What on earth is going on at NaNoWriMo HQ? Here's a high level summary compiled by an anonymous community member.
NaNoWriMo Cookbook
The NaNoWriMo Cookbook is a collection of recipes contributed by Wrimos for Wrimos to cook their necessary meals quickly and channel that extra time into writing and procrastination. DM [1] started the cookbook in 2007 out of boredom and a desire to help out the Wrimos who put off eating in order to write. The result was a book of recipes ranging from breakfast to dessert to drinks and everything in between.
DM has continued putting together the cookbook every year since then, requesting recipes in the forums each year during the off-season and noting what recipes are particularly needed. The new cookbook is released in October when the NaNoWriMo site is relaunched.
Most of the recipes stay in the cookbook from year to year. New editions of the cookbook feature new recipes alongside the ones from the previous year.