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A couple months ago, the Big Damn Chefs: The International Browncoat Charity Cookbook was published, full of recipes and more submitted by fans of Joss Whedon's should-have-been-a-hit show, "Firefly." All proceeds are going to benefit Freedom from Hunger, an international development organization working in seventeen countries to help women with innovative and sustainable self-help solutions to the fight against chronic hunger and poverty.

Well, now the Browncoat Relief Corps have announced a second cookbook to benefit charity, and they are collecting submissions, artwork, essays and more. If you'd like to submit something, the submission guidelines are on the Big Damn Chefs Web site. (By the way, for non-"Firefly" fans, Big Damn Chefs is a take-off on Big Damn Heros, a reference to the cast of "Firefly" and "Serenity.")

According to the press release:

"The non-profit corporation which produced the original Browncoat cookbook, Browncoat Relief Corps (also known as the BRC), is working on coordinating the sequel volume, draft titled Big Damn Chefs Rise Again. The cookbook is a collaborative charity project, a collection of recipes submitted by fans (also known as Browncoats) and the cast/crew of Joss Whedon's Firefly television show and the movie Serenity."

I have to admit, I am a huge fan of Joss Whedon, "Firefly" and the Browncoats (fans of the show). I've seen too many instances of the Browncoats coming together to raise money for charity or raise awareness of other organizations not to be impressed, and I'm a big supporter of anything that could help Joss Whedon produce more stuff!