North Central News features Tastes & Treasures II

Check out the September issue of North Central News for an article titled “History and Food Blend in Cookbook”. You can find it under the column called “Food for Thought” on page 47 about several restaurants and other publications... It's all about Tastes & Treasures II: A Storytelling Cookbook of Historic Arizona. Available at HistoricalLeague.org/shop.aspx

April and Pat at Rotary Club Meeting

Getting the word out to the public about the AHS Museum at Papago Park is part of our mission statement. We can also talk about the cookbook and who doesn't like to sample Granola? April Riggins and Pat Faur spoke at the August 11 Rotary Club of North Phoenix after an invitation from Bill and Sandra Goodheart.

Interesting to note, they were very curious about the Sandra Day O'Connor house and the new exhibit honoring her at the Museum. They were impressed with the fact that we had granted $69,000 to the museum this past year. Also noted . . . they liked the cookbook. April and Pat were happy to oblige with sales.

Cookbook ten minute Presentation at Private Event

Marlyse Brock invited me to speak at her Rotary Club meeting in May and it was a lot of fun to meet new people and explain the history of Tastes & Treasures A Storytelling Cookbook of Historic Arizona. They chuckled when I told them, "It took 2 years to write, just like the birth of an elephant".

Gene Urban from Realty Execs www.urbanteamaz.com called in June and asked me if I was interested in speaking at his weekly meeting. Carolyn Mendoza offered her assistance and we brought our books and props. The folding banner was a great visual aid and Carolyn made granola from pg 196 of the cookbook to sample. (They thought this was delicious). I mentioned the Sandra Day O'Connor house now being rebuilt at our Museum and they had questions about that. We had photos of Rose Mofford and Polly Rosenbaum which also elicited questions. I even brought a copy of the League's first cookbook Arizona's Cooking Heritage with the Victorian Lady holding 2 gila monsters recipe for 'Saute de Gila Monster'. (No it does not taste like chicken).

Turns out Realtors are a great audience and loved the book. It is a perfect client gift for their business as well as great gift for Father's Day, Graduations, Weddings, Birthdays, Hostess gift... So Carolyn and I left after selling 65 cookbooks. We look forward to many more presentations like this one.