I'm so glad you could stop by. This is my personal blog of daily life and my journey through life. You will find a strong emphasis on family and friends as well as finding my ancestors through genealogy. Unlike my other blogs this blog is more of a catch-all so any topic is fair game.
An Australian publisher (Penguin Group Australia) is reprinting 7,000 cookbooks over a recipe for pasta with "salt and freshly ground black people." The typo was in the "Pasta Bible" recipe for spelt tagliatelle with sardines and prosciutto. According to Bob Sessions the head of publishing this a silly mistake the proofreader should have caught. He said they will replace the book for any buyer "small-minded enough" to complain. Reprinting will cost 20,000 Australian dollars ($18,500).
Let's see here Bob Sessions thinks anyone complaining is "small minded"? A reasonable person knows this is a typo or was it a blatant attempt at racism by the proofreader? Perhaps the proofreader is trying to get the message out that race relations at Penguin Group Australia are not what they appear? Perhaps Sessions should have paid his proofreader a bit more money ;) Oh inquiring minds want to know more about this story!
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