After much behind the scenes discussion, I think we have decided that first and foremost, we need to have a "committee meeting" to discuss our thoughts, visions and suggestions for how we'd like to proceed. A couple of drafted committee members are MIA for a few days, but in the meantime, please pm me if you'd seriously like to be on the committee and we will try to coordinate it. The sheer geographical logistics are going to be a challenge since most of you are THERE and I am HERE. I don't think Mr. dd's gonna let me move to SoWal for a cookbook project either,

I've loved all the suggestions so far. Lots of good ideas! If you really are interested in a "job" on the cookbook, please pm me with the particular area you'd be interested in....i.e. art, editing, stories, etc.
Once we get the direction nailed down, we can proceed to the next steps, but I feel this is vital before we go any further.