Signs and Starting Up

[browngirl]

I have two questions for whomever might like to answee:

1) I need to make a sign as in the kind one might carry in a protest, though that's not what I'm using it for. I figure a big sheet of cardboard, a thin wooden dowel, and two dowel cross struts should do it. Is there anything I'm not thinking of? With the demise of Pearl Art, where should I shop for these items?

2) I want to buy a young woman of my acquaintance (TL: the farmer girl) a very basic intro cookbook. Are there any you particularly liked, or really hated?

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[spinrabbit.livejournal.com]

Places to go when you would have gone to Pearl: the art store formerly known as "that place across from Pearl", Artist and Craftsman Supply in Central Square; Playtime Inc. in Arlington. (Playtime is bigger, more chaotic, probably cheaper, and harder to get to by public transit; I like them both.)


I've been very pleased with "The Usborne Children's Cookbook" by Rebecca Gilpin, but it has various Briticisms (ingredients by metric weight, 'gas marks' and celcius temperatures, the occasional ingredient you can't get here or not under that name, lasagna with white sauce and no ricotta). But it's all Real Food made from scratch, with detailed instructions including what tools to use and handy technique hints. The amazon reviews make it sound like The Usborne First Cookbook is the same idea adapted for Americans, but I'd want to look before buying.