A cookbook for a good cause.

Some of you are aware that on Sunday May 22 Minnesota was hit by a tornado, causing particularly extensive damage in the already distressed area of North Minneapolis. The City of Minneapolis has extended the state of emergency, citing a ‘long road ahead’ in terms of cleanup, rebuilding, and helping North Minneapolis families.

Over the past few days I’ve made a new online acquaintance via the world of the internets, and I’ve been incredibly inspired by her experience and resilience throughout the whole tragedy.

Her account of the past few days was incredibly moving, and her request for help was humbling to say the least. Even though she’s under-insured and will be definitely hurting financially herself, she had the following to say:

“There are SO many people that are much worse off than us – people who had NO insurance, and people whose homes were destroyed beyond repair – that we have decided NOT to make use of the Red Cross / city / etc disaster relief offerings. I’d like to see that sort of public type money going first to those who really, really need it. We had some insurance, and we’re resourceful… so we wouldn’t feel right getting aid like that.

However, there’s no way we’re going to come close to covering our financial costs. So, if you’re interested in helping out financially, here are a few ways to.

1 – My preferred means of helping us – order my cookbooks! I’d rather earn the money than accept much charity. The Spirited Baker and Evil Cake Overlord can both be ordered directly from me – my cases of books were unharmed!”

She goes on to say more – but you get the point. At least – I did. My orders have been placed, and if you’re interested in doing the same you can order her cookbooks online easy peasy. Both look amazing!

The Spirited Baker is a celebration of liqueur as a baking ingredient and Evil Cake Overlord is a collection of ridiculously delicious cake recipes.

and if you’re interested, you can read her full post here: celebrationgeneration.com.

This isn’t exactly a comic cookbook, but it’s definitely a creative project I think very worth supporting, so I wanted to share the info here in addition to my own blog.

thanks and hugs!

J-me

Please follow the submission guidelines!

Hi!

A quick note from the show committee – when sending in your submissions, please follow the submission guidelines.

None of the guidelines are arbitrary. We ask for the exhibition contract because that’s a gallery and insurance requirement, and if you don’t submit that along with the work, we have no idea how to contact you and we don’t have the rights we need to include your work(s) in the book.

We tried really hard to make this process as easy, clear, and accessible as possible – even doing open and free workshops to answer any questions. (BTW – The next workshop is this Sunday, May 22nd at Altered Esthetics at 1pm.) We even have a team answering questions 24/7 on the internetz – so don’t hesitate to shoot us an email if something seems unclear.

If you are one of the two people that did not send in an exhibition contract with your work, you need to send it to us by June 15th and note clearly what submission it applies to.

And for anybody else that hasn’t sent in their submission – please make sure to have your submission(s), Reimbursement Form (if you are asking for reimbursement) and the Exhibitions Contract.

Thanks!

-Jamie