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HALFWAY THERE! Congrats on reading 500 books on the journey to #1000booksbeforekindergarten 🤩📚✨
Join us at the Oil City Library for an Author Talk with Joe Taylor on Wednesday, May 6th, at 5:00 PM. Joe will be discussing his latest book, Eating My Own Words. Joe will also be providing a specialty Italian pasta dish, charcuterie & wine to share during this event! 🍷🍝🧀![]()
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Joe Taylor’s Eating My Own Words isn’t just about food; it’s about people, memory, and what happens when you pull up a chair and listen. The meals in these pages, including his grandmother’s meatballs, lox and bagels from a favorite Pittsburgh deli, country cooking in the Pennsylvania Wilds, or something simple from his own kitchen table, aren’t the real story. They’re the thread that ties everything together, the open door that lets Joe explore where he’s been, who he’s known, and what it’s all meant.![]()
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There’s plenty of humor here, too, much of it at Joe’s own expense. The delight of discovering potato chips neatly packed in a can, his refusal to eat boiled eggs while happily devouring egg salad, and his evolution into a grill master, as his family and friends acknowledged, all offer a glimpse of growth and self-understanding. Between stories, he slips in recipes for such favorites as paella, fettuccine with shrimp, and baked chicken, each one part memory, part meditation.![]()
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These varied episodes show Joe’s journalistic eye for detail and his genuine regard for the people behind these meals. He looks past the menus and recipes to the hands that cook and the hearts that gather. In doing so, he reminds us that the real nourishment in life doesn’t just come from the food; it’s how we find our place in the world, one meal at a time.![]()
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR![]()
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Joe Taylor retired in 2020 after six decades in radio, including hosting talk and music shows, and newscasts in markets from Brattleboro, Vermont, to Pittsburgh, programming management in Detroit, and general management in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Warren, and Springfield, Ohio. He then consulted stations in Ohio and Pennsylvania, including Clarion, Oil City, St. Marys, Coudersport, and DuBois. ![]()
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Since his retirement, Joe Taylor has published five books, “In The Twist Of The Dial...What happened to radio, 1960 to 2020?” “I’m Just Lucky To Own My Own Car,” a collection of observations and musings. A third, “A Pepper and Egg Sandwich on American Bread,” depicted his early life: as an Italian-American boy growing up in a non-ethnic neighborhood and school, then spending the rest of his time with his very Italian family. “One More Then I’ve Really Gotta Go” looked at aging from various perspectives, ranging from sentimental to sardonic. His latest, “Eating My Own Words,” is a culinary memoir, an appreciation of food at our table and in our lives. Joe resides in DuBois, PA.
It's Cheers Day at Bella Cucina Restaurant for ORLA! 🎉 10% of all proceeds from meals & drinks at Bella Cucina Restaurant in Franklin will be donated to Oil Region Libraries today! Grab a meal with a friend while supporting your library! Bella Cucina is located at 1234 Liberty St., Franklin.
