“Omagoodness,” Music Goes Vegetarian | Benefit Cookbook

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by Jordan Minnick

Calling all local musicians: Eli Mardock needs your vegetarian recipes for his collaborative cookbook Omagoodness – A Compilation of Favorite Vegetarian Recipes from Nebraska Musicians. With all cookbook proceeds going to the Food Bank for the Heartland, you can fight hunger and pass on your family's best veggie stew.

"Food Bank for the Heartland serves more than 300 food pantries, emergency shelters, after-school programs, senior housing sites, and rehabilitation centers in Nebraska and Western Iowa," says Mardock, whose upcoming album is planned for release this summer. The solo LP's title track "Everything Happens for a Reason" is now available for free download.

E-mail your recipe by March 1, along with your name, band name (if applicable), and a brief note or story about your recipe, such as its origin, a funny memory of cooking it, or how yummy it is. Cookbooks are hoped to be ready by August, Mardock says.

Entrants on board include:
Ian Aeillo/MC Sweet
Matthew Sweet
James Reilly (Pharmacy Spritits) 
Andrew & Angie Norman (HN)
Courtney Nore (Pharmacy Spirits)
Michael Todd (HN)
Mike Overfield (Conduits, Eagle Seagull*)
Adam "2000" Andersen
Craig DeMayo (Tilly and the Wall, Icky Blossoms)
Daniel Dorner
Dan Brennan (Ladyfinger)
Derek & Jamie Pressnall (Icky Blossoms, Flowers Forever/Tilly and the Wall)
Ember Shragg
Kyle Harvey
Mark Bestul (Icarian Bird*)
Melissa Amstutz (Honeybee & Hers, The Wayward Little Satan Daughters)
Nathaniel Luginbill
Patrick Hambrecht
Phil Cacciatore
Rob Matthews (Blue Bird)
Sam Martin (Capgun Coup, InDreama)
Timothy Scahill (Irkutsk)
Todd Fink (The Faint, Depressed Buttons)
Tom Barrett (Dim Light)
Aaron Markley (Gus & Call)
Rebecca Lowry (All Young Girls Are Machine Guns)
Martinez Hillard (Cowboy Indian Bear, Ebony Tusks)
Joey B. Manthey
Laura Burhenn (The Mynabirds)
Brent Crampton
Nate Christiancy (Ghost Runners)
David Ozinga (UUVVWWZ)
Abram Denlinger
Tommy Murnan (Funk Trek)
Heather Sticka (Tsumi)
Skypiper
Heidi Ore (Domestica, The Monroes*, Mercy Rule*)
 
*inactive band

Jordan Minnick is a contributor for Hear Nebraska. Her latest album obsession is Islands' new record A Sleep & A Forgetting. Contact her at jordanminnick@hearnebraska.org.