Celebrate National Pi Day with Pie

Sunday, March 14 is National Pi Day. Whether you are a mathematician or not, you can celebrate with pie from Tastes & Treasures II: A Storytelling Cookbook of Historic Arizona. Five different recipes for pie are featured in the book along with backgrounds and food memories. Sedona's Apple Pie Dessert, page 171, relates to the life of Sedona Schnebly in 1901 Oak Creek Canyon. Mom's Sugar Cream Pie, page 162, gives us a vision of Phoenix in 1908 from O'Neil Printing. Boston Creme Pie, page 169, shares the heart-warming story of Pam Ryan. Or you can visit historic Rock Springs Cafe and purchase Mixed Berry Pie, page 103, and Apple Pie, page 106. Enjoy your pie!

Kudos to O'Neil Printing

Kudos to a Great Company O'Neil Printing. We are proud to have worked with them on several projects, most recently Tastes & Treasures II storytelling cookbook. Anthony Narducci, President, said “O’Neil has been part of the fabric of Arizona for more than 100 years. We are always looking for ways to support organizations that are helping our neighbors, especially children and families who are most vulnerable,” said Narducci. “School food service programs continue to meet very practical hunger and nutrition needs of children in our communities and we wanted to do something to help out where we could.”
To assist with the marketing efforts of school meal programs, O’Neil is offering free breakfast and lunch banners in two unique designs for qualifying school districts, particularly those with a majority low-income population.

Presses are rolling for Tastes & Treasures II

What a thrill to watch the big Heidelberg presses at O'Neil Printing start to roll! Cathy Shumard and Ruth McLeod were on hand as the colors, textures, photos and recipes came to life!

President Anthony Narducci explains color processing to Cathy Shumard

Meeting the very friendly and helpful staff was a bonus. It was indeed a wonderful experience to work with O'Neil Printing and President Anthony Narducci!

O'Neil President Anthony Narducci introduced us to some of his wonderful staff

They even let us operate the buttons! Let the printing begin!

Showing the cover in B&W, then the 4 colors that make up the printing process.

Final Proofreading for Tastes & Treasures II

Ruth McLeod, Debra Thompson, Cathy Shumard

With great delight and anticipation, we met at O'Neil Printing on Tuesday, January 23 to see the colors of the cookbook and to have one last chance to proofread.
Thanks to those marvelous "eagle eyes" we found a few more corrections before the book goes to print. Margaret Baker, Zona Lorig, Nina Filippi joined cookbook co-chairs Leslie Christiansen, Cathy Shumard and Ruth McLeod to see the Press Proof. After two years of working on this book, we are thrilled to see it at the printer.
Debra Thompson, our project manager at O'Neil Printing, was a joy to work with. O'Neil Printing is an outstanding company for quality and customer service.

Watermark page with increase in background color

Graphic Design for Tastes & Treasures Volume II

Meeting with graphic designer, Cheyenne Brumlow at Evans Communications is a delight. Leslie Christiansen, Ruth McLeod and Linda Corderman had the first of many conversations with Cheyenne to make sure that Tastes & Treasures, A Storytelling Cookbook of Historic Arizona Volume II will be polished, professional and in perfect format for O'Neil Printing and Roswell Bookbinding. Graphic design and getting a book ready for printing is fascinating business!

Historymakers Gala program book

Zona Lorig and I have been meeting with printers and book binders in preparation of producing the Historymakers Gala book for Arizona's Centennial Gala February 11, 2011. It has been a learning experience and very enjoyable. Tony Naducci at O'Neil printing educated us on the process. O'Neil printing is also an historic business started in 1908 with Bucky O'Neil.
Go to www.oneilprint.com for the fascinating story.


Tony also gave us Jan D'Atri's Rescued Recipes cookbook last week so I am ready to try some new food recipes.