In this episode we discuss the highlights of season 7, share some stats and also stories and corrections from our listeners. Highlights include the story of how the More with Less cookbook got into trouble with a chain of restaurants, the rise of ebikes in Mount Hope, OH, and more.

Additionally, here are some of the resources shared by Steve Nolt about the Old Order River Brethren including:

• A number of very informative books in the MHL, about Amish and other Plain groups, were written by an Old Order River Brethren author, Steve Scott.
• The occasional medical column in Pathway’s Family Life magazine that the MHL gets sometimes has a health Q&A with Dr. Michael Sauder, who is Old Order River Brethren.
• Another OORB of note is poet G. C. Waldrep, about to retire from Bucknell University. He is a convert to the OORB. The OORB drive cars, have never limited higher education, and haven’t spoken PA Dutch for many generations, so they are, in some ways, an attractive option for converts who have higher ed and only speak English. Interestingly, Waldrep provided a photo of Plain hat rather that a head short for his Poetry Foundation bio. They don’t prohibit photos, but discourage them.

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“Just Plain Wrong” is produced, written and edited by Erin Milanese, Abby Nafziger and Matilda Yoder.

Our intro music is played by Erin, and the outro by Miriam Augsburger. Both are "arrangements" of the Doxology from the Mennonite Hymnal.

Logo design by Ida Yoder Short. Canva design (used for Social Media posts in Season 4 -6) by Abigail Adams.

This week the MennoBrarians discuss the selection chosen for us by our Discernment Committee level Patreon members: Plain Truth by Jodi Picoult, published in 2000. This book has it all: a mysterious murder, a lying Amish teenager accused of the crime, a cutthroat but disillusioned big city lawyer, and a 28 year old ph.d. student studying ghosts that turns out to be the baby's father. We chat mysteries, plot twists, and what maybe didn't hold up so well 25 years after publication.

We always love hearing from listeners! You can reach us at plainwrongpod at gmail.com, or on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook.

If you want to help support the podcast financially, please consider joining our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/plainwrongpod or buying merch at TeePublic

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“Just Plain Wrong” is produced, written and edited by Erin Milanese, Abby Nafziger and Matilda Yoder.

Our intro music is played by Erin, and the outro by Miriam Augsburger. Both are "arrangements" of the Doxology from the Mennonite Hymnal.

Logo design by Ida Yoder Short. Canva design (used for Social Media posts in Season 4 -6) by Abigail Adams.

This week is part 2 of our cookbook series! We chat with Amy Harris-Aber, about Community Cookbooks - informally published cookbooks often associated with families, camps, or churches. We chat about Amy's research on Mennonite cookbooks, discuss our fave recipes and cookbooks, and much much more.

• Amy's website
• Amy's article on Russian Mennonite Community Cookbooks

Cookbooks / articles / books mentioned:

• Feminist Rhetorical Practices – Jacqueline Jones Royster and Gesa E. Kirsch
• Goessel Centennial Cook Book
• Rosie Grant - Gravestone Recipes (book), ghostly.archive (Insta account)
• Tasteful Domesticity – Sarah Walden
• Recipes for Reading: Community Cookbooks, Stories, Histories – Ann Bower
• Melting Pot of Mennonite Cookery
• History of Cookbooks - Henry Notiker
• Claiming a Piece of Tradition: Community Discourse in Russian Claiming a Piece of Tradition: Community Discourse in Russian Mennonite Community Cookbooks by Amy Harris-Aber
• Erin’s - Memories and Recipes from the family of Jesse & Anna Shetler
• Abby’s - Wilderness Wind cookbook, 2nd edition
• Tillie’s - From the Kitchens of CMC (Columbus Mennonite Church)

We always love hearing from listeners! You can reach us at plainwrongpod at gmail.com, or on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook.

If you want to help support the podcast financially, please consider joining our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/plainwrongpod or buying merch at TeePublic

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“Just Plain Wrong” is produced, written and edited by Erin Milanese, Abby Nafziger and Matilda Yoder.

Our intro music is played by Erin, and the outro by Miriam Augsburger. Both are "arrangements" of the Doxology from the Mennonite Hymnal.

Logo design by Ida Yoder Short. Canva design (used for Social Media posts in Season 4 -6) by Abigail Adams.