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Ah ha, the chef is from Canada (Ottawa, not Ottowa as Amazon would have it) so I had to buy it.

According to a J.K. Lopez-Alt tweet you can get a copy of The Food Lab for under $26 with the Code GIFTBOOK17 on Amazon today.

For Canadians on Amazon.ca and on Amazon.com too: Jacques Pepin, New Complete Techniques, $1.99

Two deals for Canadian bakers on Amazon.ca: Tartine, $2.99 Secrets of a Jewish Baker: Recipes for 125 Breads from Around the World, $1.99

My brother made this nice little step stool for me out of curly maple. It fits under a shelf and is easy to slide into place since it has felt pads on the feet. I also use tongs. I’m only 5’3” on a good day so upper cupboards tend to be populated with less used items.

Port is also a good choice.

A Guardian columnist's take: Is this cooking for idiots? My week eating nothing but "recipe box" food

In Canada, perhaps elsewhere, for $1.99: The New Portuguese Table: Exciting Flavors from Europe's Western Coast, David Leite The Sweet Life in Paris, David Lebovitz

Based on what @Kasia, who posted the recipe, said, this looks look like it would do the trick: https://www.amazon.ca/Pearce-Duffs-Assorted-Blancmange-146g/dp/B0051C0Q92

Those are vegans, no?

In Canada too. Thanks.

Happily for me, the David and Olney are still on sale in Canada today and are now in my possession.

Thanks for taking us along for the ride Anna and Kerry. A summer classic.

Yes she did and had a blog on the same subject: The Pleasures of Cooking for One

She had an amazing career as an editor: "Among her early achievements was finding a masterpiece amid the rejects: “The Diary of Anne Frank.”" Judith Jones, editor of Julia Child, dead at 93

Thank you for bringing us along on your food adventures Duvel! You had me checking airfare to Hong Kong.

I agree. AbeBooks is a really good resource.

Yes I like the carts too. All those temptations rolling by.

I love the "this handle is disinfected four times a day" sign. Very reassuring. Are there a lot of restaurants in Hong Kong still using carts for dim sum? Here in Vancouver they are an endangered species.

At these prices I buy them and read them like novels before bedtime. If I'm really inspired I'll buy the hard copy.

A very good thing.

What is Mangalica? I saw Mangalica Pate and Mangalica liver and bacon on the menu at the Globe.

Yup.

For Canadians here's a dozen Kindle books available today at Amazon.ca: Small Victories, Julia Turshen, $2.99 click Rustic Fruit Desserts, Cory Schreiber, $1.99 click Gjelina, Travis Lett, $2.99 click Plenty, Yottam Ottolenghi, $2.99 click Bar Tartine, Nicolaus Balla et al, $2.99 click Ruhlman's Twenty, Michael Ruhlman, $2.99 click Van Leeuwen Artisan Ice Cream Book, Laura O'Neill et al, $1.99 click The Little Paris Kitchen, Rachel Khoo, $2.99 click Beyond the Great Wall, Jeffrey Alford, $2.51, click At Balthazar, Reggie Nadelson, $1.99, click Flour: A Baker's Collection of Spectacular Recipes, Joanne Chang, $2.99, click Miami Spice: The New Florida Cuisine, Steven Raichlen, $1.99, click

Can you give a quick description of how one "cater-wraps"? I don't have a problem with using plastic wrap but I'm curious.