Hello to all of you out there, especially those of you who have emailed and asked if I fell of the face of the earth.
I apologize, but I've been completely tied up with a cookbook fundraising campaign...."Alphabet Soup.....The ABC's of Comfort Food for Shattered Nerves." and haven't had much time for anything else. Believe me, I had no idea winter was passing and spring was here until I actually looked at the calendar!
Putting together a cookbook, as I've heard from many of you here before, is tremendously time consuming, and the hours and days just seem to pass so quickly. Next thing you know, a month has passed and you have no idea where the time went. All you do know, is that you've been eating and sleeping the creation of a cookbook, and all that goes with it.
Our cookbook however, is different. It is not a done deal.........published and waiting patiently for you to buy it. Instead, we are actually just at the very beginning!
We are asking all members of the CMTA (Charcot Marie Tooth Association...........Association for those afflicted with a form of hereditary peripheral neuropathy) and their family, friends and supporters of CMT research everywhere for their favorite comforting recipes. These cherished, comforting recipes will create a unique, first class cookbook that will be used as a fundraising vehicle to help fund CMT research through the Star initiative. This debilitating form of neuropathy affects over 2.6 million people worldwide, and in fact, this year's ambassador for the Muscular Dystrophy Association has CMT, as does the legendary Julie Newmar (Catwoman from the Batman series) and many, many more. I shared some of my story with you last year, shortly after I joined the food blogging universe.
We've also begun to reach out to culinary icons in the food industry for their support, and I'm proud to announce that Ina Garten was the first to jump on board. I'm also going to ask (beg......pretty please) some of my favorites here in the blogging universe.........David, Elise, Dorie, Matt, Adam, Ed, Cat, Elizabeth, Martha, Bobby, etc for their support as well.
As appointed author of this unique, cookbook campaign, I do have some perks which allows me to decide who can jump on board and lend a hand. So, I'm asking all of you here to help out with this campaign as well. After all, it's open to friends, family and supporters of those with CMT, and the way I look at it, you are my friends and family as well.
Your favorite comforting recipes can be sent here. And believe me, I sincerely appreciate your participation in this fundraising campaign. Also, if you've got more take out menus than recipes lying around, and want to get involved without getting your hands dirty, you can also send a donation for the cookbook campaign as well. Kindly send it to:
The Charcot Marie Tooth Association
CMTA Cookbook Project
2700 Chestnut Street - Chester, PA 19013
2700 Chestnut Street - Chester, PA 19013
All contributors will have their name printed on our "Sponsors Page", and donation amounts will remain anonymous.
I thank you from the bottom of my heart for your patience while I've been amongst the missing, and look forward to your feedback, comments or generous donations to this worthy cause.
Mark
Mark P. Boxshus
A.K.A..........Boscoe The Cookie Doctor
New England Support Group Leader
Charcot Marie Tooth Association
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