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Cooking up a storm and a scholarship

By Meg Olson

Point Roberts cooks are teaming up to help Point Roberts students. At their April 19 bake sale at the Point Roberts Marketplace Dollars for Scholars unveiled a compilation of favorite recipes from nearly 100 locals reflecting the history and lifestyle of the community. This month, the cooks who participated in creating the cookbook will offer a taste of their recipes to entice more book buyers.

“We tried to emphasize the kind of place Point Roberts is,” said creator Margaret Moras, who read through hundreds of submissions to select the approximately 250 that are included in the cookbook. Many of the recipes evoke the Point’s past as a fishing center and present, surrounded by the sea and its riches. “There is certainly an emphasis on seafood,” Moras said. The book also celebrates local passion for gardening, focusing on fresh ingredients, and “of course there are blackberry recipes,” Moras said.

Moras had the idea of putting together a local cookbook to complement one of the major annual Dollars for Scholars fundraisers ­ their annual bake sale. In the past, the association has sold used books at the sale, a preview of their big August book sale. “I thought that a cookbook would be more appropriate and would give more pizzazz to the bake sale,” Moras said.

In a free event at the community center May 17 a number of cooks will promote the book with a taste of the recipes they contributed. The cookbook will also be available at the Blue Heron Gallery on Gulf Road.

Moras said that the primary purpose of the cookbook is as a fundraising tools to help Dollars for Scholars raise money to help local students reach their educational goals, whether it’s financial help with tuition for college or a special summer education program.

However, the book should also be a good addition to local culinary culture. “This represents the people here in Point Roberts,” Moras said. “These are the favorites of cooks in Point Roberts and there are a surprising number of good cooks in Point Roberts.”

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