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Originally Posted by sophialee
Idk exactly how many cookbooks I have, never counted them, but it's a lot. I haven't bought one in a few weeks and I'm starting to get the itch .
I took a couple pictures. At our last house we had bookshelves built in at the back of the breakfast nook that matched the cabinets. We just moved into this house so these shelves are going to have to suffice for now...I'm gonna ditch that fake plant at the top tho and put a big Yellowware bowl up there as soon as I can find it in the boxes.
Anyone else share my obsession?
I have others too, like cookware and vintage bowls
Hmmm... why? Who needs to know? I have more than you... I'm working on a way to ... uncollect them. I have an obsession esp. for OLD books, cookbooks in particular & FONDUE related books.
I've never fondued yet but dying to try. I have everything but the gel fuel. I'd love to do a Fondue Thanksgiving/Christmas.
A Good looking collection Sophia, no we don't talk about magazines and those thousands of recipes I printed from the internet going back....years ago...,have now tossed the majority of them with moves the past few years...
I especially LOVE old cookbooks (pre 1970s) because most of them (Julia Child excepted), have such great and SIMPLE recipes in them. I haven't bought a new cookbook in a long time, except for "specialty" cookbooks like "Cooking while Camping" or something like that.
I bet I've got a couple of hundred. I even have one from the mid 1800s, which is my pride and joy.
You are not alone. I sold most of my cookbooks when my hubby and I sold out and hit the road in our motor home. Now we are back in a house and my cookbooks are growing, again!!!
It is a sickness. I love reading recipes whether form a book, magazine, or online. My husband thinks I need to be committed because I always think about food, lol.
I am trying to condense things a bit. I have gone through my cookbooks and copied the recipes that I think I might like. Then I paste them to a 4x6 index card and put them into a photo album. I do the same from magazines. Now I have a better chance of actually making some recipes.
Oh yes definitely! I have been collecting for over 20 years. My favorite way to get cookbooks is estate sales. I am very fond of the older books and I have quite a few from the early 1900's. I also LOVE to collect old family recipe boxes. It amazes me when I go to estate sales and find them filled with family recipes - and I rarely pay over $2 for them.
For more practical cooking, I always ask for new editions of my favorites for Christmas, birthday's etc.
My collection is so large that I cannot keep them all out - many are in storage .
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when my hubby and I sold out and hit the road in our motor home. Now we are back in a house and my cookbooks are growing, again!!!
