Richmond Heights Garden Club

Richmond Heights Garden Club Newsletter
January 2012

President – Mary Hazelwood
Vice President/Programs – Almut Marino
Treasurer – Donna McDonald
Secretary/Membership– Amy Morris
Editor – Mary Grenfell
Refreshments – Nancy Zander

Announcements:

Join us for a FREE Seed Starting Workshop
and Seed Swap
on Tuesday, February 14th, 2012 at the Early Childhood Center (ECC) on 2801 Oakland Avenue in Maplewood Missouri. 7:00 — 9:00 p.m. Please RSVP to: Mary Hazelwood or Almut Marino

Wishing a Happy New Year to everyone! We had an enjoyable banquet in December. Though I arrived a bit late, we had a tasty meal and it was wonderful to visit with members, especially those that we hadn’t seen for a while. Since I arrived late, I’m also not sure about awards (December was very hectic. That’s my excuse and I sticking to it.)
Mary Grenfel

The color of springtime is in the flowers, the color of winter is in the imagination. ~Terri Guillemets

Winter came down to our home one night
Quietly pirouetting in on silvery-toed slippers of snow,
And we, we were children once again.
~Bill Morgan, Jr.

We have had a request from the national organization to contribute recipes for a cookbook. Most of you probably received this by email, but just in case you didn’t, below are the instructions. Please consider sending a recipe. We have some grand cooks in our club. Show the national that we have unique, great things to eat in St. Louis!

TGOA/MGCA is preparing a custom cookbook featuring favorite recipes from our members. These cookbooks will be professionally published and contain special pages of interest, a table of contents, an index, helpful cooking hints and recipe category dividers. It is sure to be treasured for years to come.

Please submit 3-5 of your favorite recipes on the forms that follow so that you can be represented in our group’s cookbook. Follow the instructions shown to the right. Your name will be printed with each of your recipes. Your help in contributing recipes will ensure that our cookbook will be a big success and raise some much needed funds for our organization.

We want to be certain to order enough cookbooks, so you could reserve yours and some for your family and friends below to be assured of receiving them.

We plan have the final cookbook completed by midyear 2012. Since much time will be required to compile and print the books.

Print NEATLY IN INK, NOT PENCIL, and place only ONE RECIPE per form.

If more room is needed, use another sheet of plain paper and staple together.

Please WRITE LEGIBLY, as this will greatly reduce errors.

List all ingredients in order of use in ingredients list and directions

Include container sizes, e.g., 16-oz. pkg., 24-oz. can

Keep directions in paragraph form – not in steps.

Use names of ingredients in the directions, e. g., “Combine flour and sugar.” DO NOT use statements like, “Combine first three ingredients.”

Include temperatures and cooking, chilling, baking, and/or freezing times.

Be consistent with the spelling of your name for each recipe you contribute.

Any special recipe notes (anything other than ingredients, directions, contributor name, serving size or recipe title) should be kept as a separate comment on the bottom of this form, as they may not be included unless we pay extra for it.

Your recipes should fit into the following categories:

Appetizers & Beverages Breads & Rolls
Soups & Salads Desserts
Vegetables & Side Dishes Cookies & Candy
Main Dishes This & That

Click here for a recipe form.

Winter is the time for comfort, for good food and warmth, for the touch of a friendly hand and for a talk beside the fire: it is the time for home. ~Edith Sitwell

Wishing you all the wonders and joys of a new year.
See you in February……….

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