I Really Want Some Black "People" on my Pasta!

BBC reports: Cook-book misprint costs Australian publishers dear.

An Australian publisher has had to pulp and reprint a cook-book after one recipe listed "salt and freshly ground black people" instead of black pepper.

Penguin Group Australia had to reprint 7,000 copies of Pasta Bible last week, the Sydney Morning Herald has reported.

The reprint cost A$20,000 ($18,000; £12,000), but stock in bookshops will not be recalled as it is "extremely hard" to do so, Penguin said.

The recipe was for spelt tagliatelle with sardines and prosciutto.

If anyone complains about the "silly mistake", they will be given the new version, Penguin said.

Now there's a problem of relying on computer programs to do your "spell-check".

The recipe sounds delicious. Now if only the CC can get some black people black pepper.