Like many Brisbane-ites my life has changed this week. Not because my home was flooded, but because I am so proud to witness the outpouring of love and friendship that is {bad pun alert…} pouring out of Queensland.

Like many, I want to help. My friend Danielle Crismani has instigated a food revolution. And as a food-obsessive, I had to get involved! Danielle {@digellabakes on twitter} needed to do SOMETHING to take her mind of her boys being stranded in the Lockyer Valley {with her mum, whose property was affected by flooding – they are all safe}. She came up with the idea of baking some relief for the State Emergency Services volunteers who were sandbagging around Brisbane.

Word quickly spread – via her blog Digella Emporium and via twitter – and now it is bigger than Ben Hur!

Baked Relief – ADOPT A FAMILY is now taking registrations from people who are prepared to provide a meal once a week {possibly for up to a year} to a family who has lost their home to the floods.

For information and to register go to my food blog The Cook’s Notebook.