I had a stupid accident yesterday that left me with a big bump on the head, a bum arm, and a prescription for some strong painkillers. But even the meds can't soothe the pain I felt this morning when I opened up the revised quote from the printer. Yikes!

Let's just say it's a lot more than $3,000.

To back up ... the cookbook is progressing nicely. Paul's almost done with the illos and Sheila is busily plugging recipes into her beautiful design scheme. But some things have changed since September: the page count is up to 130 (or 65 "leaves"), we've decided to go with two colors on every page (because damn, it looks pretty), and we're considering bumping the print run up to 1,500 to meet what appears (at least anecdotally) to be higher than expected demand.

We're going to have to reassess some of this, but in the meantime ....we are SO CLOSE to meeting our $3,000 goal. If you have a sec, please consider urging a soup-minded friend to get in on the cookbook action. If just 26 people pledge $20 apiece we are IN.

For inspiration, I provide this screen shot of the spread for Chicken Noodle Soup.

It's rainy and grey and the drugs are wearing off. I think it may be time to go defrost some stock.