best Book of Poetry: American Cool by George Drew published by Tamarack
Editions. Best Children’s Book went to author Eric Luper for Bug Boy published byFarrar, Straus and Giroux and
Best Memoir went to American by Choice by Walter Kroner, Shires Press. Best Book of
Photography was a shared award, going to The Adirondacks In Celebration of
the Seasons,
Mark Bowie and Lake George, Carl Heilman, both published by North Country Books.
The judges gave a special recognition to North Country Books for consistently
publishing marvelous books of photography that reflect the beauty and grace of
the Adirondacks.
The
nonfiction category was divided into awards for collected works and general
nonfiction. The award for collected works went to The Great Experiment in
Conservation: Voices from the Adirondack Park, edited by William F. Porter, Jon d. Erickson
and Ross S. Whaley and published by Syracuse University Press. The award for
best book of nonfiction went to Short Carries, Essays from Adirondack Life, Elizabeth Folwell, Adirondack
Life, Inc, which also took home the People’s Choice Award, which is voted on by
ACW members for the best book of the year, regardless of genre.
For
the first time the nonfiction judges acknowledged a “sleeper of the year” award,
which went to Dog Hikes in the Adirondacks, edited by Annie Stoltie and Elisabeth Ward and
published by Shaggy Dog Press. As judge Bibi Wein explained, “If you love dogs,
get this book, and if you don’t love dogs, get this book.”
ACW
is very proud of the judges for the Adirondack Literary Award; they are careful
and dedicated readers. The judges are:
Nonfiction
and memoir: Bibi Wein and Jerry McGovern
Fiction:
Ellen Rocco and Joseph Bruchac (no fiction award was named this year, all
entries will be considered next year)
Poetry:
Stephanie Coyne-DeGhett and Maurice Kenny
Children's
Literature: Danielle Hoepfl and Nancy Beattie
The
Adirondack Center for Writing is a non-profit organization that supports the
literary arts throughout the Park. They present workshops, writing and
publishing conferences, and also organize public readings where they present
both regional and nationally acclaimed authors. They're supported in part by
the New York State Council on the Arts. Paul Smith's College donates office
space and services to the organization, while members also provide a great deal
of the operating budget through membership dues and contributions.
While
it is a membership-based organization, all of the events, including workshops
and conferences are open to the public. For more information, contact The
Adirondack Center for Writing, Tel: (518) 327-6278, e-mail: acwevents@gmail.com; www.adirondackcenterforwriting.org.
2010
PHOTO CONTEST WINNERS
February
16, 2010
JAY,
N.Y.—Adirondack Life magazine recently named the winners of its annual photography
contest. One overall grand prize was awarded, as well as 12 awards in color,
wildlife, macro and black-and-white categories.
Zach
Clothier, of Athol, N.Y., was the grand-prize winner for his photograph of a
Lake George scene at daybreak. The judges cited the photograph’s “dramatic
perspective, its subtle color palette and its
serene-Adirondack-morning-invoking vibe.”
First place
in the color category went to Dave Crudele, of Ballston Spa, N.Y., for his
landscape of Otter Bay in Raquette Lake. Ken Rimany, of Niskayuna, N.Y., took
second place with his shot of Blue Mountain Lake. Third place was awarded to
Justin Michau, of Batavia, N.Y., for an image of Buttermilk Falls, in Long
Lake.
Mark Buck,
of Albany, N.Y., was the first-place winner in the macro category for his
close-up photograph of stones in frozen Sand Creek, in the town of Day. A shot
of ice crystals on the grate of the Bald Mountain fire tower, by Andrew Beigh,
of Bridgewater, N.Y., won second place. Third place went to Carl Rubino, of
Elizabethtown, N.Y., for an image taken along Beaver Pond in Wilmington, N.Y.
A striking
image of the metamorphosis of a dragonfly earned Marion Bayly, of Speculator,
N.Y., first place in the wildlife category. Second place was awarded to Don
Polunci, of Queensbury, N.Y., for his shot of a short-eared owl in Fort Edward.
Pat McGuire, of Washington, D.C., took third place for a photograph of a loon.
William
Cohea, of East Bangor, Pa., won first place in the black-and-white category for
his view from Wakely Mountain fire tower. Second place went to Steve Auger, of
Malone, N.Y., for his image of Whiteface Mountain and Little Cherry Patch Pond.
Emily Miluski, of Wallingford, Pa., captured third place for a photograph of a
crumbling boathouse on Lake George.
In addition
to the category winners, five images received honorable mention. Photographers
were allowed to enter up to five images each. The grand-prize winner is awarded
attendance at the Adirondack Photography Institute’s Adirondack Fall
Photography Weekend, in Inlet, N.Y.; category winners receive a specially
commissioned work of pottery by Sue Young, of Jay, N.Y.
Winning
photographs are published in the March/April 2010 issue of the magazine and can
be seen on www.adirondacklife.com, along with additional honorable
mention photographs.
Adirondack
Life magazine, with
a circulation of 50,000, covers historical, political, recreational and
environmental issues relevant to the six-million-acre Adirondack Park, and is
known for publishing some of the best photography in and of the northern New
York State wilderness.
Editors:
For more information or a PDFof the magazine’s latest cover, contact Lisa
Bramen at (518) 946-2191 or lbramen@adirondacklife.com.
Comfort Food Featured in New Adirondack Life Cookbook
November 6, 2009 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
JAY, NY: Adirondack Life, celebrating its 40th anniversary in December, announces the publication of Northern Comfort, a collection of fall and winter recipes that have appeared in the award-winning regional magazine. Dishes ranging from traditional apple desserts to contemporary approaches to hearty soups, salads and sides have been collected and tested by Annette Nielsen, a noted food writer who lives in Salem, New York.
More than 125 recipes are detailed in the 144-page paperback, including medallions of venison with caramelized apples and cilantro, grouse marsala, maple-butternut squash soup, potato-parsnip gratin, chocolate bread pudding and North Country baklava. Over the years the magazine has presented signature dishes from fine regional restaurants and lodges as well as the work of creative home cooks. Recipe contests featuring apples and maple syrup also provided material for this volume.
Cookbook editor Nielsen has contributed articles and columns on regional farms, food and folkways to a variety of publications. She has organized the Salem Al Fresco dinner, a fund-raising event that serves local produce and meat to some 400 diners every July. Her commitment to sustainable living also includes work on a community garden with more than 300 participants, a food pantry featuring locally sourced ingredients, farm-to-table tours and cooking classes at the Battenkill Kitchen, in Washington County, for youth and adults. Nielsen worked earlier in her career with Glorious Food, a catering concern in New York, testing recipes and editing the Center for Science in the Public Interest’s Nutrition Action Healthletter and teaching the principles of healthful eating and cooking to teens and parents in underserved areas of Washington, DC, with Share Our Strength’s Chef Outreach Program.
“Working with the team at Adirondack Life brought together this historic compilation of recipes offering a look at how we enjoy food in the region's great restaurants or at home. The cookbook really highlights primary ingredients readily found in the Adirondacks, whether forest, orchard or farm,” Neilsen said.
Northern Comfort: Fall and Winter Recipes from Adirondack Life is available at independent bookstores, national outlets, kitchenware shops, garden-supply centers and through the magazine’s Web site, www.adirondacklife.com. Annette Nielsen will appear at select retailers to speak and demonstrate some of her favorite dishes from the cookbook.
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FOR REVIEWERS
To receive a review copy of Northern Comfort please fax a request on letterhead to Adirondack Life at (518) 946-7461.
FOR RETAILERS
To purchase copies of Northern Comfort email Linda Bedard at lbedard@adirondacklife.com or call (518) 946-2191 extension 106.
Lake Champlain: An Illustrated History
Published by Adirondack Life
Foreword by Senator Patrick Leahy
Introduction by Christopher Shaw
216 pages, 320 color plates
Dimensions 9.5x12 inches
Hardcover with dust jacket Index
Retail price $44.95
ISBN 978 092 2595 365
Publication date: April 20, 2009
New Book Celebrates America's Most Historic Lake
Jay, NY: Samuel de Champlain's intrepid travels took him from his native France as far away as Mexico, but 2009 marks the 400th anniversary of his discovery of a magnificent lake cradled by mountains. To celebrate the waterway that now bears his name Adirondack Life announces the publication of Lake Champlain: An Illustrated History.
This 216-page coffee-table book contains more than 300 photos, maps, sketches, and vintage images of battles, boats, flora, fauna, artifacts and art. Chapters tell the story of the region from the earliest geologic record to modern life in shoreline communities, with compelling discussions of native people, military history, commerce and recreation. There are surprising facts--such as the discovery of a fossilized whale near Vergennes, Vermont--as well as in-depth explanations of key activity during three wars for domination of North America.
Contributors to the book include Vermont Senator Patrick Leahy, former Adirondack Life editor and Middlebury College professor Christopher Shaw, military historian Russell Bellico and Adirondack Life writer Tom Henry. The book was designed by Bill Harvey, of Burlington, Vermont; Michael MacCaskey was the editor.
Lake Champlain: An Illustrated History will debut on April 14 at a lecture by archaeologist John Crock at ECHO Lake Aquarium and Science Center, at the Leahy Center for Lake Champlain, on the Burlington waterfront, as part of the "Indigenous Expressions" exhibit. The book will also be featured at the New York State History Conference, www.nysha.org, in early June, at SUNY-Plattsburgh. The book will be available at quadricentennial events throughout the region as well as retail shops, museums and bookstores.
For more information email Elizabeth Folwell, creative director, efolwell@adirondacklife.com. Review copies are available to media representatives provided they fax a request on letterhead to (518) 946 7461. Retail outlets, libraries and schools are encouraged to contact Linda Bedard at (518) 946 2191 ex 106, lbedard@adirondacklife.com.
SHORT CARRIES: ESSAYS FROM ADIRONDACK LIFE
by Elizabeth Folwell
Introduction by Bill McKibben
213 pages, softcover. $16.95
ISBN 978-0-922595-38-9
Publisher: Adirondack Life, Inc.
Publication date: April 20, 2009
February 4, 2009
Jay, NY: Adirondack Life, the regional magazine covering New York's six-million-acre Adirondack Park, announces the April publication of Short Carries. The 213-page anthology contains narrative essays, columns, historical articles and travel pieces by longtime editor Elizabeth Folwell.
Folwell joined the magazine staff as assistant editor in 1989 and now serves as creative director. She has earned eight major awards from the International Regional Magazine Association (IRMA) and has contributed to publications such as Gray's Sporting Journal, National Geographic Traveler and The New York Times Travel Section. She and her guide dog were profiled in Bark magazine in November 2007.
She reached a national audience in 1992 when The Adirondack Book: A Complete Guide was first published by Berkshire House. Now in its sixth edition, with coauthor Annie Stoltie, the Great Destinations title was issued by Countryman Press in 2008.
Folwell's essays have also appeared in Another Wilderness: New Outdoor Writing by Women (Seal Press), Adirondack Style (Clarkson Potter), Rooted in Rock (Syracuse University Press), Reading Lips (Apprentice House) and the upcoming Adirondack Reader (Adirondack Mountain Club). She is completing a memoir about losing her sight entitled My Left Eye.
The book is one of several Adirondack Life nonfiction works slated for 2009, the magazine's fortieth year. The 50,000-circulation publication was named Magazine of the Year by IRMA in 2004 and 2008.
Short Carries will be distributed by Adirondack Life and other companies. Wholesale inquiries should be addressed to Linda Bedard, lbedard@adirondacklife.com. Publicity questions should be addressed to Elizabeth Folwell, efolwell@adirondacklife.com
Click here for an interview with author Elizabeth Folwell
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