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Celebrating 15 Years of Publishing in the Heartland!

NEW: ICP in the new issue of the Source
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The Ice Cube Press featured in Radish Magazine.
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15 Years Article in the Gazette

Ice Cube Press in
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Promotional Events and Reading Tour!

8/29-9/1/2008 - Slow Food Nation,
Reading sponsored by Point Reyes Books, during
Slow Food Nation, San Francisco, CA

09/05/2008 September 5th, Fairfield, Iowa Friday’s Art Walk and Food Celebration. Readings at 21st Century Bookstore. 7 & 9 pm, also sponsored by Heartland Reality.

9/10/2008 - Schlafly Bottleworks, 7:30 pm
Part of the Slowednesday events and Slow Food St. Louis
St. Louis, MO

9/14/2008 - Field to Family, Iowa City, IA, 4:30 pm., signing and reading at the Motley Cow, Iowa City, Iowa food and drinks will
be on tap.

9/20/2008 - Food for Thought, events in
Madison, WI

9/25-27/2008 - Midwest Booksellers Association Convention,
St. Paul. MN Part of the Midwest Connnections Moveable Feast events as well as formal and informal signings.

9/25/2008 - Lucia’s€, 5 pm, signing and reading at this popular Twin Cities locale, Minneapolis, MN

10/2-5/2008 - The American Royal BBQ Competition,  Celebrity Chef, Cooking Demo and Signing at this classic
Kansas City, MO event.

10/3/2008, KU Oread Bookstore, Lawrence, Kansas, 5:30 - 7 pm, this event is being co-sponsored by KU Food Service as well as local community groups in Lawrence.

10/10/2008 - Know the Score, Iowa Public Radio, Iowa City, IA
5-7 pm, join the Live Audience at the Old Capital Senate Chambers on the U of I Pentacrest, or listen live on Iowa Public Radio via webstream, or radio

10/17/2008 - Kitchen Collage, 11:30a-1p, Des Moines, IA> Book signing and demo> Make plans to be here in Iowa’s Capital City.

11/14/2008 - Live From Prairie Lights, 7-8p, Prairie Lights Books, Iowa City, IA Join Kurt as he ascends the steps to read and sign books as part of this Midwest Writers Mecca.

11/25/2008 - Dragonfly Neo-V, Columbus, Ohio

addittional events being planned in Michigan, Iowa, Chicago, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Nebraska and the Dakotas.

This book will be available at bookstores, online booksellers, museum shops and other outlets in the Midwest and the rest of the country.

A Cook's Journey
Slow Food In The Heartland

ISBN 9781888160369, $26.95
192 pgs, 8x10 (Fall, 2008)
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Chef Kurt Michael Friese
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Great journeys are often inspired by simple questions and observations. Join Chef Kurt Michael Friese as he travels through our nation's Heartland.

When he recognized that the epicenters of the world's different culinary heritages have always been in the heart of a nation's grain belt, whether it be France, India, China, Italy, or Germany, he realized that great food must be waiting to be discovered all across the American Heartland. So he went looking, from Ohio to Oklahoma to North Dakota, thirteen states in all. His intuition was right—the center of our country truly is a fascinating, varied and healthy culinary region, with far more stories than would fit in one book.

Friese's expedition explores and explains the Slow Food movement throughout the American Midwest. If you haven't heard of the Slow Food movement this book will be an eye-opener for you. If you are aware of Slow Food you will be amazed and pleased to learn of the remarkable diversity that this region of the country is providing. Brick oven cooking and traditional Prosciutto in Iowa; micro-breweries in Ann Arbor and St. Louis; smoked lake trout on the shore of Lake Superior; food experts in Minnesota's twin cities and Madison, Wisconsin; exciting ventures in food security and quality in Oklahoma, Nebraska, North and South Dakota; family recipes from Italy in Kansas City; even the rebirth of Al Capone's prohibition rye whiskey. An insightful, inspiring collection that also includes relevant, mouth-watering recipes by the author and the folks featured in this Chef's remarkable journey. This exploration into the Heartland is not to be missed.

Selected through the Upper
Midwest Booksellers Association