Parker Task Force/Food Bank

Stage Stop Cuisine Cookbook

A Community Cookbook Project to benefit The Parker Task Force and The Parker Historical Society

Download the Cookbook Order Form
(The book is also available at many Parker-area businesses - See list below)

In addition to tasty recipes, the Stage Stop Cuisine cookbook features drawings and articles about Parker, Colorado area history. Local artists and writers graciously volunteered their time and talents for the historic renderings and articles. The recipes, from the community and beyond, were tested and nutritional values provided by local volunteer ‘chefs’ and dieticians.

Volunteers donated hundreds of hours to put together the cookbook. They gathered recipes from area residents, tested those recipes and then provided nutritional information about each dish. Local artists, writers and historians also donated their time to provide the historical paintings and articles featured in the book.

Eighty-five percent of the proceeds from the cookbook are earmarked for the Parker Task Force Food Bank, a non-profit organization operated by dedicated volunteers to provide short-term assistance to those in need throughout the Parker, Elizabeth and Franktown communities. The remainder of the proceeds are designated for the Parker Area Historical Society, which was established in 1986 to preserve historic events and sites in the Parker area and to publicly display its findings, historic artifacts and literature. The Society will use the money to fund its new museum/classroom in the Mainstreet Center.

A total of 1,700 cookbooks were printed. Through the end of March 2007 some 1,285 copies had sold, while another 220 were consigned out for sales at local businesses or by individuals.

Where can I get one?

The cookbook is available at the following Parker area businesses;

20 Mile Coffee House on Mainstreet.
Lemstone Christian Stores in the Safeway Shopping Center.
Picket Fence Interiors in the Safeway Shopping Center.
The Parker Chamber of Commerce.
Parker Adventist Hospital’s Gift Boutique.

The book can be ordered through this Web site Download the Cookbook Order Form.

The price is $18 each for one to five copies, $17.50 each for six to 10 copies, $17 each for 11 to 24 copies and $16 each for 25 or more copies. An additional $2.50 per book will be added if shipping is needed.

Stage Stop Cuisine Cookbook Signing
by Genese Sweeney for the Stage Stop Cuisine Steering Committee

The Stage Stop Cuisine signings at the 20 Mile Coffee House were a success! Thank you to all the "Main Ingredients" who attended.

Local artists Bev Goebel and Barb Wilson at the 20 Mile Coffee House signing.

Above is a photo of Jane Klein (left) and Nadia Ker, both of Parker
with artists Barb Wilson and Bev Goebel.
Note that on the wall are five of their original paintings.
11 total were reproduced in the cookbook.

Beneficiaries Receive Money Raised From Cookbook Sales

To date Parker’s first community cookbook has raised $14,800 to help out the Parker Task Force Food Bank and $2,600 for the Parker Area Historical Society. The money was raised from the total proceeds of Stage Stop Cuisine – a cookbook that was produced by volunteers in the community to benefit the two volunteer organizations.