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Friday, July 2, 2004

Features

Enter Bert’s kitchen via her cookbook


By DANA DUGAN
Express Staff Writer

In honor of Roberta McKercher, a leading citizen of Hailey who died in 1996, a new and charming cookbook, "From Roberta’s Kitchen," has been compiled. It is offered for sale Sunday, July 4, for the first time at the annual Ice Cream Social at the Hailey Cultural Center.

Roberta McKercher, right, cooks up a meal with her mother.

This event is also traditionally the day Roberta’s birthday is celebrated. Roberta, her sister Billie Buhler and their family lived in the house on Second and Pine for some years. It was Ezra Pound’s birthplace but Roberta’s residency in the home lasted until she died, far out pacing Pound’s infancy there.

Roberta McKercher was a beloved and well known figure in the Wood River Valley her entire life. In addition to covering the local news in the Wood River Journal, she was active in church groups, the Little League, Rotary, Rebekah Lodge, and the Days of the Old West Fourth of July celebration. She also was a celebrated cook whose cakes were a specialty in the town for decades.

Sales of Roberta McKercher’s cookbook will benefit the Hailey Cultural Center.

The book contains more than 100 pages of recipes drawn from Roberta’s notebooks as well as the memories of her many friends. Interspersed with the dinners, the salads, and the desserts, are stories about Roberta’s work at the newspaper, her interest in the young people of the valley and her support of many community groups.

The book was compiled and edited by Billie Buhler, Mike Healy and Jennifer Lomax, and illustrated with drawings by Betsy Pearson.

The sale of the book will benefit the Hailey Cultural Center, a non-profit organization; donations are tax-deductible.

To help with the printing costs or to order multiple copies, contact Mike Healy at P.O. Box 205, Hailey, ID 83333, or call 208-788-4807.


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