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Gosh.. thank you for such kind words. You know today many of my friends who fast have it good -- their hubbies fast with them!!

I still have not seen it. The new issue has not made it to Tysons yet.

Thanks hillvalley. Dr.com has brought me some good friends. I hope people here will like the piece. Thanks again

I have 23 recipes so far.. need about the same still. Come on folks.. it is for a good cause.

Yes, that is a piece on all the folks here :-)

Thanks so much for taking the time to read it. I appreciate your comments.

I tasted the first truffles of the season at 2941 about two weeks ago. mmmmmmmm....

Thanks Free Wilma. I appreciate your comments.

Oh Lord... am I glad you are not writing the headlines. LOL. You are tooo funny.

Thanks Paul. I would love help here folks. it is a local organization helping local folks and lots of very small children. Thanks

Dear Friends, I am collecting recipes for a labor of love—a fundraising cookbook for the local non-profit Center for Multicultural Human Services (CMHS). CMHS’s mission is to help people from ethnically diverse backgrounds succeed by providing comprehensive, culturally sensitive mental health and related services, and by conducting research and training to make such services more widely available. Rekindling hope and rebuilding live, the Centre is staffed by multi-ethnic, multilingual social workers, psychologists, psychiatrists, counselors, education specialists, art therapists, and graduate interns from local universities. Families are from --- Turkey, Somalia, Bosnia, India, Russia, Vietnam, Spain, Cambodia, Japan, Portugal, China, Korea, Germany to name just a few. Services offered include -- Program for Survivors of Torture and Severe Trauma (PSTT), multicultural mental health treatment and evaluation services, aid to victims of domestic violence, housing, cross cultural training, children’s education, and much more. Since its inception in the early 80s CMHS has developed a wide range of services in 30 languages and now serves more than 6,000 individuals and families annually throughout the Washington, DC, metropolitan area. CMHS's holistic, comprehensive model of services responds to the needs of today's culturally diverse immigrants and refugees, most of who arrive in the US from war-torn, impoverished countries. The fundraising cookbook will be a collection of fun and easy family-friendly recipes appealing to children of varied backgrounds. Its purpose will be to help the Centre raise money to further its mission in helping these families and kids. I am donating my time and effort to this good cause and I would like to invite you to contribute a recipe or two. Although there will be no fee provided for recipes, you will receive the good will and blessings from all the families the center helps. We will also publish your name with your recipe(s). Please contact me for contribution guidelines and details. The deadline for this project is Nov 15th 2005. Thanks very much for allowing me the liberty to post this here and I look forward to your contribution. (you can read more about the center -- http://www.cmhsweb.org/

I really liked this guide. I love the moods idea - many times that is how we pick a place. Nicely done.

I missed the churros but know that Don loved the lobster sushi.

I am not eating it right now but really badly craving nutella.

Thanks folks for all the nice posts, PM's and the emails. I am truly truly honored by your support.

9.4 million -- wow. Must be nice.

Yes, please post pics so I can kick myself for not being able to go.

I hope you guys do another one of these. I can't believe I am not going to this one. :-(

Many thanks folks. I have what I need. I so appreciate this. I will keep you all posted on what becomes of this

Thanks folks. This is very helpful to me. Keep it coming.. please please!!

Folks - This is so helpful. Keep it coming!!

Love you guys -- thanks so much. Keep it coming.. please

Thanks JLK. Appreciate it.

Thanks Matt. I hope others will chime in.

Thanks Heather - I am starving too!!