What is the Two Billion Dollar Cookbook?

A collection of anecdotes and treasured recipes from the hearts and homes of the Alaskan oil spill cleanup workers, their families and friends

It has 300 pages

Priced at $19.95 + $2.50 shipping

Address in Anchorage didn't work - (probably out of print)

 
... said they got 1,000 submissions & of course could only use some of them
 
and that it was printed in AK under the auspices of Bean's Cafe, Inc
by Ken Wray's Printing, Inc, Anchorage
 
June, 1990  -5,000 copies
Sept, 1990 - 5,000 copies
Dec, 1990 -10,000 copies
 
Proceeds donated to Bean's Cafe, an Alaskan charity

 Good Friday 1964 was the Alaska earthquake
 Good Friday 1989 was the Exxon Valdez oil spill 25 years later ... 18 years ago

3-24-06   17 year anniversary of the Exxon Valdez oil spill  *

16 years - 05

15 years - 04

The Valdez Crud - Mother Jones article expanded

Who was Responsible for the Exxon Valdez oil spill?

Where is the Exxon Valdez today?

More about workers ... this is the Classic LA Times, 2001 article

Exxon Valdez Oil Spill cleanup photo Story  *

these workers & friends
Contributed to the 2 Billion Dollar Cookbook
 
How to hunt them up?
  1. Jackie  Neilson -  Valdez
  2. Roberta Leathard - Anchorage
  3. Jean Charney
  4. Betty Carpenter  Kingwood, TX
  5. Barbara Arcement - Avondale, LA
  6. Tammy E. Criswell - Anchorage
  7. Mae Killen  -  Avondale, LA
  8. Carol Webber  -  Anchorage
  9. Linda Dufrene  -  Cut Off, LA
  10. Jim Chludzinski  -  Annadle, NJ

  11. Kathryn Rabinow  -  Houston,  TX

    Eileen Farley  -  Mission Viejo, CA

  12. Kathleen E Lavin  -  Vail, CO
  13. Lucie Manka  -  Wasilla
  14. Gov Steve Cowper  - Juneau
  15. Elizabeth Paul  -  Seattle
  16. Carolyn Winstead  -  Baton Rouge, LA
  17. David Shaul - Anchorage
  18. Richard J Linton  -  AK born
  19. Yolanda Clary  -  Eagle River
  20. Shirley Lewis  -  Anchorage
  21. Teresa Humble Leffler  -  Anchorage
  22. Jule Blood  -  Valdez

  23. Christy Taylor Schwartz  -  Houston, TX

  24. Sharon Miller  -  Thousand Oaks, CA

  25. Susan Levine  -  Spring, TX
  26. Maggie Carey  -  Anchorage
  27. Mna McInerney  -  Anchorage
  28. Lana Dahl  -  Anchorage
  29. Betti Cuddy  -  Anchorage
  30. Angie Williams  -  Fairbanks
  31. Sharon Smith  -  Kingwood, TX
  32. Annette McKee  -  Anchorage
  33. Wanda Myers  -  Anchorage
  34. Tiffany Awad  -  Anchorage
  35. Meryl McGill  -  Morristown, NJ
  36. Keith C Koontz  -  Fairbanks
  37. Pat Fleetwood  ?
  38. Betty Teal  -  Calgary, Alberta
  39. William E. Thomas  -  Anchorage
  40. Teresa Humble Leffler  -   Anchorage

  41. Lael Nicolai - Eagle River

  42. Nancy Hartley  -  Anchorage

  43. P J Andrew Resare  -  Anchorage

  44. Mona Barbeau - Houston, TX

  45. Linda Dufrene  -  Cut OFf, LA

  46. First Lady Barbara Bush   -   Wash, D.C.

  47. Polly Bracht  -  Rockport, TX

  48. Jean A Johnson  -  Anchorage
  49. Robert Cox  -  Fairbanks

  50. Nichole L Hert  -  Eagle River

  51. T E Whitson  - Houston, TX

  52. Kathie L Spitz  - Anchorage

  53. Jane Moore  - Kingwood, TX
  54. Christina Andrews Stevens  -  Homer
  55. LaVerne L Wood  - Fairbankas
  56. Polly Bracht  - Rockport, TX
  57. Marilyn Mitchell - Valdez
  58. Carolyn Pierson  - Hampshire, TX
  59. Arlene Cortez  -  Raceland, LA
  60. Terrell E Howes  -  Denham Springs, LA
  61. Charlotte Diehl  -  Anchorage
  62. Robert Murphy - Anchorage
  63. Vicki Lee - Anchorage
  64. Judy Studer  -  Richmond, TX
  65. Bonnie Herbst  -  Ventura, CA
  66. Amy Lantz  -  Anchorage
  67. Stephanie Gunn  -  Raceland, LA
  68. Barbara Edwards  -  Huston, TX

  69. Josey I Smith  - Dennard, Arkansas

  70. Gaye Hunt  -  Anchorage

  71. Meg Harmon  -  Anchorage
  72. Bertha Westphal  -  Anchorage
  73. Robin Winkley  -  Fairbanks
  74. Dawn L. Linton  -  AK Homesteader
  75. M F Barnaett  -  Anchorage

  76. Sharon Miller  -  Thousand Oaks, CA

  77. Cheryl Thomas  -  Bakersfield, CA

  78. Norman Tyler  -  Anchorage
  79. Jan Worth Yost  -  Chevey Chase, Maryland
  80. Yvonne Knobloch  -  Raceland, LA
  81. Gloria Allen  -  Anchorage
  82. Michael B McFarland  -  Anchorage
  83. Anne Dufrene  -  Raceland, LA
  84. Michelle LeBlanc  -  Anchorage
  85. Lynette Miller - 
  86. Kris Wegdahl  -  Kodiak
  87. Barbara LeGrange  -  Houston, TX

  88. Mary Lou Harrison  -  Houston, TX

  90. Jim Dorse  -  Long Beach, CA

  91. Michelle Frost  -  Houston, TX

  92. Edna Fisher  -  Millville, NJ
  93. Mary Price  -  Anchorage
  94. Dorothy Frost  -  Austin, TX
  95. Brenda Larsen  -  Anchorage
  96. Joan I Smith  - Baydown, TX
  97. Jodie Hartman  -  Raceland, LA
  98. Sandra Shook  -  Sonora, TX
  99. Vickie Christensen  -  Valdez
  100. Mary Ann Farmer  -  Anchorage
  101. M F Barnett - Anchorage
  102. Meg Harmon
  103. Jean McCaskey  -  Anchorage
  104. Kimberly Borges - Houston, TX
  105. Marti Hughes  -  Anchorage
  106. Kimberly L Peterson  -  Anchorage
  107. Rosemary Stanczuk  -  Sprint, TX
  108. Annamay Hixson  -  Anchorage
  109. Lucie Manka  -  Wasilla
  110. Jimmie Marie English  -  San Diego, CA
  111. Beatrice Mastracchio  -  Randolph, NJ
  112. Mary Taylor  -  Rockport, TX

  113. Pat Brunelle  -  Anchorage

  114. Dian Bentley  -  Midland, TX

  115. Kellia K Talton  -  Chugiak, AK

  116. Wadene Ivy  -  San Saba, TX

  117. K C Williams  -  Houston, TX

  118. Gladys McElderry  -  San Diego, CA
  119. Karen Gunn  -  Raceland, LA
  120. Bob & Helene Goodrich  -  Morristown, NJ
  121. Evelyn Yeary  -  Refugio, TX 
  122. Dennis Jordan
  123. Gail Paddock - Kodiak
  124. Mary Price - Anchorage
  125. Sharon Gambetty  -  Anchorage
  126. Molly Shoup  - Chatham, NJ
  127. Tattin Haravin  -  Houston, TX
  128. Sandy Gey
  129. Nancy Zawadzki  -  Walnut Creek, CA
  130. Sherry Harrison  -  Houston, TX
  131. Jocelyn Barker  -  Anchorage
  132. Beverly Hecks, cook on a crew boat - Soldotna
  133. Deanna Grube
  134. Rhonda Foster  -  Anchorage
  135. Jamie Valentine  - Houston, TX
  136. Kathleen Sirois  - Spokane, WA
  137. Homer Musser - Anchorage
  138. Yvonne Knobloch - Raceland, LA
  139. Linda Langerman  -  Anchorage
  140. Steve Douglas  -  Miami, FL
  141. Mrs. Jack (Kay) M. Linton - Chairman of Anchorage, Alaska 75th Anniversary Celebration
  142. Linda Katelnikoff  -  Anchorage
  143. Ann Chandonnet  -  Anchorage
  144. Michelle Frost  -  Houston, TX
  145. Penny Krueger  -  Houston, TX
  146. Mike Cortez  -  Raceland, LA
  147. Carene Wise  -  Austin, TX
  148. Tom DeCillis  -  Florham Park, NJ
  149. Jean Caswell - Anchorage
  150. Roger Mills - Anchorage
  151. Elaine Atwood - Anchorage
  152. Susan M. Adams - Laporte, TX
  153. Robert A Major - Houston
  154. Carolyn Pierson - Anchorage
  155. Susan Maloney - Anchorage
  156. Barbara LeGrange - Houston, TX
  157. Denise Murphy - Anchorage
  158. Virginia Williams - Austin, TX
  159. Diane Breeding - Kingsville, TX
  160. Jean Caswell - Anchorage
  161. Dorothy Frost - Austin, TX
  162. Susan Bottles - Edison, NJ
  163. Marti Hughes - Anchorage
  164. Nita Biskamp - Houston, TX
  165. BeBe Wilson - Houston, TX
  166. Goldsmith Burrell - Valdez
  167. Betty Carpenter - Kingwood, TX
  168. Norma Goodman - Anchorage
  169. David P Goshorn - Flemington, NJ
  170. Sherry Harrison - Houston, TX
  171. D K Rank - Frontier, Wyoming
  172. Meg Smith - Anchorage
  173. William A White - Fairbanks
  174. Former First Lady of Alaska Bella Hammond - Port Alsworth, AK
  175. Eleanor Edwards - Austin
  176. John Palmquist - Anchorage
  177. Nancy Doran - Anchorage
  178. E Owens - Bainbridge Island, WA
  179. Polly Bracht - Rockport, TX
  180. Charlotte Diehl - Anchorage, AK
  181. Marissa Gustafson - Anchorage
  182. Lillian Hampton - Houston, TX
  183. T E Whitson - Houston, TX
  184. Betti Cuddy - Anchorage
  185. Howard Pierce - Anchorage
  186. Jocelyn Barker - Anchorage
  187. Wanda Myers - Anchorage
  188. Rustye Spencer - Houston, TX
  189. Josey Smith - Dennard, Arkansas
  190. Anne Scott - Anchorage
  191. Barabara Lantz - Anchorage
  192. Lou Reither - Anchorage
  193. Thelma Gollaher - Anchorage
  194. Doris Rhame - Houston, TX
  195. Mary Catherine Davis - Houston, TX
  196. Lana Dahl - Anchorage
  197. Ross Iver - Raceland, LA
  198. Joanne Edmiston - Anchorage
  199. Ken and Terri Crisp - Santa Clara, CA
  200. Vicki Carpenter Lassiter - Kingstown, St Vincent, West Indies
  201. Gisela "Heidi" Hoffmann - Anchorage
  202. Jane Dinehart - Valdez
  203. Bob & Linda Black - Bellaire, TX
  204. Judy Smith - Houston, TX
  205. Maxine Reed - Anchorage
  206. Linda LaMont - Charlotte, NC
  207. Mary Provant - Anchorage
  208. Loretta LeBlanc - Marrero, LA
  209. Barbara Rogers - Houston, TX
  210. Karen Reynolds - Anchorage
  211. Charlie Maggard - Meridian, Mississippi
  212. Ramona Fowler - Anchorage
  213. John W. Dean - Big Spring, TX
  214. Frank Sandoval - Anchorage
  215. Nancy Lewis - Sydney, Australia
  216. Betty Jo Staser - Anchorage
  217. Wes Dauncey  - Anchorage
  218. Linda Thomas - Camden, NJ
  219. Thomas G Tomblin - Anchorage
  220. Lauren Bailey - Anchorage
  221. Harold Minckler - Slidell, LA
  222. Barbara Stevens - Houston, TX
  223. Vanessa Tabor - Colonial Heights, Virginia
  224. Sue Hartley - Anchorage
  225. Peggy Loudin - Buckhannon, West Virginia
  226. Edsel Ulep - Anchorage
  227. Erik T Byrd - Fairbanks
  228. Dee Morrow - Anchorage
  229. Jean A Johnson - Anchorage
  230. Gable LeBlanc - Marrero, LA
  231. Carolyn V McAlpine (Krones) - Fairbanks
  232. Kim Kersbergen - Kodiak
  233. Michael Schultz  - Anchorage
  234. Jenny Tait - Sydney, Australia
  235. Linda Hill - Eagle River, AK
  236. Randy Moore - Thibodaux, LA
  237. Carolyn Winstead - Baton Rouge, LA
  238. Rocky Williams - New Orleans, LA
  239. Pat Larsen - Las Cruces, New Mexico
  240. Barry & Pat Kimberly - Lake Isabella, CA
  241. Bill Taylor - Houston, TX
  242. Elizabeth Paul - Seattle, WA
  243. John L Vonhof - Anchorage
  244. Mark Blough - Anchorage
  245. Barbara Bennett - Anchorage
  246. Nell Iver - Raceland, LA
  247. John Wise - Austin, TX
  248. Judy Meidinger - Anchorage
  249. James E (Jim) Zawacki, State Rep - Girdwood, AK
  250. Terrell E. Howes - Denham Springs, LA
  251. Joan I Smith - Baytown, TX
  252. Mona Ciancaglini - Anchorage
  253. Dot Uthlaut - Houston, TX
  254. Marva James
  255. Stacy Farley - Mission Viejo, CA
  256. Patty McDermott - Katy, TX
  257. Lorraine Meyers - New Orleans, LA
  258. Jeanette Guttormson - Kingwood, TX
  259. Marissa Gustafson - Anchorage
  260. John Bottles - Edison, NJ
  261. Austin G Smith - Eunice, LA
  262. Mary Robbins
  263. Melvin J Totemoff - Anchorage
  264. Gladys McElderry - San Diego, CA
  265. Marianne Edwards - Anchorage
  266. Steve Toth - Anchorage
  267. Nancy Hartley - Anchorage
  268. Sandra Brannon - Anchorage
  269. Yvonne Zharoff - Anchorage
  270. Fred Roberts - Kodiak
  271. First Lady Michael Cowper - Juneau
  272. Mark Friesenhahn - Kingwood, TX
  273. George M Romero - Anchorage
  274. Brocklyn Wegdahl - Kodiak
  275. Sandy Sandoval - Anchorage
  276. Elba Spielman - Anchorage
  277. Gloria McCutcheon - Anchorage
  278. Ken Mathias - Carroll, Ohio
  279. U.S. Senator Ted Stevens - Girdwood, AK
  280. Val Amborn - Seal Beach, CA
  281. Branko Rincic - Anchorage
  282. Mona Cadoret - Lafayette, LA
  283. Rembert S "Gabe" Rollison - Eagle River, AK
  284. Tim Plummer - Valdez
  285. Sheryl Jean Bennett - Fairbanks
  286. Mrs Frank G Turpin - Anchorage
  287. Brenda Hays - Halibut Cove, AK
  288. Pat Cerney - Anchorage
  289. Dru Gilliam - Anchorage
  290. Peggy Ross - Slidell, LA
  291. Jack G Clarke - New York, NY
  292. Luther L Laird - Anchorage
  293. Josephine Lowe - Fairbanks
  294. David A Morgan - Gillett, Wyoming
  295. Michelle Frost - Houston, TX
  296. Edward Smagge - Fairbanks
  297. Clemencia V Montiel - Anchorage
  298. Mary Jo Smith - McDavid, FL
  299. Mrs. (Maranell) La Moyne Henry Fleming - Dillard, Georgia
  300. Eric Howlett - Anchorage
  301. Sesar Florez - Big Lake, TX
  302. Joseph C Talbott - Anchorage
  303. Betty Carpenter - Kingwood, TX
  304. Vicki Lee - Anchorage
  305. Diane Butler - Anchorage
  306. Donna Giroux - Houston, TX
  307. Margaret Sowden - Houston, TX
  308. Tissa Boyer - Anchorage
  309. Kim Kersbergen - Kodiak
  310. Jesusito E Miran - Kodiak
  311. Susan M Adams - LaPorte, TX

  312. Vice Admiral Clyde Robbins Commander Pacific Area, U.S. Coast Guard - San Francisco, CA  photo     'King Crab Baked in Wine'

... etc etc etc

"Canadian researcher Peter Wells in 1984 concluded that part of the problem with oil dispersants is that their toxicity appears to be linked to their effectiveness: Effective dispersants are too toxic, and nontoxic dispersants are ineffective" quoted by ADN 8-15-89

http://www.adn.com/evos/stories/EV147.html 

 

Coast Guard Vice Adm. Clyde Robbins, 

the on-scene coordinator for the spill cleanup

"What in the world are we doing testing this stuff now?"

 Robbins asks. (Where is Clyde Robbins?)

 http://www.adn.com/evos/stories/EV147.html Anchorage Daily News, 8-15-89

 

An Experiment *

 
Bioremediation of Exxon Valdez Oil Spill | EPA History | US EPA Letter Cc:
  1. Vice Admiral Clyde Robbins, U.S. Coast Guard 
  2.  Dennis Kelso, Commissioner, State of Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation ...

 

 

"Peter Moutasano, a Department of Environmental Conservation member of the Resource Assessment Team in the area warned a reporter not to touch the rocks with bare hands because the fertilizer attacks red blood cells and can cause liver and kidney damage."  ADN, 9-16-89 http://www.adn.com/evos/stories/EV123.html 

 What do Workers   Workers of the Exxon Valdez oil spill cleanup were exposed to oil and chemical 'dispersants'   

of the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill cleanup feel like? 

My heart 'sank' when I heard this

  NIOSH

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4-5-07  * love you

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