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Step It Up
Commenters Melissa, Deb and Granny – who are all deeply, deeply awesome - will be matching whatever my grand total is. Who else is up for it? Do it all at once, do it in monthly payments, match a portion, just do it. You can give more than you think.
Calling All NYC-area Cookbook Hoarders
Let it be known that the Strand Annex on Fulton Street – which is great for cookbooks – is closing 8/15 and all stock is currently 50% off. Shelves are emptying, but good deals (Larousse Gastronomique, anyone?) are still to be had.
We cannot afford a mine shaft gap.
Breaking news: Doomsday Seed Vault Opens in Norway 130 meters under a frozen mountain on an island near the Arctic Sea, Norway is opening a Doomsday Seed Vault that will protect 4.5 million different types of seeds from destruction in case of agricultural mismanagement, nuclear winter, alien invasion or all of the above. I think ...