10/27 Pumpkin Whoopie Pies, in Mass Quantities

In my house, we swear by our special Pumpkin Whoopie Pies with Cream Cheese Frosting. I had never even heard of "whoopie pies" before last year, but they are the most fabulous cookie-like sandwiches I have ever tasted. As a fundraiser for Pakistani Flood Relief, we created an event with a bunch of other program houses (around 7 or 8, I think), called the Cookie Cup. It's a competition where each house bakes a huge batch of cookies, and a person pays $2 to walk around and try them all and then vote for their favorites. My house has had a big rivalry with the science program hall for a good long while. It was a huge success (except for my stomach being overly filled with cookies), and we raised almost $250. As for the rivalry, it is still unsolved. We won in different categories, although my house did get the most overall votes.

10/8 Midnight Munchies

To get better cooking appliances and such, my program house likes to throw a giant fundraiser event a semester. Last Spring, we catered a three course Valentine's Day dinner, and it was a huge success (and such great fun). Today, we repeated our event from last Fall, a giant gourmet pizza and goodies sale late on a Friday night. We call it Midnight Munchies. We made lots of tomato and lemon zest pizza based on The Cheese Board, a restaurant in Berkeley. We also served basil lemonade and molasses crinkle cookies. It was a great success.