INSPIRED BY SHERI CASTLE & YOU: ECW COOK BOOK

"BEFORE WE SAY GRACE" COOKBOOK IS HERE!
The St. James Cookbook: "Before We Say Grace" officially releases on Sunday, June 2, during the Parish Picnic. With true thanksgiving, we will present the first copy of the cookbook to the Rev. Cheryl Brainard before releasing the Cookbooks for sale. If you cannot attend the picnic, don't worry! We will have spiral-bound versions of "Before We Say Grace" available in the Parish Office for $35. Proceeds from the cookbook's sale will go to support the St. James Episcopal Church Women and other outreach projects. Please reach out to Erin Becker with questions at [email protected].

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Ladies,

I want to share a sincere THANK YOU to all who came out on last Tuesday evening to share in ECW’s celebration reception for our speaker Sheri Castle. THANK YOU to all who brought your favorite appetizers, finger food, sweet treats, and a THANK YOU to all who made recipes from Sheri’s cookbooks. A special THANK YOU to those who helped in the kitchen, those who helped serve, clean -up and set-up—many thanks.

The evening was so much fun and Sheri shared such delightful stories that she kept us laughing ! What I can say is that Sheri was so impressed with the ECW turnout that she said would love to come back anytime. She said thank you for ECW giving her our St James cookbook -it has a special place on her bookshelf.

In speaking with some of the ladies, It was suggested that we try and work on an updated St. James’ cookbook. One of the threads of Sheri’s talk was how food and community are knit together in our stories. Why we love this particular recipe because it was Aunt Becky’s etc. As Sheri shared, whether it is something from our family, our location, our resources, or our culture, -that is what makes a favorite recipe. It is what makes it special because it knits food and our community together!

Let’s start creating a new St James Cookbook, let’s include our stories as to what makes this recipe special to our hearts, and then let’s have a cook off!!

Karen Clark, [email protected]