Are you really busy right now? Think you’re too busy to cook? Not if you take it slow and easy! Here at the library we have some new cookbooks–just in time for the busy holiday season. So fire up your crock-pots and slow cookers and turn your ovens on to “low”.
If you have leftovers from your huge turkey dinner check out this recipe adapted from the “Everything Slow Cooker Cookbook”.
Turkey and Dressing Casserole Serves 4
Ingredients: Nonstick spray
- 2 cups leftover turkey
- 4 cups leftover stuffing
- 2 cups leftover gravy
- 2 Tablespoons heavy cream
- leftover vegetables like peas and carrots (1/4 cup or to taste)
Method: Treat your slow cooker with nonstick spray. Cut turkey and dressing into bite-sized pieces. Add to the slow cooker along with the peas and carrots, gravy and heavy cream. Stir to mix. Cover and cook on low for 3 hours, or until heated through.
If you don’t own a slow cooker or crock-pot try something from “The Best Slow & Easy Recipes” published by the geniuses at Cook’s Illustrated. According to their chef’s, cooking food in an oven at moderate temperatures with extended cooking times will produce food that is more flavorful and tender with surprising and delicious flavors. It sounds wonderful and I can’t wait to try something from these books and come in from a cold afternoon of snow shovelling into a house smelling of roasting meat or warm mulled cider from the crock-pot.
If you have any wonderful crock-pot or slow recipes please reply to this post and share them or if there is a cookbook you’d like that we don’t have here at the library please let me know.
And as always, see you at the library!
Yvonne
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You’ve heard of the Julie and Julia Project. This is the Reference Desk Project. And I’m here to tell you that not much is going on right now. As many of you already know, the Reference Desk is moving to a new location. If you’ve been keeping up with the comings and goings in the Periodical Room, you’re as interested as I am to see how it’s all going to turn out. Let me fill you in on what’s happened so far.
Phase one. A new desk has been installed which eventually will be joined with the existing Periodical Desk to form a new Reference Desk. Yes, there will be two Reference Librarians sitting side by side, eagerly awaiting your questions. The low book shelves were rearranged and Career Books and Test Books have been reassigned. –See what a great little study area already has been created.– Phone books, scholarship books, etc. also were relocated to the low shelves behind the Test Books.
There’s a lot more to come, and I can’t wait to fill you in on Phase two. Stay tuned.
Lilly the Librarian
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The latest issue of MCL Notes is here! Check it out for details about programs for all ages at the main and west libraries from now through February, as well as news articles and other information. You can also sign up to receive future issues of newsletter via email for your convenience.
MCL Notes – Winter 2010
-Amy G.
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Hi Everyone –
If you have looked at our museum list the past couple of days, you may have noticed that the Manchester Millyard pass is gone. Our membership expired on Monday, November 30. We missed our membership renewal letter. So, I called them this afternoon and well……they are sending us a new one. Once we receive it, we will renew for another year. I’ll let you know when the new passes become available.
The only other one that will be ending here shortly is the Currier Art Museum. I did speak with them last week when I was over there for storytime. That letter should also be mailed out this week or next week. We will be renewing that membership as well.
I think that is all for museum passes this year. Come March, we will start again. At that time, we will go through all the passes to see what is moving, what is not moving and what we can delete or add. We have found some new ones that we are considering adding.
If you have any questions, please let us know.
Karyn I.
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Autumn–when the light in New England is fading and the cold creeps in —that’s a good time for a vacation. So I chose a place where the light is golden and the views are stunning, and experienced some of the spectacular art, food, wine, people, dogs & cats, churches and relics of a few Italian cities. If you’ve got the urge for going, the library is the place to come and plan your trip without spending extra on books, CDs or DVDs.
To “see what you’ll be seeing” MCL has DVDs for many of the world’s most popular tourist areas. In my case I used: Best of Travels in Europe: Italy by veteran traveler Rick Steves.
Would you like to pronounce your food order correctly or ask how to find the restroom in Italian? Check out the audio CD: One Day Italian or even download Instant Immersion Italian onto your computer, IPOD or MP3 player. And don’t forget our language book collection. Perfect Phrases in Italian for Confident Travel was a big help.
Vacations are too short. Make the best use of your limited time and look at DK Eyewitness Travel Top Ten Florence and Tuscany for great maps, and area “must sees” in a colorful, clear format. Or try Fodor’s Italy 2009 which also comes with a map of major cities and rates hotels, restaurants, and sights. For your more esoteric desires try the Art Room. There are scads of books on Italian artists, architects, sculptors, museums and cities highlighting the country that gave us the Renaissance. A helpful book is The Secret Language of the Renaissance: Decoding the Hidden Symbolism of Italian Art.
In the end, after months of anticipation, of planning and dreaming, the trip evolves on its own. And no matter how many Michelangelo sculptures you see, what impresses you the most is the young man who carried your way-too-heavy suitcase up way-too-many subway stairs, who quietly turned and smiled at you.
Buon viaggio!
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You may have noticed some changes lately in our Periodical Room. These changes have been in preparation for the relocating of our Reference services. When all is said and done we will have combined our Reference and Periodical desks into one, located in the current Periodical Room. Be on the lookout for more rearranging as well as a repurposing of the Rotunda. Please bear with us as we make this transition.
And don’t forget, no matter where we’re located, feel free to ask us for help. That’s what we’re here for!
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Even though the Manchester libraries are closed today, it is an official city holiday, we want you to be able to find your polling locations:
- WARD 1
THE DERRYFIELD SCHOOL
2108 River Road
- WARD 2
HILLSIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL
112 Reservoir Avenue
- WARD 3
CAROL M. RINES CENTER
USE REAR ENTRANCE – NOT ELM STREET ENTRANCE
1528 Elm Street
- WARD 4
MCDONOUGH SCHOOL
550 Lowell Street
- WARD 5
BEECH STREET SCHOOL
333 Beech Street
- WARD 6
ST. PIUS CCD CENTER
Candia Road and Sarto Street
- WARD 7
ST. ANTHONY COMMUNITY CENTER
148 Belmont Street
- WARD 8
JEWETT STREET SCHOOL
130 South Jewett Street
- WARD 9
BISHOP LEO E. O’NEIL YOUTH CENTER
30 South Elm Street
- WARD 10
PARKER-VARNEY SCHOOL
223 James Pollock Drive
- WARD 11
GOSSLER SCHOOL
99 Sullivan Street
- WARD 12
NORTHWEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
300 Youville Street
Here’s a handy map to ward locations and another one to find which neighborhoods are in what wards. The polls are open from 6 am to 7 pm.
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Mystery fans, treat yourself to a visit with Archer Mayor, author of the highly acclaimed, Vermont-based mystery series featuring detective Joe Gunther. Mr. Mayor will be reading from and autographing his new novel, The Price of Malice, on Thursday, October 29th at 7:00 PM in the library auditorium. Copies of the book will be available for purchase, supplied by Gibson’s BookStore.
This event is free and open to the public.
Chicago Tribune has described the Joe Gunther series as “the best police procedurals being written in America.” Mayor is the 2004 winner of the New England Independent Booksellers Association Award for Best Fiction—the first time a writer of crime literature has been so honored—as well as a death investigator for Vermont’s Chief Medical Examiner, and a Deputy Sheriff for Windham County, VT.
- Sponsored by The Manchester City Library Foundation
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Already we are looking toward planning our next year’s Fall Library Card Campaign. Let us know what you think of the program, the raffle card concept or any other thoughts or comments you would like to share.
Since September seems to fly by at an unprecedented speed, we are considering alternative ideas for next fall. One thing we definitely want to do is maximize the exposure to local businesses during the course of our campaign. Here are a couple of thoughts. Weigh in and let us know, how you feel!
- Run the program for 2 months; September and October in order to allow more time for our customers to take advantage of the discounts being offered by local merchants
- Advertise wildly in September and run the program in October
We’re all ears! Start yakkin’
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If you have been waiting with bated breath to find out who the winner of our Fall Library Card Campaign’s Business Partner Raffle, it is now safe to breathe deeply. Our campaign came to a close on September 30th and the winners are: Martha L. Davies- Grand Prize winner of the Monarch’s Ultimate Package and the Second Prize went to Phyllis Otto who received a$25.00 gift certificate to Piccola Italia. The winners of these prizes hustled around our fair city throughout September flashing their library cards at 10 of the 38 businesses participating in our One Card… Endless Possibilities Program. Who knows what next year will bring! Perhaps you will be the Grand Prize winner.
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