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The Cooks Source brouhaha has turned into at least one positive outcome. One advertiser in the publication, 2nd Street Bakery in Turners Falls, Mass., quickly contacted Cooks Source to pull its ads. Kudos poured in on Facebook on the bakery's page and the Cooks Source discussion area. Several people suggested sending cash to or placing orders with 2nd Street to offset the loss in business due to people calling them and emailing them to complain about Cooks Source, and the potential loss in business from halting these ads. Owner Laura Puchalski suggested redirecting the effort via a Facebook reply to those wanting to help her business out:

Ok Ok! If you are all set on showing some love for our local charities, my recommendation would be The Food Bank of Western MA. They serve over 7 million pounds of food PER YEAR to hungry families and elders in my county and surrounding areas. Pay it forward and fight hunger! We really are not looking to benefit directly from any of this, so do please just send your good will to a charitable cause!!

Image by Janet Hudson via Creative Commons.

Glenn Fleishman, @glennf, is the Executive Editor of The Magazine, a fortnightly electronic periodical for people interested in everything. Glenn also hosts The New Disruptors, a podcast about connecting creators and makers to their audiences, and writes as “G.F.” at the Economist's Babbage blog. He is a regular panel member on the geeky media podcast The Incomparable. In October 2012, Glenn won Jeopardy! twice.

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Anonymous

All the people who Cooks Source stole from should get together and publish their own cook book. It will need a clever title.
Kosmoid

Kudos to Janet for providing the delightful photo that made my morning. (I hope folks acknowledge this on her Flickr page.) Plus, it’s a vegan delicacy! A good respite from all the cheese talk.
usonia

Aside from this, 2nd Street is just a fantastic bakery. If you’re in Massachusetts, ANY part of Massachusetts, consider a side trip to Turners just to go there.
Anonymous

I didn’t know about this place until it posted in BB. Of course now Cook’s Source will just steal it off BB (the internet is public domain you know) and it will end up there again in an infinite loop.
hoffmanbike

2nd that @USONIA

many of the places that advertised are delicious and likely had no idea about the plagiarism till now.
chgoliz

Recipe?
chgoliz

Sorry…forgot to add the following line:

/snark