Cookbook Notes

[kyra_ojosverdes]

I'm going to make my recipe-gathering post public and post-date it so that it stays at the top of my LJ until we're ready to print this puppy.

Feel free to refer your own LJ-readership there, either to give or receive recipes, or to give input on the process.

Also, if anyone is willing to "test-kitchen" the recipes posted and make notes on taste, variations, etc, that would be greatly appreciated!

New brainsprinkle: would it be overly ambitious to include some essays about living in poverty, focusing on the "educational (to those who haven't been there) and hope-giving (to those who know way too much about it) without being artificially sweetened" variety?

Comments

[gryphonwing.livejournal.com]

I don't think it's ambitious unless you have printing cost concerns, but that's because I'll gladly write you an essay.

I need to write anyway, and this is a good reason to.

So... specifics? Gimme a concept, I'll write you an essay. :)

[kyra-ojosverdes.livejournal.com]

Concept... hmm. First-person experience would be kind of nice. I'm really not sure what I'm looking for here, except that it

1) Not offend people living in poverty. (Not an issue with you, I know.. and I think you know what I mean by this. People living in poverty don't need to be preached at, patronized, or otherwise treated as anything other than intelligent, capable human beings who seem to get one bad break after another through a variety of circumstances.)

2) Be at least somewhat enjoyable to read. Sure, reality has very few happy endings, in part because reality has precious few endings at all. I just read Elie Wiesel's Night, and while I found it a gripping read and profoundly affecting, I won't be reading it again soon, and certainly never for enjoyment or to feel hope for the state of humankind.

3) Have poverty as a central theme.

[peachestavern.livejournal.com]

I put a post up on my LJ so that you might get a few more recipes from some peoples that I know. stillslyver is a good one for recipes. Might score some from her. :)

[ladyqkat.livejournal.com]

I forwarded your post/plea to a friend (wolfsdaughter) who has 1) been very impoverished, 2) has been in the situation of single mother while (1), and 3) cooks and writes. Check out her LJ as to some aspects of (3).

Good luck in this endeavor. If I can think of any recipes, I'll send them your way.