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Harlem Civic Association is gathering recipes for a new book it hopes to have available at the 2016 Country Christmas celebration. The association is asking for recipes that will be compiled and available in time for holiday gift giving. The association sponsors a number of community celebrations and beautification projects in Harlem.
The Harlem Civic Association, a group of local volunteers who take on all sorts of projects to improve their town, has launched a new undertaking to create a recipe book. Organizers have set a goal to have the recipes collected by Harlem's annual July 4 picnic, also hosted by the civic association, and have the recipe books ready to sell during the 2016 Harlem Country Christmas.
Association members emphasized, "This is not a book just for recipes from the Harlem area. We want it to be an all-inclusive recipe book with all sorts of dishes from a variety of people and from geographic areas." One association spokesperson added, "We want as many recipes as we can get for the book." Anyone is welcome to submit recipes and the only requirement is to have the recipes to the association by the July 4 deadline.
How to submit recipes
There are several ways recipes can be shared for inclusion in the new recipe book. The Harlem Library has 'recipe cards,' following a standard format used by many cooks who keep copies of their favorite recipes. Once recipes are written, the completed cards can be returned to the library.
Recipes don't have to be on a card for submission, they can be submitted typed on a sheet of paper. The library will take the recipes, whatever the format. And recipes can be submitted to the civic association via email to: harlemcivic@gmail.com. Any member of the Harlem Civic Association will also be happy to take the recipes. Out-of-towners can mail their recipes to Civic Association, P.O. Box 742, Harlem, 59526, or use the email address. Be sure to add your name and a contact number in case there are questions regarding recipes submitted.
In order to organize the recipes, it's requested that each recipe have a heading-identifying whether it's a main course, dessert, salad, etc. If it's unclear which meal-type the recipe fits, the people organizing the book will figure it out.
And mark your calendars to "have recipes submitted by July 4" and, for December, jot a reminder to "buy lots of Civic Association recipe books for gift giving." The recipe books will be a special and practical connection to Harlem. And the Civic Association will use surplus proceeds, above the cost to print the books, to support regular and proposed projects for Harlem. It's a win-win situation-lots of new recipes to try and the Civic Association can continue existing projects and explore new ones.
