jmcquown wrote:
You know the kind I mean: the type civic organizations, churches and other
groups put together (often for charity, like our RFC Cookbook, or for
fundraising purposes) comprised of recipes submitted by area residents. Do
you ever buy them?

When I'm on the road with John we often stop at the town's "welcome center"
(a.k.a. tourist information center), usually because we got lost LOL These
places frequently have local cookbooks for sale. Whenever possible I like
to pick one up (assuming a quick flip through gets my interest), mostly
because it's bound to have recipes not common to where I live. Granted,
most of these books have a lot of "add a can of cream of..." recipes in
them. But they can be fun to flip through and sometimes you find a gem or
two. What say you?


I flip through them as you do and decide accordingly. I would love to
buy more since I love local food and local flavor, but I too often find
that they're badly written. Someone has been making a recipe forever
and thus forgets to include include instructions that make the
difference between success and I-don't-know-what-you're-talking-about.


--Lia