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I must have at least 300 cookbooks. I never counted them but
there are stacks of them by my bed to be
read, a teetering stack on top of the fridge (perhaps I should look into life insurance should I choose to continue living this dangerously). I have horizontal stacks at my mother's house, stored in her library. I have piles of them in tote bags in the trunk of my car. I also belong to cook book clubs where I get a monthly selection. I scour second hand book stores for out of print treasures. It's how I learned
how to cook.
read, a teetering stack on top of the fridge (perhaps I should look into life insurance should I choose to continue living this dangerously). I have horizontal stacks at my mother's house, stored in her library. I have piles of them in tote bags in the trunk of my car. I also belong to cook book clubs where I get a monthly selection. I scour second hand book stores for out of print treasures. It's how I learned
how to cook.
My very first cookbook was given to me when I was just married. It
was called the Daughter-in-Law Cookbook and I tried every recipe at least
a couple of times. Since then I've known many cookbooks, but become intimate
with a select few that are now worn well and stained much. Favorites
include Diane Lucas' French Cooking, Aby Mandel's Cuisinart Cookbook, The Plaza
Cookbook with its hard to find old fashioned recipes, Martha Stewart's Cookbook
for things like uncooked tomato sauce, Luchow's Cookbook for the recipe
for sauerbraten.....so many. And I can't wait to find more!
