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The Recipe du Jour
Story
A little over seven years ago Rich, Walt, and I sat
around my Maryland kitchen table during a weekend get
together, trying to define our first “Internet project”.
The millennium was fast approaching and - - in the event
the world as we knew it did not grind to a halt due to
faulty Y2K technology - - we were ready for the sheer
dot-com-ness of it. At the time we were tossing around
ideas for beginning a science fiction web site. The
conversation swirled in and out of the realm of total
absurdity for several hours. Ground rules were simple:
whatever we came up with MUST incorporate literary
effort.
While cutting up a breakfast three-cheese, ham and
mushroom omelet (topped with fresh cut chives from my
herb garden!), Rich’s fork paused in mid air. “How about
a RECIPE site?”
Walt sipped his coffee for a moment or two. “How are we
going to fit ‘literary effort’ into a recipe site?” he
asked.
Good ol’ Walt. Always the practical one.
“No problem,” was Rich’s response. “We’ll figure it
out.”
And we did. In-between mouthfuls of omelets and sips of
hot coffee, Recipe du Jour was born. It still boggles my
mind that from that innocent beginning we have grown
readership to tens of thousands of subscribers. It is a
humbling experience and one not taken lightly.
Thank you, subscribers, for making
Recipe du Jour a success.
--Simply Tim
 Most folks don’t cook like master chefs. Sure
it’s nice to try something exotic and gourmet. Although it’s fun to read
recipes with ingredients like Madagascar Hoki nut paste or antelope
filets, you won't find a lot of those recipes here. That's because
most of our daily recipes are submitted by everyday folk just like
you. Oh, on occasion we’ll give
in to temptation and slide a goody in. But don’t look for escargot
or conch chowder or any recipe that’s more expensive (or takes
longer) than wallpapering your kitchen.
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Rich Rowand |
A lot of the
daily Email recipes you’ll receive come
from our loyal subscriber base. Some are family favorites, some are from
friends, and some are assimilated smack dab from the swirling chaos
of esters that make up Cyber Space. Our "Good Neighbor Friday's"
recipes - for example - are submitted from peoples of all walks of
life. Good stuff. Special stuff. That's what you can expect from
Recipe du Jour.
If you want to see what we mean, browse the real
thing at Recipe du Jour's
Archives.
Subscribe to
Recipe du Jour by sending a blank email.
A Metered Dose of Brain
Food 6 Days a Week
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Walt Mills |
Many Recipe du Jour readers skip the recipes entirely,
preferring the Ezine's outstanding daily literary content. On
Saturdays - for instance - Recipe du Jour spotlights selected
Pennsylvania
Centre Daily Times' columnist, Walt Mills'
articles. Here's an example of a
Saturday Edition, including one of Walt's columns.
Weekday columns and articles by Rich and Simply Tim provide
additional diversions and more than an occasional chuckle or two.
Readers often confide, "You guys are just like one of the family!",
or "What would we do without morning coffee with Rich, Walt, and
Tim?"
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 If
you like desserts, you'll LOVE Dessert du Jour's weekday Ezines.
Period. Nothing but caloric bliss.
Sinful overindulgence at its best: a chocolaholic's smorgasbord
delivered right to your Inbox. A sugar
rush waiting to happen. Don't believe us? Browse the Dessert
du Jour
Archives.
Subscribe to Dessert du Jour by sending a blank email.
 "Mister
Wizard" vs. "Ann Landers". A 100% reader-submission-driven
Ezine. You never know what's going to pop up in Tips du Jour. That's the beauty of it. A Tip, a
clean Joke, a Quote and -- of course -- unscrupulous comments and
quips from the opinionated Simply Tim.
"Tim, you CRACK ME UP!" says a reader. "I
blow coffee out my nose every morning!" exclaims another. See for
yourself. Browse the Tips du Jour
Archives.
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Tips du Jour by sending a blank email.
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What? When? |
| TDJ Monday |
Computer Tips |
| TDJ Tuesday |
Household Tips |
| TDJ Wednesday |
Senior & Caregiver Tips |
| TDJ Thursday |
"Anything Can Happen" Day |
| TDJ Friday |
Cooking & Kitchen Tips |
Go ahead: take a Daily Plunge down
the Rabbit Hole...
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Simply Tim |
"I use Post-it notes to post
things to do on the wall behind the toilet. What is the FIRST thing
you, as a man, do when you get out of bed in the morning?"
--submitted by Bob
"The best place to use Post-it notes is the
bathroom mirror. The only place to get the attention of some
people!"
--submitted by Margaret
Tim says: Bob, you hear that? Margaret's note SHOULD read: “Look
DOWN, Bob. Stop reading this Post-it note and PAY ATTENTION to what
you’re doing!”
UPDATE:
November, 2005
If
you mysteriously stop receiving any of the du Jour ezines, more
than likely your ISP (Internet Service Provider) or a
third-party company hired by your ISP to manage Email
trafficking, or even your own anti-spam software have begun
blocking our newsletters thinking they are spam. To minimize the
possibility of this happening, make sure the
following originating email addresses are added
to your Email program's "safe sender's" list:
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simplytim @
recipedujour.com |
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rich
@ recipedujour.com |
If this
does not correct the problem, contact your ISP
directly and COMPLAIN about having your email censored.
--Recipe du
Jour
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