Our group gets together every other month on the second Thursday to try out new methods of cooking and exchanging recipes and ideas all to do with food and cooking. Each year we have a Cookie Exchange, a Soup Exchange and a Guinea Pig Party (which is trying new recipes that are new to the preparer) wherein we taste and try out each others cooking expertise in those areas. We also try to do a trip to local venues that will be of interest to the members, such as our trip to the Mushroom Farm in Ventura that we took last year.  It all has to do with food and cooking and having fun at the same time.