Supreme Court Cookbook

Cookbooks are very popular but combined with history, they become much more interesting. Thanks to Historical League member Norma Hinton for sharing this article about Table for 9: Supreme Court Food Traditions and Recipes. From The Daily Journal, S.F. Peninsula Weekend Journal 12/22/2017.
In fact, Tastes & Treasures II also has Justice Sandra Day O'Connor's beef jerky recipe. You don't have to go to Washington D.C. to get it.
Available at www.HistoricalLeague.org/SHOP.aspx

Phoenix Home & Garden PR

Nice to see this article in the January 2018 edition of Phoenix Home & Garden announcing Tastes & Treasures II, A Storytelling Cookbook of Historic Arizona. Thanks to Susan Dale for scanning it.

The article resulted in several orders from all over the country. 

Those delicious creme puffs are a recipe from The Spicery in Glendale found on page 111. 

To order the book www.HistoricalLeague.org/shop.aspx

Editing Tastes & Treasures II Cookbook

Now that we have Tastes & Treasures in a draft copy, we are ready to edit. Cathy Shumard prepared a delicious lunch so we could work through the day at her home. Co-chairs Cathy, Linda Corderman, Leslie Christiansen and Ruth McLeod were eager and willing to proof read!

Kai one of ten in USA serving authentic Native American dishes

Kai at the Sheraton Wild Horse Pass in Phoenix

from TRAVELCHANNEL.COM
"Think of Kai as a high-end journey through new Native American cuisine. The seasonal menu draws from the Pima and Maricopa tribes, so you might find a 60-day corn and Cherokee tomato bisque, hand-picked lettuce with wolfberry snow and native seed brittle, goose and rabbit with pima wheat berries or wild boar with acorn ash. Did we mention it’s earned both the AAA Five Diamond and Forbes Five-Star recognition?"

Look for history and some of these recipes in Tastes & Treasures, A Storytelling Cookbook of Historic Arizona released mid January, 2018. Chef Ryan Swanson continues to cook up the best. Pre-order now at www.HistoricalLeague.org/shop.aspx

Leadership conference with Susan Dale and Ruth McLeod

Ruth McLeod and Susan Dale

Susan Dale is now the Public Relations chair for the Historical League and has already made major strides. Getting involved and learning more, she signed up with Ruth McLeod for a Leadership Seminar. As the class introduced themselves, Ruth spoke of Tastes & Treasures II, the history of Arizona, and AZ Heritage Center at Papago Park. Two people approached her after the class to ask how to get the new book!

The Journal of Sedona Schnebly by Lisa Schnebly Heidinger

A delightful afternoon with soft breezes on a lovely patio drew fans and supporters of Lisa Schnebly Heidinger and Arizona History. They wanted to be the first to get The Journal of Sedona Schnebly, have her sign the book and listen to a reading.

Linda Corderman, Cathy Shumard, Ruth McLeod with Lisa

Tastes & Treasures II, A Storytelling Cookbook of Historic Arizona is fortunate to have Lisa be a major contributor to the new cookbook, telling the stories about the historic venues. With her distinctive writing skills, the restaurants and resorts become more than old buildings. They hold the history of Arizona within their walls, and tell the histories through their recipes and foods.

Co-chairs of Tastes & Treasures II, Linda Corderman, Cathy Shumard, Leslie Christiansen and Ruth McLeod are very pleased that Lisa is an Historical League member!

Chuck and Dee Steen, Cathy and Tom Shumard, Ruth and Al McLeod

Ruth and Linda toast to Lisa's book as well as the upcoming Tastes & Treasures II

Lisa signs her books, Linda Corderman signs her credit card payment while Jana Bommersbach waits to purchase

Jana Bommersbach tells stories of her upcoming book filled with Arizona history

Lisa reads excerpts from The Journal of Sedona Schnebly

Carolyn Warner and Lisa Schnebly Heidinger guest speakers at Nov 6 meeting

Lisa Schnebly Heidinger and Carolyn Warner

What a delight to hear from past AZ Superintendent of Public Instruction, Carolyn Warner, with introductions from historian and author, Lisa Schnebly Heidinger. The duo are quite good at public speaking sharing amusing anecdotes and fascinating stories. They had also teamed up to write a book called Before I Forget. Carolyn's latest book is The Last Words, A Treasury of Women's Quotes.
Carolyn explained her career, "From a teen who wasn't interested in getting married, to a woman with six children, I slowly got involved with the schools." She directed the state's Department of Education 1975-1987.  She also met every President from Truman to Obama.
Of her close friendship with Erma Bombeck, "One day we were in deep discussion in the kitchen, while preparing dinner for the family. Until the bucket of Kentucky Fried Chicken caught fire in the oven . . ." So many more great memories in the books. Looking forward to reading them.
The Historical League has also teamed up with Lisa in writing Tastes & Treasures II, A Storytelling Cookbook of Historic Arizona due out in January 2018.

Diana Smith welcomes Carolyn Warner

Carolyn Warner signs books with Lisa Schnebly Heidinger assisting

Tastes & Treasures II, A Storytelling Cookbook of Historic Arizona committee

Cookbook committee meetings are great times to discuss the new book, recipes, Historymakers, tribute pages, stories of historic Arizona, fundraising, promotions, and, of course, publishing. How many books do we print? Where do we distribute them? What special events should we participate in? How many pre-sales of boxes of ten books? Lots of talk and lots of progress.

We are so grateful for the time and talents of all those Historical League members who have worked so hard on his new book. Stay tuned for the publication date! Here's a picture of committee members at the October 2 meeting. There are many more members not pictured here.

L to R: Zona Lorig, Ruth McLeod, Mariamne Moore, Cathy Shumard, Judy Blackwell, Leslie Christiansen, Pam Stevenson, Bonnie Newhoff, Susan Dale, Renee Donnelly, Norma Jean Coulter, Julie Moore, Linda Corderman, Sharron McKinney, Linda Fritsch, Mary Parker

Lisa Schnebly-Heidinger featured in AZ Highways

With her fantastic knowledge of Arizona and her amazing skills in writing, the Historical League is so fortunate to have Lisa as a member. We celebrate her upcoming book about her grandmother Sedona Schnebly, The Journal of Sedona Schnebly, and her recent article in Arizona Highways.

We are also grateful that Lisa was the creative writer in Tastes & Treasures II, A Storytelling Cookbook of Historic Arizona due out in a few months. 

Lunch at St Marys Foodbank Community Kitchen

Standing:Margaret Baker, Mary Parker, Zona Lorig, Ruth McLeod,
Pam Stevenson, Norma Jean Coulter.
Seated: Cathy Shumard, Linda Corderman

With the informative tour of Roswell Bookbindery filling our heads, members of the September Historical League tour headed to St. Marys Foodbank Community Kitchen for lunch and relaxation. In a lovely conference room upstairs, we found lunch bags with delicious sandwiches, potato chips and chocolate brownies all neatly packaged for us. An icy tub held sodas and bottled waters.

The meals were prepared by the students in the Community Kitchen program, which offers a 12-week culinary training program aimed at giving our students a second chance in life by providing all of the skills necessary to be successful in the food service industry. The Community Kitchen is a life skills and food service training program for those with barriers to employment. Students gain the skills to get jobs offering livable wages, benefits, and opportunities for advancement through hands-on food service training as well as classroom studies.

During the past decade, the Community Kitchen has provided thousands of meals to those in need, while transforming the lives of countless participants and families. New sessions start every four weeks. In addition to training, each student receives job-placement assistance and support following graduation.
We are pleased that our new cookbook, Tastes & Treasures Volume II, features Roswell Bookbindery and St. Mary's Foodbank with photos, stories and delicious recipes.

New to our group were Donna Parisi and Chris Robinson

Linda Corderman standing by the ceramic tribute to sponsors of St. Mary's Foodbank

Roswell Bookbinding Tour

We will never look at a book in the same way, now that we have toured Roswell Bookbindery. Of course, Mike Roswell does more than bind books. He restores old, torn, abused books that become heirlooms for families. He creates inventive packaging. He designs unique style books and amazing large format books. His business comes from all over the world. While we were there, he had books that are going to Korea, to National Football teams and players, to Arizona Highways, to Collectable Car enthusiasts, to St. Andrews Golf Resort in Scotland . . . It's fascinating!
So many of his employees have been there for years. They talked fondly of their "second family" at Roswell Bookbindery.
Also wonderful is that Mike was a major sponsor for our Historymaker Centennial book providing the beautiful leather binding with the copper embossed title. He has contributed to Tastes & Treasures, Volume II, A Storytelling Cookbook of Historic Arizona with a delicious Posole recipe and memories of his family. And the cookbooks will be bound and stored at Roswell Bookbinding. We have a very supportive partner in our new cookbook and we are very grateful.

"Dancing Fred"

Our new cookbook will have the Wire-O Ring for ease of opening while cooking.

Antique bindery machines

Long time employee Christi Buchholz explains the O-Ring binding that will be used on Tastes & Treasures Volume II

Zona observes the delicate repair of old book that are ripped and torn.

Mary Pat Honey and Renee Donnelly are "twins" with matching shirts!

100 pro golfers signed the fabulous book for St. Andrews

Explaining repairs in the "Restoration Room"