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Update:  This project has concluded and was an amazing success!  1818 books sold, with a total of $47,166.00 (including the Canadian government’s matching donation) going to Haiti relief.  Thanks everyone for your purchases! 

I’m so thrilled with how this all turned out that I can hardly stand it. Just three weeks ago, my blogging friend Julie Van Rosendaal (Dinner with Julie) contacted me to see if I’d like to take part in a project that would benefit those suffering in Haiti. She had the brilliant idea of putting together a collection of recipes and photos from her favorite food writers and bloggers to compile in a cookbook. I responded with four of my recipes.  Based in Canada, Julie quickly established www.BlogAid.org and utilized graphic designer & editor friends who volunteered loads of their time to get this project off the ground. In just under three weeks, the cookbook is ready! I have no idea how Julie pulled this together in such a short amount of time, but I’m fairly sure she didn’t get a whole lot of sleep.

The cookbook looks amazing! It’s a glossy, full-color 120-page cookbook with a variety of recipes from twenty-seven bloggers & food writers. A big, beautiful photograph accompanies every recipe. There are two versions of the book, a softcover for $25 and a hardcover for $50. The book is printed on demand by SF-based publisher Blurb, who has a reputation for very high quality output. Every penny earned (after the cost of printing) is going to Haiti via the Canadian Red Cross and Doctors without Borders. And guess what?…both Blurb and West Canadian Graphics are matching every dollar raised, up to $10,000. Then, until February 12th, everything raised will be matched by the Canadian government, since this is a Canada-based effort.
Any purchase you make turns into a triple donation for Haiti!
Blurb also has reasonable flat-rate shipping to most parts of the world.

Click on the button below to preview the book and order. Blurb lets you preview a good portion of the book to see what you’ll be getting. You’ll also be able to see who is contributing and what recipes are included. This is one special cookbook that I think you’ll love to have, and you can feel good that your purchase is going to a great cause too. 
In the first 48 hours of sales, 770 books have been purchased- raising over $30,000 for Haiti!

P.S. If you’re here for my Saturday Ten in ‘10 Healthy Challenge Update, I opted to post about the Blog Aid cookbook instead today.  I’ll resume my Ten in ‘10 Updates next Saturday… we’re halfway through the challenge now- keep up the good work (and be careful on Super Bowl Sunday!)