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Cookbooks – How Many Do You Own? (Part 3)

chile_peppa

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I have no idea how many cookbooks I have, but they currently fill one floor-to-ceiling bookshelf in the kitchen and most of one in the living room. I like to collect cookbooks from places that I visit, those of historical interest, and just plain odd ones. My sons find my collection very humorous for I never actually cook from my cookbooks. I have a slight anti-authoritarian quirk that does not allow me to follow directions, and I generally just make stuff up after comparing similar recipes from various sources.

To Marmish: I'd really be interested in knowing where that bookstore in Forest Park is. I hang out at the Frugal Muse in Darien (75th and Lemont) now and then -- nice collection of used cookbooks there, too.

[Moderator note: The original Cookbooks – How Many Do You Own? topic became too large for our servers to handle efficiently, so we've divided it up; the preceding part of this discussion is here: Cookbooks – How Many Do You Own? (Part 2)]

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To Marmish: I'd really be interested in knowing where that bookstore in Forest Park is. I hang out at the Frugal Muse in Darien (75th and Lemont) now and then -- nice collection of used cookbooks there, too.

This is the info. according to www.switchboard.com.

Little Treasures

7502 Madison St

Forest Park, IL 60130-1411 Phone: (708) 366-9198

From the west, exit 290 at Des Plaines Ave. Turn left. Turn right onto Madison. It's on the right, 2nd or 3rd block. From the city, exit at Harlem. Turn right. Turn left on Madison. It will be several blocks down on the left.

Madison street makes for a nice afternoon of shopping. Most antique type shops are closed Mondays.

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Thanks, Marmish. I'll have to head over there soon.

"It is a fact that he once made a tray of spanakopita using Pam rather than melted butter. Still, though, at least he tries." -- David Sedaris
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Part of my order from Amazon arrived today:

100 Vegetables and Where They Came From by William Woys Weaver

Apple of Gold in Settings of Silver: Stories of Dinner as a Work of Art by Carolin C. Young

I'd better update my catalogue listing: I'm heading off to used-book heaven soon, and Vancouver (home of Barbara-Jo's) soon after. :wink:

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I should stop until we move, but apparently I can't.

Ms. Jude, you are example to us all! Never let mere convenience and common sense prevent you from acquiring a new cookbook.

69, 311.

Margaret McArthur

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I have one, possibly two to add.

Yesterday I received The Big Book of Soups and Stews by Maryana Collstedt. It's a little hot to start trying out a lot of recipes (the chilled soup section is a little small) but I am ready for cold weather!

If drink books count then I have another one to add. I picked up The Little Book of Vodka Cocktails by Hamlyn at the Kitchen Etc. clearance.

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It is not the urge to surpass all others at whatever cost,

but the urge to serve others at whatever cost. -Arthur Ashe

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:shock: Sadly, I must amend my last post. I have 1 cookbook. It was a gift to me yesterday from a dear friend who said it "was the start of a new collection". My house burned on Wed, Aug 11, and the collection of 30 years is no more. Sigh... Thank the Godess no one (i include the dog in that) was hurt badly. A friend got blistered in a largish area, but will heal. Think good thoughts for me, please! :huh:

"Commit random acts of senseless kindness"

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:shock: Sadly, I must amend my last post. I have 1 cookbook. It was a gift to me yesterday from a dear friend who said it "was the start of a new collection". My house burned on Wed, Aug 11, and the collection of 30 years is no more. Sigh... Thank the Godess no one (i include the dog in that) was hurt badly. A friend got blistered in a largish area, but will heal. Think good thoughts for me, please! :huh:

What with all the hand-wringing and wailing over the death of Julia Child, THIS bit of news I find infinitely more sad and troubling. My condolences.

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judiu, I am so sorry. I share your loss and your relief that no one was badly hurt (I too include the dog). Please, let me know if I can give you some books to rebuild the collection. I certainly have some to spare.

Judy Amster

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I picked up 5 more on vacation.

It is good to be a BBQ Judge.  And now it is even gooder to be a Steak Cookoff Association Judge.  Life just got even better.  Woo Hoo!!!

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:wub: Thanks to all of you for your care and concern. I have been so blessed by the out pouring of love and offers of assistance from you folks, my on-line friends, my friends at work and my "gang" of personal friends! I never really realized how well thought of I am in my various communities! Bless all y'all! :blush:

"Commit random acts of senseless kindness"

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Judiu, what terrible news! My thoughts and best wishes are with you, too. And may your collection rise again like a phoenix!

I too am sorry to hear of your tremendous loss.

An idea just occured as I was hitting the reply button:

Judiu's collection would definitely "rise again like the pheonix" if some of us who have duplicate cookbooks could send them to judie.

Judiu, are there any particular titles you desperately need? I may not have any that you lost, but this may be a good way to start new passions? :laugh:

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A special one more for me, Maggie. Yesterday's sad news had me, like so many others, at the bookshelves visiting the well-thumbed volumes of Julia's brilliance and wisdom. I realized I had never gotten around to acquiring The Way to Cook. Done and done.

Another way she'll be with me forever.

Bon appetit,

Squeat

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:wub: Thanks to all of you for your care and concern. I have been so blessed by the out pouring of love and offers of assistance from you folks, my on-line friends, my friends at work and my "gang" of personal friends! I never really realized how well thought of I am in my various communities! Bless all y'all! :blush:

Hey, can I send you a cookbook? I've got fifty something. I like them all, and I'm sure I could find something to part with that you'd like to.

Could you use a newer edition of Joy of Cooking? I love my first volume, and find that I just don't use the newer one as much. (It's the 1997 edition. The cover has some very slight marks on it, but the insides are pretty pristine.)

What are your tastes?

Tell here, and PM or e-mail me with a snailmail address and I'll find something to help you start back your collection.

:smile:

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Judiu, what terrible news! My thoughts and best wishes are with you, too. And may your collection rise again like a phoenix!

I too am sorry to hear of your tremendous loss.

An idea just occured as I was hitting the reply button:

Judiu's collection would definitely "rise again like the pheonix" if some of us who have duplicate cookbooks could send them to judie.

Judiu, are there any particular titles you desperately need? I may not have any that you lost, but this may be a good way to start new passions? :laugh:

I was thinking this too. I have at least two duplicates in need of good homes: Madame Maigret and... oh damn, now I can't remember what the other one was - maybe the Davidson Dumas on Food? But actually I should do some digging, because I'm pretty sure there are more than two - especially as I now own my mother's collection as well as my own. She wasn't a big collector, but there is certainly some overlap. Should we branch off into a separate thread for this? (I bet I have at least four different editions of The Joy of Coooking... :wink: )

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Sorry, Lisa! Senior moment and all...

Two more books: a Civil War Cookbook because one of my ancestors was a baker in the Union Army. (Had relatives on both sides, actually.)

Number 2, my daughter brought me a church cookbook back from Deer Isle, Maine, edited by my son-in-law's cousin. Also brought me a lobster!

Ruth Dondanville aka "ruthcooks"

“Are you making a statement, or are you making dinner?” Mario Batali

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My thanks go out to all of you for your offers and good wishes! If you want to help me "rebuild" my mailing address is now: Judi Uvick c/o A & L Labs 1301 W. Copans Rd. Bldg D Suite 8 Pompano Beach FL 33064. It will change as soon as I'm in my new little rental house, but that won't be for a week or so! Bless all y'all! :blush:

"Commit random acts of senseless kindness"

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My thanks go out to all of you for your offers and good wishes! If you want to help me "rebuild" my mailing address is now: Judi Uvick c/o A & L Labs 1301 W. Copans Rd. Bldg D Suite 8 Pompano Beach FL 33064. It will change as soon as I'm in my new little rental house, but that won't be for a week or so! Bless all y'all! :blush:

I'm in. Watch the mail for some Time-Life Foods of the World. And a copy of Marlena Spieler and Mary Berry's The New Cook. And anything else I can find. It's sad to lose stuff, but better to have friends.

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My thanks go out to all of you for your offers and good wishes! If you want to help me "rebuild" my mailing address is now: Judi Uvick c/o A & L Labs 1301 W. Copans Rd. Bldg D Suite 8 Pompano Beach FL 33064. It will change as soon as I'm in my new little rental house, but that won't be for a week or so! Bless all y'all! :blush:

I'll send a new Joy of Cooking as soon as I can get my ass to the post office.

No, really, I ride a donkey!

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I should have my head examined.

I just ordered the Alain Ducasse's Spoon book (the big one)

What normal person would spend $181 on a cookbook, much less order it from france, the best price. Then again, comparing what might be construed as normal to my excentricities, it just fits. I can't wait for it to arrive.

edited - Judi, your book is going out today. Hope things are starting to get better for you.

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It is good to be a BBQ Judge.  And now it is even gooder to be a Steak Cookoff Association Judge.  Life just got even better.  Woo Hoo!!!

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I picked up a couple more sale books: Commander's Kitchen and a Smithsonian-published book on sustainable seafood.

And while on vacation I simply had to buy The Rocky Mountain Gourmet Cookbook.

Oh, and did I mention Wolfert's Slow Mediterranean Cooking?

Janet A. Zimmerman, aka "JAZ"
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