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I finally got around to counting. 274 for me. Also tons of cooking magazines (I know they don't count).

I don't think you should have to post ingredients in advance. If someone asks, it's probably because there are certain things they won't eat for one reason or another. The cook has an obligation at that point to disclose everything. The risk is that a great meal might go to waste. I'm sure if this cook thought her husband wouldn't eat horse, she would not have prepared it. Otherwise, she could have hidden the truth.

I wonder if the people at Crate and Barrel have a copy of that magazine. I know that when I called Cuisinart during my search for Pleasures of Cooking, they had no idea what I was talking about. I thought it was sad. I think we have driven up the price of old copies of Pleasures. They are selling for a bundle on Ebay.

I would love to see that catalogue. What year was it? I was in the gourmet housewares business myself back in those days. I won the entire set of the magazines. Such a deal! Of course they are in mint condition and I don't want to mess them up. There was a run on these on ebay and I managed to get some used ones too. I never bid on ebay before a couple of weeks ago, and now I'm hooked. I managed to get this Varco mincer I've been trying to get for years too. My daughter got me a new Cuisinart for the holidays. My old one was about twenty-five years old. I have no idea how much she paid, but she said it was the largest model. I think it is smaller than the one I had.

I just located some copies of "The Pleasures of Cooking". I didn't want to jinx the sale, so I put off posting, but I do think it's going to happen. I'm really excited. My family thinks I'm nuts, this has taken up a good part of the last couple of weeks. I should only spend this much time cooking.

That would be fantastic! Thanks. I'll send you a private message with my address. A

I have no idea how I missed your article on Cuisinart and The Pleasures of Cooking until now. I have been on a quest to find copies of these magazines for a couple of years now. In fact I found this website during this search, a couple of months ago. Just last month, while typing in "The Pleasures of Cooking" for the hundredth time, I came across someone that was selling the entire collection for $60. I immediately called, only to find out that I was too late, and someone had already bought them. I started getting these magazines in the late 70's when they first came out. I owned cookware/houseware stores at that time, and found these to be the best cooking magazines on the market. Over the years, many of my copies disappeared. I think friends must not have returned them. I never had the entire collection, but probably fifteen or sixteen editions. I now have eight. Vol 3, number one May/June 1980. That's the one I really want. Outstanding red pepper recipes. The best quiche (yes, quiche) ever. I still have the page with the picture, but the rest of the magazine with the recipe is gone. Do you have it? I would love to get my hands on that particular recipe. It was not too difficult, but I haven't been able to duplicate it. Anyway, my heart leaped when I read your article. It's not just me that loved these magazines. Thanks so much for taking the time to write it.