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Dawn Reed is KY born and raised. She has been married to her high school sweetheart for 43 years and is the mother of 2 grown children.
Dawn has worked as a dental assistant for over 17 years and is also a newspaper columnist. Her passions are teaching, reading, and jail ministry. She serves at Fitzpatrick Baptist Church in Prestonsburg where her husband is pastor.
Weiner stew was the most practical meal to share in the coal fields a hundred years ago. Potatoes, tomatoes, and onions all came from the garden and then the cheapest meat to add was weiners/hot dogs. My great-grandparents compiled the simple ingredients and shared them with neighbors and friends in their coal mining community-often with lots of Rook playing.
Weiner stew, the book, is also a delicious concoction shared with love. It is a compilation of short stories written about ordinary life in the mountains. Though based in eastern Kentucky, they relate to people in the south and everywhere else. Gathered together, they can warm the heart like a hearty, albeit simple, stew.
