September 21 Tour of Roswell Bookbinding and lunch

Learn about the fascinating book binding business  at 9:45 am on September 21 when the Historical League tours Roswell Bookbinding. Mike Roswell has plenty of history in the Phoenix area beginning when his parents moved here from back east to help their younger son recover from asthma and to start a new business. It is especially meaningful for the League because Roswell Bookbinding is doing the work on Tastes and Treasures cookbook Volume II that we plan on publishing this fall.

Our lunch after the tour is at St. Mary's Food Bank Catering Kitchen, which is 1/2 mile away. St. Mary's Food Bank is celebrating 50 years of service this year. They will be featured in our new cookbook with several recipes from their Catering Kitchen students. The students had a contest to see whose recipe would be published and they are anxious to find out the winners!

Space is limited to 30 on the tour. Contact RuthMcleod@earthlink.net to be included. Cost for tour and lunch $25 for League members.  Cost for Non-League members is $30.

Mouth-watering Ribs!

Sampling delicious foods at the Tasting Party are part of the perks of being on the Cookbook Committee. The party at Cathy Shumard's home was filled with amazing dishes. One of the most popular was the Short Ribs from St. Mary's Food Bank Community Kitchen. YUMMMM. Recipe will definitely be in Tastes & Treasures cookbook, Volume II.

Linda Corderman samples while Cathy Shumard assists Margaret Baker

L to R:Donna Esposito, Leslie Christiansen, Sharron McKinney, Cathy Shumard,
Margaret Baker, Linda Corderman, Mariamne Moore (top of her head)

Recipe Testing is FUN

A new Tribute Page from Zona Lorig honoring her grandmother Edith Cowan Davis brought this wonderful Cranberry Pudding to our attention. The recipe calls for no sugar in the pudding.  Molasses is used instead. In combination with the tart cranberries . . . your taste buds are rocking! The wonderful sugary, buttery sauce more than makes up for the tart fruit!
Cathy Shumard tested this recipe, not covering it while baking and it turned out delicious. Ruth McLeod was the lucky recipient of the testing. Now Cathy is experimenting to see if covering it will make it even better.
Zona mentioned this recipe has been served at every special occasion by all her eleven cousins for years. What a wonderful tradition.

Looking forward to making it myself when Tastes & Treasures cookbook, Volume II comes out this fall.

Time for Historymaker 2019 Nominations

Here is your chance to nominate that outstanding individual to be honored as a Historymaker in 2019.

Qualifications: you must be a member of the Historical League or Arizona Historical Society. Join at www.HistoricalLeague.org/membership.aspx

 

Tasting Party Desserts

When we talk about Tasting Parties, the desserts are often left out of the conversation. Not so at Cathy Shumard's home June 30. This was a feast for the eyes, mouthwatering for the taste buds and yummy in the tummy. Enough of those silly sayings - the desserts were outstanding.  All these recipes have been assembled for Tastes & Treasures cookbook Volume II. Historymaker Eddie Basha's widow, Nadine, sent us his favorite Chocolate Cake. Bonnie Newhoff baked it to perfection! Historymaker Mark Wilmer's daughters sent us a decadent Raspberry Torte. Cathy Shumard did a fabulous job re-creating it. The buttery rich shortbread is from The Spicery in Our 1895 Home. A big Thank You to Jan Murray for baking it.

Leslie Christiansen and Cathy Shumard serve up desserts

National History Day: Arizona students awards June 15, 2017

Arizona students received awards at the June 15, 2017, National History Day – National Competition Awards Ceremony.

The Historical League is very pleased to support this outstanding program! National History Day in Arizona (NHDAZ) is coordinated by the Arizona Historical Society and is supported in part by a grant from the Historical League, Inc.  This year nearly 400 students from around Arizona participated in NHDAZ. Fifty of these Arizona students earned the chance to compete in the National History Day Contest in College Park, Maryland.
Saba Shakir, from New Vistas Center for Education in Chandler, took 1st Place out of 100 entries in the Junior Individual Websites division/category. Saba’s project was titled “The Silent Stand: Tinker vs. Des Moines.”
Aidan Scott from Heritage Academy Gateway in Mesa received the Junior Division Outstanding State Entry Award for his Junior Historical Paper titled “William Tyndale: A Stand for the Common Man.”
This year’s Senior Division Outstanding State Entry Award went to Frankie O’Neill for her Senior Individual Documentary project titled “Show Boat: Navigating the River of Racism”. Her project took 7th place nationally in the Senior Individual Documentary category. Frankie is from Westwood High School in Mesa.
Neera Patel, a sixth grader from Chandler, was selected to exhibit her Junior Individual Exhibit, “Taking a Stand Amidst Terror”, on June 14, 2017, at the National Museum of American History. During regular museum hours Neera was visited by museum guests and discussed her exhibit regarding the role of Sophie Scholl in the White Rose resistance group in Nazi Germany.
For more information on how you can get involved with NHDAZ visit www.nhdaz.org.