The cooks in your life don’t have this book yet, but they will want it!

“Dear Curious Cook” is a collection of the best recipes from Liz Meegan’s popular newspaper column. It’s all in there: local favorites from school cafeterias, nightclubs, lunch counters, home kitchens, small towns, bake sales, and everyplace in between. For 30 years, Mrs. Meegan and her readers have tracked down just about every elusive recipe they’ve gone after!

The book is 300-plus pages, hardcover, and includes recipe notes from area cooks and Mrs. Meegan. If you or your family contributed to the Curious Cook column over the years, you just might be in there, too!

Books are now available! Pick up your copies now at the following locations:

-- The Dispatch, 1720 5th Ave., Moline, Ill. Office hours are 7:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Or, 109 S. Center St., Geneseo, Ill. Office hours there are 8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

-- The Rock Island Argus, 1724 4th Ave. Rock Island, Ill. Office hours are 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Or, 110 NW 2nd St., Aledo, Ill. Office hours there are 8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

Books will be available in local bookstores and gift shops in the very near future as well. Readers who pre-ordered copies may pick them up at any time.