I think what is necessary to fill the gap here is a "Zope Cookbook" much like the Perl Cookbook, which isn't really narrative about "how to learn Zope", but narrative about "how to to X in Zope". It'd be cool if someone were to make a deal with Adam to use the contents of ZopeLabs.com as the basis for such a cookbook.

A Zope Cookbook is what I had in mind (although you coined the phrase far better). Note, however, that the ZopeLabs has bits and pieces (and not all of the pieces). There are many basic things that are not covered in ZopeLabs (probably because they are so elementary) that should be covered for newbies. Ron