Issue date: 12/4/07 Section: News

Media Credit: Tommy Tang Members of the Texas A&M University Women's Club, from left to right, Mary Carlson, Pat Vinson, Becky McBurney and Jill Bennett, hope to raise money for college endowments with their club's new cookbook. [Click to enlarge]

Whiffs of a warm seasoned meal hang in the air. The lingering aroma of melted cheeses and moist, tender chicken leads hungry guests to the kitchen. At the stove, side dishes simmer, and the sound of silverware clinking on empty plates becomes an eager habit of impatient stomachs. Finally, a timer dings.

Helping to produce budding chefs or satisfy starving appetites, the Texas A&M Women's Club has produced a cookbook. The cookbook, Aggieland's Best Recipes, is a fundraising effort to provide scholarship endowments for Bryan and College Station high school students to attend A&M.

"I think Aggies have the biggest hearts," said Erika Lynett, the TAMU Women's Club publicist. "We just hope the community will come together and help put two more students through school."

The scholarships last four years and are awarded based on need and academics. Two endowments have been dispersed, but the cookbooks are being sold in the hope of raising additional funds.

The Women's Club has been around for almost a century. Jill Bennett, the club's president, said the club's roots have always been in giving back.

"We started out mom-and-pop-like, with members donating what they felt like donating and giving out small scholarships," she said. "And then we started thinking bigger."

With 300 members comprised of A&M women faculty or wives of A&M professors, the Women's Club, according to its website, has dedicated itself to "conducting service and philanthropic activities in support of the University, its students and the community."

Available to order at the club's website and earning shelf space at the MSC Bookstore, the George Bush Presidential Library Museum store and at HEB, the cookbook's development was assisted by grants from the TAMU Dean of Faculties and HEB's Community Investment Program.

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