Members of Pelham High School’s French Honor Society recently served a taste of French culture to their community.

The students hosted a crepes night in the school cafeteria on Tuesday, May 20, treating parents, fellow students,and others to crepes – a type of very thin, cooked pancake – with an assortment of fillings.

The society typically hosts a crepes night for the community twice a year. As their guests arrived for the recent event, recorded French music sounded in the air.

“You get to really feel the culture,” said junior Emily Koehler, 17, a society member. “(We) had the music going. You don’t find crepes here a lot.”

At the event’s start, French teacher Jennifer Turk invited Koehler and another student, Laurie Costa, to demonstrate to the audience how crepes are made. The two girls, along with another student, Amanda Andrews, had previously made about 220 crepes for the event.

“Come up, ladies. They are experts now and they love it,” Turk said.

The event sold 65 tickets at $4 each and drew 48 participants. Guests also took chances on winning a 50/50 raffle. Proceeds went to the society’s scholarship fund. Sitting at tables, the guests could fill their crepes with Nutella, a chocolate and hazelnut spread, along with whipped cream, honey, and strawberry and blackberry jams.

Barbara Gindi, one of the parents attending the event, enjoyed her crepes with Nutella and whipped cream. At home, she would have added strawberries.

“To me, that’s the way to go,” said Gindi, who earlier in the evening also demonstrated how crepes are made.

Two other students, Dawn Ely and Kellie Chadwick, had also previously made crepes for the event. Dawn’s mother, Becky Ely, enjoyed one serving with blackberry jam and whipped cream, and the other with Nutella. She usually comes to crepes night to show her support for the students’ efforts.

“Making crepes is a wicked lot of fun,” said Costa. “And it’s nice to see families bonding with each other, coming out and having fun.”