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October: Spooky Foods! Potluck-Style
by Tracy Cook on 8/26/2026
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 It’s Fall, Y’all! Football season starts, the sun is rising a little later and setting a little earlier each day, and soon the weather will be crisp and cool(er). I’ve already started serving myself Pumpkin Spice coffee - iced, but that still counts! Next month, we will have our Annual Tradition Spooky Foods Event, held up at Tapestry because it has waaaaaaaaay more table space for our treats. Saturday, October 3, starting at 3:00 PM What can you bring? Anything that has a ‘spooky’ name works! I’ve brought Oreo Cookie Butter, which is black as night, and called it Melted Witch or some such - to be honest, I don’t remember the scary names I pick for things from year to year, ha! Or Headless Gingerbread People, with ‘blood’ (icing dyed red) dripping from where their heads were cut off. Need inspiration? Google spooky foods and pick something to try! Does it have to be made from scratch? Absolutely not! I brought chocolate-covered raisins one year and called it Monster Poop! Cheese Poofs, those orange balls you can buy in the chips and snacks aisle, make great Pumpkin Poop. I sense a theme here… Do I have to bring something? Nope! You can just show up and eat. Several of us loooooove to create fun things for people to eat, so Cooking and Eating Covenant Group *always* has more food than we can eat. So come and help us devour all of these yummy and spooky treats! A few notes, if you are bringing something: - Have it ready to go - heated up if the dish is served warm, chilled if it's served cold.
- Write a list of ingredients so people with allergies or food sensitivities are aware. Full recipes not needed, just a list of ingredients will do.
- Savory foods are also welcome! We want a variety of deliciousness!
- Please bring some leftovers containers so you can take treats for later. Even if you don’t make anything, you are invited to take food away.
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September Meeting: Cancelled
by Tracy Cook on 8/5/2026
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 Howdy, Friends and Neighbors! So our next meeting of the Cooking and Eating Covenant Group is scheduled for Saturday, September 5. However, my sister is coming in from Colorado Springs! Yay! She’s only here for a day, then over to Austin to see our dad and stepmom. The day she’s planning to come up, though, is that Saturday. I want to show her around, which means no Cooking and Eating Group for September. Thank you for understanding! We will resume meetings on October 3 at my house, 3:00-4:30 PM. We will be celebrating Spooky Foods!!! Please RSVP for this event by October 1 so I know how many places to save. See you then!
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August: Biscotti - a Demonstration
by Tracy Cook on 7/19/2026
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 Howdy, Friends and Neighbors! On August 1, Cooking and Eating Covenant Group will have a demonstration and tasting of biscotti. Mmmmmm, crispy cookies dipped in coffee! Or milk, if that’s your preference. Maybe one cup of each, ha! I will have a bunch of biscotti already prepared: Cinnamon-Vanilla, Chocolate-Espresso, Caramel-Walnut, Anise, and Gingerbread. I’ll make Biscotti di Prato from the beginning for us so we can see the process. I’m going to make a vegan almond biscotti very similar to the di Prato. I have a tiny little biscotti cookbook we can look at, and I will also have my Pinterest available. But I strongly encourage you to try some flavors you might prefer. I also have a French Press for coffee. I’ll make a batch, and I will have half-and-half, sugar, and various flavored, sugar-free syrups available. I drink skim milk, so if you want something else then please bring it along. And, remember your to-go containers. There will be PLENTY! When: Saturday, August 1 at 3:00-4:30 PM
Where: Tracy Cook’s house (contact me at cooking@uutapestry.org if you need the address)
Why: to taste a variety of cookies
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July: Thank You!!!
by Tracy Cook on 6/8/2026
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 Howdy, Friends and Neighbors! July is our annual Give-Back to say thank you to Tapestry for all of y’all’s continued support for the work we do. I know most of our meetings are more inward-facing - we learn together, we share together. But this is the time of year where we reach out to y’all with something yummy and let you know we appreciate you! We will meet on July 3, at 7:00 PM, at my/Tracy’s house. We are meeting on a Friday this year, because there’s some Big Deal Birthday on Saturday that I thought people might want to attend, ha! Because we are meeting early, I have some suggestions if you’d like to participate: - Please bring 50 individually wrapped servings of your homemade goodies
- If you are making mini-loaves of bread, count one mini-loaf as like 4 servings - or consider making cupcake-sized portions
- No refrigeration required, please, as I don’t have the space.
- If you wish to bring something refrigerated, that is fine! Just bring it Sunday morning to church!
- Label your gift for food sensitivities and allergies, please. This is just a list of items you used, not your full recipe.
- For example, my yogurt usually uses whole milk, Life9 (a probiotic), and a starter scoop from a previous batch of yogurt. I’m not making yogurt, but this is an example of what the label might look like…
- We have some friends and members who have a restricted diet, some by choice. We have members who don’t eat meat, some whose diets are plant-based, and some who eat gluten-free. I will be making some offerings specifically for my gluten-free or plant-based friends, but if you want to also include a treat for these folks, I am sure they would appreciate it!
- ANYONE can bring something to contribute as a thank you! You don’t have to be a regular attendee of the Cooking and Eating Covenant Group!
On Sunday, we will display each family’s bag of goodies with names. Please stop by and pick up your bag after church in the Fellowship Hall! You can eat your treats then, or save them for later. Also, please pick up any refrigerated offerings if there are some. Thank you for all of your support this year! We *love* cooking for people, and we are so grateful we have friends who love to eat, ha!
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June: Yogurt! A Demonstration
by Tracy Cook on 5/5/2026
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 June: Yogurt! Demonstration Yogurt is quite easy to make, but it *does* take some time! I will demonstrate the technique I have used many times. But since it takes 12 hours to mature, I will also have some ready to consume. In addition, I will try my hand at coconut yogurt made ahead of time, if anyone would like to taste some. I am not a big fan of coconut milk on its own, so I’ve never made it into yogurt before. I use coconut milk in soups all the time, though. If you would like to bring along some toppings or mix-ins, that would be lovely! Maybe some fruit, or granola? I will have honey, maple syrup, brown sugar, and cinnamon. Who knows what kinds of fruit or jellies I will have at that time, ha! Meet at my/Tracy’s house on Saturday, June 6 from 3:00-4:30 PM.
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