I decided to check out my cookbooks to find something blush-making to report on the Most Embarrassing Cookbook topic. To my surprise, I couldn't find anything truly squirm-inducing (We sold a bunch of books to Half Price Books before Christmas, and did some strict winnowing.) But boy, did I find some ugly books -- and I'm not referring to their design, but to their condition after spending twenty-five years in my kitchen. Below are but two of my victims; one cover between two books (the back of