Milford Friends of the Library would like to thank all who contributed to the community cookbook.

Milford Friends of the Library have been spent months preparing for today’s events. The new community cookbook, “What’s Cooking in Milford,” brought over 40 people in purchase copies in the first hour of the open house.

The book contains nearly 200 pages  and 400 recipes from over 140 contributors in Milford, including Julie Frew, Milford Library director.

The open house saw raffles or cookbook pies and the cookbook itself. Visitors could also sample recipes from the cookbook prior to buying.

“One of the biggest things that’s happens for us is the only reason we’re here, Margaret Cousins had an idea,” Andrea Newman, president of the Friends of the Library, stated as she introduced the woman with the idea for the cookbook to a crowd of patrons and Friends alike.

“It’s been wonderful and we’re all grateful,” Newman said. The Friends offered Cousins a flower pot for her help with the cookbook and open house. Newman also made reference to the possibility of another cookbook in the next five years.