Apparently at least one proofreader at penguin must have slept at work that day and as a result, a pretty big oops made it onto the bookstores. The publisher has acknowledged the mistake and agreed to reprint 7,000 cookbooks over a recipe for pasta with "salt and freshly ground black people." In case you're curious, "salt and freshly ground black people" should read "salt and fresh ground black pepper."
I must admit I have terrible grammar and I can't spell to save my life. I blame this on the engineer's mindset which let me to assume engineer's don't have to write, they just have to apply the concepts of math and physics correctly. After all, who wants to read 10 pages on the second law of thermodynamics? Well, I was wrong. I learned rather quickly if I wanted to communicate I needed to improve my writing as it's the medium often used in today's society - and - the spelling feature does have its limitations.
