FEBRUARY 2018 44 | {what are you reading} BOOKMARKED Where Frontdoors Media asks high-profile Valley visitors and residents what books they have been reading. I S R E A D I N G “The mid-1950s was a great time to be coming of age in Phoenix. I turned 16 in 1955, a milestone coinciding with this book. That was about the time music tastes of teenagers switched from Patti Page and Tony Bennett to Elvis Presley, Buddy Holly and Pat Boone. I caught most of the country music shows that performed at the old Madison Square Garden on 7 th Avenue and Madison, including Grand Ole Opry stars like Webb Pierce, Mel Tillis and Patsy Cline. Jim Miller and Lee Hazlewood were doing creative things at Floyd Ramsey’s 7 th Street recording studio. All were pioneers who would bring national recognition to the desert community that in 1950 was the 95 th largest city in the United States. That was all about to change.” Arizona State Historian at Scottsdale Community College, Arizona Entertainer, Musician, Storyteller, Author, Teacher and Humorist Marshall Trimble "The Phoenix Sound" BY JIM WEST Central Division Director, Arizona Heritage Center Tawn M. Downs I S R E A D I N G “This is a collection of recipes from well-known historic restaurants in Arizona. It includes dishes from El Chorro Lodge, Hassayampa Inn, El Tovar, Hermosa Inn and The Copper Queen Hotel. This is the first volume and volume two will be out in a matter of weeks. The food photographs in the next book are phenomenal! This book is available at the Arizona Historical Society and the new volume will be, too.” "Tastes & Treasures: A Storytelling Cookbook of Historic Arizona" BY HISTORICAL LEAGUE, INC. H I S TA K E H E R TA K E

FEBRUARY 2018 | 45 I S R E A D I N G “This book is part biography, part food essay and part cookbook. Frida’s Fiestas is one of the cookbooks the Heard Museum Café referenced when it created recipes for the café during the Frida Kahlo/Diego Rivera Exhibit. This one is for true foodies!” Books & More Buyer at Heard Museum Emily Hogan "Frida’s Fiestas: Recipes and Reminiscences of Life with Frida Kahlo" BY GUADALUPE RIVERA AND MARIE-PIERRE COLLE H E R TA K E I S R E A D I N G “This hot-off-the-presses book talks about one of the most iconic neon signs in Arizona, beaconing folks on four highways to what is now an endangered time capsule dating from the 1930s. This is a place where the art of taxidermy led to the chance discovery of mineral water, thus becoming the Valley’s first spa. All these factored into what became a jewel of roadside Americana, paving the way for the Cactus League to form through the association of Major League Baseball’s team, the New York Giants.” Arizona’s Hip Historian Marshall Shore "Buckhorn Mineral Baths and Wildlife Museum (Images of America)" BY JAY MARK AND RONALD L. PETERS H I S TA K E {what are you reading} BOOKMARKED