[NFBMT] Recipes for the Braille Monitor

Fri Nov 9 02:07:54 UTC 2018

Come on, all you good cooks out there, and you good eaters.  The Braille
Monitor is looking for from three to six recipes from each state to include
in their recipes section.  Sheila Leigland has offered to collect the recipes
and pictures of the contributors.  It would be cool if we could get some
recipes from each chapter, or from each part of the state.  The information
and particulars are below.

This is part of an email sent by the Braille Monitor editor Gary Wunder to
the state affiliate presidents.  

What do we want? We want from three to six recipes from each state. They can
be something particular to your geographic area, a favorite that is prepared
for affiliate events, or favorites that your members prepare for their
families and friends. Besides six recipes, we need a short one or two
sentence biography of those whose submissions you send. "Gary Wunder is the
father of four, a former president of the NFB of Missouri, and currently
edits the Braille Monitor." "Jill Smith is a freshman at the college of
William and Mary and prepares these snacks for her sorority sisters."

Now comes the hardest part. I need a photo from those who submit. The photos
do a lot to enhance our print edition and make real these people who do the
impossible-cook tremendous taste treats. The recipes are more than a start on
a cookbook. They show that we cook and take care of ourselves, and this can
be a major source of encouragement for the blind and a source of education
for those who see. Before leaving the subject of photos, let me say a few
words about them. Grabbing a photo from Facebook will not meet our needs. To
save computer space Facebook scales down the pictures it displays. We need
high resolution photographs. Anything taken with a modern iPhone or android
equivalent will work. Any modern digital camera above five megapixels will do
very well. Sometimes people take high-resolution pictures but are then fooled
into scaling them back when the email program offers to shrink them in order
to save time and bandwidth. Please make sure that you use the "original size"
option when sending. Please don't discount photographs. They are meaningful
and provide credibility.

Since we use the contributions of one state each month, you can easily figure
out where you fall. Nevertheless, this statement always provokes the question
"where are we in the list." Here is how things are now slated:

December, Michigan

Minnesota, January

Mississippi, February

Missouri, March

Montana, April

Nebraska, May

Nevada, June

I will send periodic reminders, but please start working on this before the
deadline. Don't hesitate to call me at (573) 268-4245 or email me at
gwunder at nfb.org <mailto:gwunder at nfb.org> 

Thank you so very much for your help.

Gary Wunder

Editor, Braille Monitor

200 East Wells Street, Baltimore, MD 21230

(410) 659-9314, extension 2360 | gwunder at nfb.org <mailto:gwunder at nfb.org> 

 The National Federation of the Blind is a community of members and friends
who believe in the hopes and dreams of the nation's blind. Every day we work
together to help blind people live the lives they want. 

 Joy Breslauer, First Vice President

National Federation of the Blind of Montana 

Web Site: http://www.nfbofmt.org <http://www.nfbofmt.org/> 

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