On Mar 8, 2:11*pm, "Dimitri" > wrote:
> Below is the first page of the cookbook;
>
> Scanned with ORS from HP.
>
> Lighty proofed.
>
> Dimitri
>
> Welcome to the first rec.food.cooking Cook.Book!
>
> What is rec.food.cooking, you might ask? Technically, it is a Usenet
> newsgroup devoted to discussion of anything related to food and cooking. In
> reality, it is a diverse, world-wide community of friends (and enemies and
> "passers-by"!) who share daily their food likes and dislikes, their
> knowledge and ignorance, their joys and sorrows, their experience and lack
> thereof, their successes and failures -- and their recipes!
>
> Dozens of people post their recipes to the newsgroup every day and many
> thousands of people read them. The posts are archived and can be easily
> found on the Internet. Why, then, this Cook. Book? The reasons are
> threefold. We wanted to collect some of our favourite recipes in a
> convenient and familiar book form. We wanted to provide ourselves with a
> tangible sign of belonging to our select little circle (Hal). And we also
> wanted to collect some money in order to help the victims of the 11 th
> September, 2001 terrorist attacks in New York, Washington, D.C., and
> Pennsylvania.
>
> Many people contributed to this project with their opinions, advice and
> suggestions. It was a group effort. Those particularly involved we
>
> Original idea: Damsel-in-dis-Dress
>
> Recipe collecting: Damsel-in-dis-Dress, Michael Lonergan (Dog 3) Recipe
> formatting: Damsel-in-dis-Dress, Amanda Haggerty (Hag), Victor Sack
>
> Measurement conversions: Anne Charlet, Rhonda Anderson, Ariane Jenkins,
> Victor Sack
>
> Proofreading: Jean B., Amanda Haggerty (Hag), Nancy Young, Pat Meadows,
> Martha Hughes, Kim Malo, Vickie Canfield (Ladyvmh2000), Phil(NM), PJ
> Newland, maxine in ri, Chris Neidecker
>
> Cook.Book logo design (based on the one for the r.f.c. T-shirt by lain
> Liddell): Kat, Jim Souter, Victor Sack
>
> Cook.Book Web order site: Ashbury
>
> Treasurer: Nancy Young
>
> Shipping volunteers: Margaret Suran, Barb Schaller, Nancy Young, Steve
> Greenfield (The Ranger), Jamie Utter, Jack Eddington, Cuchulain Libby, Koko,
> Karen Rubarth (Greykits)
>
> General organising and volunteer coordination: Victor Sack
>
> The volunteers named above live in Australia, France, Germany, Okinawa, and
> the United States of America. They, along with the many contributors of the
> recipes here, are witness to the international participation that made the
> Cook.Book dream a reality. Who said we can't get along with each other?
>
> Three kind persons donated cash - a total of $175 - to the Cook.Book
> project.

The main problem arises with the two column recipe format on later
pages. It doesn't translate well to ascii for USENET posting. That's
where the cleanup come in.

Rusty