Chris ("Cop") Coppen is a Spokane resident. He is a clinical social worker at Frontier Behavioral Health and their Clinical Internship Coordinator. He reads poetry each month at Auntie's Bookstore's "Three-Minute Mic" and writes about art, social concerns, fatherhood.

Ingredients: 2 slices of French bread (other hearty bread would work) Cream cheese Cranberry sauce Carved turkey Stuffing

Ingredients: 3 (or more) cloves garlic 1-inch cube of peeled fresh ginger root 1/2 cup apple cider vinegar 4 tablespoons sugar 1/8 tsp cayenne pepper 1-pound can cranberry sauce with or without berries * 1/2 teaspoon salt (or less) ground black pepper to taste

Ingredients: 1/2 cup butter 1 cup water 1/4 teaspoon salt 1 cup flour 4 eggs 1 cup heavy whipping cream 1 tablespoon powdered sugar 1/4 to 1/3 cup pureed pumpkin

Ingredients: 12 oz. semisweet chocolate chips & 12 oz. bittersweet chocolate chips 1/2 cup espresso coffee 1/2 cup Kahlua 4 egg yolks 2 cups heavy whipping cream [separated 1 cup for mousse, 1 cup for topping] 1/4 cup sugar 8 egg whites pinch of salt 1/2 tsp. vanilla

Ingredients: 3 cups cooked, mashed sweet potatoes 1/2 cup orange juice 1/2 cup milk 1 tsp vanila extract 1/2 cup sugar 1/2 tsp salt 6 tbls butter, melted cinnamon to taste 1/2 cup brown sugar 1/3 cup flour 1 cup pecans marshmallows

Melanie Simms is an award winning poet with over two hundred publications to her credit. Her publications include The Galway Review, The Pittsburgh Post Gazette, Blood and Thunder Literary Magazine among many others. She is the former poet laureate for Perry County, PA and her most recent book collection, Life Signs and Fortune Cookies was released by Sunbury Press. Melanie has appeared on numerous radio and television programs to share and read poetry with WITF, WVIA, WKOK, and PCN television

Melanie Simms is an award winning poet with over two hundred publications to her credit. Her publications include The Galway Review, The Pittsburgh Post Gazette, Blood and Thunder Literary Magazine among many others. She is the former poet laureate for Perry County, PA and her most recent book collection, Life Signs and Fortune Cookies was released by Sunbury Press. Melanie has appeared on numerous radio and television programs to share and read poetry with WITF, WVIA, WKOK, and PCN television

Melanie Simms is an award winning poet with over two hundred publications to her credit. Her publications include The Galway Review, The Pittsburgh Post Gazette, Blood and Thunder Literary Magazine among many others. She is the former poet laureate for Perry County, PA and her most recent book collection, Life Signs and Fortune Cookies was released by Sunbury Press. Melanie has appeared on numerous radio and television programs to share and read poetry with WITF, WVIA, WKOK, and PCN television