Misprint in cookbook labeled racist by some

A misprint in "The Pasta Bible" will cost publisher Penguin Australia $20,000, according to the company. The misprint suggested that the dish tagliatelle with sardines and prosciutto required "salt and freshly ground black people" as ingredients.

Penguin Australia blamed the issue on a spell-checking program. Anyone who has used such software will know that it won't catch such an error. Apparently some saw the misprint, which obviously shouldn't be labeled a Freudian slip, but rather an honest mistake, as racist.

The error was revealed after a member of the reading public got in touch with Penguin Australia. All 7,000 copies of "The Pasta Bible" at the warehouse to be destroyed. Head of publishing Robert Sessions told the Sydney Morning Herald the destruction of those copies would cost $ 20,000.

There aren't any plans to recall the copies in stores. The company's website did say the following at the end of an item about the issue:

Penguin will also willingly replace a copy of Pasta Bible owned by anyone who feels uncomfortable about having a copy of the book in their possession.

The team at Penguin sincerely apologises for any offence this error may have caused.