The Double Musky Inn Cookbook!



The Double Musky
Inn Cookbook
Alaska’s Mountain Cajun Cuisine
by Bob and Deanna Persons
Alaska Northwest Books®
176 pg, 56 B&W photos, 150 recipes
Hardbound, 0-88240-619-1, $19.95

Built in 1962, the Double Musky began as an after-ski bar. Customers cooked their own steaks over a fire in the dining room and ate their food on picnic tables. In 1979, after the struggling inn had passed through several owners, Bob and Deanna Persons bought the restaurant. With training and advice from Paul Prudhomme and his staff, the Persons started to make a name for their little restaurant. The Double Musky began featuring a menu of steaks and seafood with an emphasis on spices and seasonings with a New Orleans accent.

The Persons

Favorable reviews from national magazines, newspapers, and travel guides began to appear and most recently the Double Musky was named one of the Top 10 restaurants in America by the Food Network’s Jill Cordes and has been featured on CNN Worldwide. Other praise for the restaurant has appeared in Bon Appétit, Fodor’s Travel Guides, Honolulu Magazine, Chicago Tribune, San Francisco Chronicle, New Orleans Times-Picayune, New York Times, and many other publications around the U.S.

Book Signing

Barnes & Noble
October 21st at 11:30-1:00 p.m.
Anchorage, AK

This is a cookbook that’s fun to read and one that will whet your own culinary appetite. It’s beautifully done, brilliantly illustrated . . .

—Anchorage Daily News

. . . exciting the taste buds of Alaskans.

—Anchorage Press

The excellence of these recipes can be summed up by the double-take reaction of former New Orleans Mayor Ernest “Dutch” Morial after dining at The Double Musky Inn: “The best Cajun cooking I have ever eaten — even better than the stuff back home.”

—Mount Vernon News

. . . a cookbook as unique and as surprisingly wonderful as the restaurant that inspired it.

—The Mercury

This book has the Persons, who are from the Deep South, sharing the secrets of their homestyle cuisine that makes the ice melt and tongues wag.

—The Oakland Press

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Hello all—

We’re in the thick of the Fall Trade Show season and happy to have many authors scheduled for the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association show this coming weekend.

With only 82 days left in 2006, we at Graphic Arts Center are pleased to announce the highly anticipated arrival of the second printing of The Double Musky Inn Cookbook, just in time for the holidays. First released in mid-July, this unlikely combination of Alaska and Cajun cuisine has intrigued food writers nationwide. We’re thrilled with the attention this book has received so far.

For other gift ideas, see Brilliant Waters, Alaska: Portrait of a State, Las Vegas: Portrait of a City, and Iditarod Glory, shown below.

We have lots of authors out promoting their books at events this month. And, if you are in the area, we hope you can stop by our booth, 1268, at the PNBA this Thursday through Saturday, and meet several of our authors. Read on for details about upcoming events and media coverage. As always, thank you for your continuing support.

Regards,

Mike Jones
Dir. Of Sales and Marketing

• The Double Musky Inn Cookbook: Alaska’s Mountain Cajun Cuisine (Alaska Northwest Books®, HB 0-88240-619-1) – Reviewed in the September 4 edition of the Oakland Press. “This book has the Persons, who are from the Deep South, sharing the secrets of their homestyle cuisine that makes the ice melt and tongues wag.” —Douglas J. Levy.
  
  Highlighted in the September 9 edition of Anchorage Press. “To tease your tastebuds.” —Forrest Schroeder-Einwiller.

  Reviewed in the September issue of the Coast Magazine. “The Double Musky Inn Cookbook is a must-read for Girdwood gourmands and stovetop hobbyists alike.” —John Woodbury.

  Highlighted in the New Books section of the Fall 2006 issue of Alaska Women Speak.
  

• The Kids from Nowhere (Alaska Northwest Books®, HB 0-88240-651-5) – Listed in Publisher’s Weekly Fall Announcements Issue 2006.
  

• One Tough Mother: Success in Life, Business, and Apple Pies (WestWinds Press, HB 1-55868-908-7) – Reviewed in the 2006 issue of Indiana University’s Kelley School of Business Journal, Business Horizons, calling it “entertaining” with “sardonic humor.”
  

• Running with Champions (Alaska Northwest Books®, SB 0-88240-616-7) – Author Lisa Frederic and her book were reviewed in the September issue of Bookwatch describing it as “a midlife adventure, told with wit, spirit, and respect for the loyalty of man’s (and woman’s!) best friend.”

  Mentioned in the September issue of the Midwest Book Review on KNLS Bookwatch, a radio book review commentary broadcast three times a day, three days a week throughout September.
  

• Washington: The State of Wine (Graphic Arts Books, HB 1-55868-953-2) – Featured in the Walla Walla Union Bulletin. It quotes Martin Clubb, owner of L’Ecole No. 41 Winery saying, “The story is in pictures, it’s not so much the words. It’s a pictorial of the industry in its process. Even if you couldn’t read English, you could flip through the book and have a good idea of what wine making in Washington State is all about.”

  Mentioned in the Seattle Times on September 6th.
  

• Frans Lanting (Feathers) – Photographer was featured in the September 2006 issue of United Airlines’ Hemispheres magazine.
  
  
  

AUTHORS & BOOKS

• Cindy Lou Aillaud – Recess at 20 Below – Cindy will sign her book at Barnes and Noble in Fairbanks, Alaska, on October 21st at 1 p.m.
  
  
• Tricia Brown – The World-Famous Alaska Highway – Tricia Brown, author of several best-selling Graphic Arts Center Publishing Company titles including Children of the Midnight Sun and Groucho’s Eyebrows, will sign copies of her books at the PNBA Fall Trade Show in Portland, Oregon, on October 14th at 10 a.m.
  
  
• Loretta Outwater Cox – The Storytellers’ Club – Author of The Winter Walk is presenting at the Alaska State Literacy Conference in Juneau, Alaska, October 19-21st.
  
  
• Less Kerr – Tennessee – Author will appear at the Southern Festival of Books in Memphis, Tennessee, October 13th at noon. Also a songwriter and recording artist, Les will perform on the festival's Cafe Stage. The concert is part of his Crawfish Caravan CD Release Tour that will include a book signing at Hal and Mal's in Jackson, Mississippi, on October 19th at 7:00 p.m.
  
  
• Paul Linnman – The Exploding Whale, Oregon Golf – Popular Portland radio and TV personality and author will sign copies of his books at the PNBA Fall Trade Show in Portland, Oregon, on October 13th at 11 a.m.
  
  
• Peter Marbach – Mount Hood – Photographer will sign his book at the PNBA Fall Trade Show in Portland, Oregon, on October 13th at 10 a.m.
  
  
• Bob and Deanna Persons – The Double Musky Inn Cookbook – Bob and Deanna Persons, owners of the incredibly popular Girdwood eatery the Double Musky Inn, will be at Barnes and Noble in Anchorage, Alaska, on October 21st at 11:30 a.m. to sign copies of their new must-have cookbook.
  
  
• Phil Stanford – Portland Confidential – Author and columnist for the Portland Tribune will sign his book at the PNBA Fall Trade Show in Portland, Oregon, on October 14th at 11 a.m.
  

SHOWS & CONVENTIONS

• PNBA Fall Trade Show – Portland, OR, October 12-14, 2006 www.pnba.org/show.htm
  
  
  

Fantastic book ideas for this holiday season! Enjoy!

		Brilliant Waters by Elizabeth Carmel Foreword by Robert Redford Hawks Peak Publishing Hardbound, 0-97768-770-8, $49.95 Brilliant Waters combines Elizabeth Carmel’s stunning landscape photography with a wonderful selection of moving poetry. This collection of remarkable photographs captures both the intimate details and grand panoramas that exist exclusively in the Lake Tahoe, Yosemite, and the High Sierra regions of California and Nevada.
		Alaska: Portrait of a State Photography by Various Contributors Graphic Arts Books Hardbound, 1-55868-952-4, $14.95 See Denali, Anchorage, Mendenhall Glacier, totem poles, wildlife, tundra plains, mountain climbing, and much more in this visual tour of Alaska.
		Las Vegas: Portrait of a City Photography by Deon and Trish Reynolds Graphic Arts Books Hardbound, 1-55868-949-4, $14.95 Showcases the finest this city has to offer from the kitsch of the Neon Museum to the splendor of the Stratosphere Hotel Casino.
		Iditarod Glory Photography by Jeff Schultz Essay by Brian Patrick O’Donoghue Graphic Arts Books Hardbound, 1-55868-911-7, $39.95 As the official photographer of the legendary 1,049-mile race since 1981, Jeff Schultz has documented this amazing combination of frontier spirit, physical endurance, and human-dog connection in a stunningly beautiful and sometimes brutal landscape.