Date: Fri 13-Dec-1996

Publication: Bee

Author: KAAREN

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BPW-recipes

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gen news/enjoy: BPW's Favorite Recipes

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B Y K AAREN V ALENTA

Smart, talented - and they can cook, too.

That could be the subtitle on the new cookbook, Family and Favorite Recipes,

which the Newtown Business & Professional Women's Club has just published.

This cookbook is uniquely designed for gift giving as well as using in your

own kitchen. Each cover can be personalized from the giver to the recipient -

you supply the names and the cover is printed to order. (A prototype of the

book, displayed at a recent BPW meeting, sported a cover reading "Family and

Favorite Recipes For Betty Boop From Katy Didd.")

The book, coordinated and published by BPW members Pam Goodman and Shirley

Jean Measures, contains about 200 recipes - and more are coming.

"We are planning on ongoing additions," Pam Goodman said. "Mae Schmidle, for

instance, has promised a section of historic recipes. There may be summer

grilling, low-fat and other categories."

Shirley Jean, who operates Measures Up computer graphic design/printing in

Newtown, is producing the books to order.

"This book is convenient to use," she said. "Every recipe is complete on one

page and each recipe has a blank page facing it for notes."

"All you have to do to add recipes is to cut an 8« by 11-inch sheet in half

and punch holes in it."

The book features appetizers like Marlene Buckingham's Simple Crab D'Oeuvre,

Barbara's Curry Crab Dip (submitted by Anne Ragusa), and Glen's Alaska Salmon

Dip (Peggy Gross). Among the salads are Pam Goodman's Thai Shrimp and Noodle

Salad, Jean Swanhill's Rose Marina Salad, Lilly Goosman's Cold Rice Salad.

Main courses include Mary Faust's Fiery Shrimp, Gail Halapin's Fettuccine

Alfredo with Portobella Mushrooms and Joyce Emslie's Easy Beef Stew. And who

could resist desserts like Marilyn Morrissey-Montray's Hawaiian Pie, Miriam C.

DeLucio's Old Fashioned Spice Cake or Gretchen Hyde's Pumpkin Swirl

Cheesecake.

There are also chapters on vegetables (how about Margot Hall's Mushroom

Casserole) and relishes (Uncle Joe's/Zucchini Relish, contributed by Adele J.

Furdyna). And, in the planning stages, a section of super-easy recipes from

people who don't cook.

To order copies of the book, priced at $12.50 each, or for more information,

call Shirley Jean Measures at 270-0865, or Pam Goodman at 426-0634.