A few weeks ago, my friend Jen posted a link to her blog on Facebook. What caught my eye was the cover of the cookbook she was talking about. It made me laugh out loud. Naturally, I clicked the link to find out more and proceeded to laugh, cry and order the book.
Minivans, Mammaries and Muffintops - The breast darn cookbook you’ve ever seen! was the brainchild of Tara Marchiori, friend to Cherie Metcalfe who is fighting Stage 4 breast cancer. Along with other friends, who rallied behind Cherie after her diagnosis, these ladies decided to put together a cookbook filled with delicious good for you recipes with a biting sense of humour. See how I did that? Biting. Get it? Oh sometimes, I crack me up.
Anyhoo, enough of my wit, and back to Cherie. Cherie has some kick ass friends. The kind of friends that say “This world won’t be the same without you so we’re going to fight tooth and nail to keep you here. Take that you nasty Cancer bitch”. I have friends like this. I know I do. I have friends that I love so much I’d go over Niagara Falls in a barrel if it meant it would keep them here one more day. Good friends, no, scratch that, GREAT friends are the best health care you can have. Whether you have one or twenty, your true friends have your back or your boobs as the case may be. Oops there I go again. Don’t hurt yourself laughing. I'm on a roll here.
This cookbook is not just a collection of recipes, and it’s not just a fundraiser to help Cherie fight staggering health care costs associated with a clinical trial treatment she receives in the U.S. This cookbook is a celebration of great friends. It’s funny, touching, AND inspiring. When is the last time Bon Appetit did that for you?
Do you want to be more supportive than a good sports bra? Ummm, well it’s pretty easy and totally on the honour system. Isn’t that uplifting? Sorry, sorry, enough boob humour. Here’s what you do:
Step 1: Go to their Facebook page "I Support Cherie" Friend Group and message them.
Step 2: Wait for reply.
Step 3: Have a discussion with one of the fab ladies and exchange details. How many cookbooks? Your address? Bra size? Kidding. They don't want that. I just share mine with everyone.
Step 4: Your cookbook and your cheque should cross somewhere in the mail.
Step 5: Laugh so hard your boobs shake.
Step 6: Tell your breast friends all about it.
I was not asked to write about this cookbook, in fact it will no doubt come as a surprise to these incredible women, but it shouldn’t. When my cookbook arrived, there was a note attached that read “Thanks for the support! Good Karma coming your way. T.” No. Good Karma coming your way ladies. My cups already runneth over.
Ba dum bum.
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