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Christine Dabney > wrote:

I am one of those that collects cookbooks.... And a computer will
> never replace a cookbook ...at least for me. My cookbooks are my
> friends....old friends...exciting, comfortable, enticing...you name
> it. And I have over 1000 of them, I think. Haven't counted lately,
> so not sure.
>
> My collection is paltry compared to some I have heard about... I have
> heard of folks on eGullet that have over 3-4 thousand.....
>
> I am slowly unpacking all my cookbooks, mainly cause I am stopping
> here and there to read one or look through another. I forgot some of
> the ones I had...so it is like discovering them all over again....
> I am not one to just use them for recipes. I am one of those that
> takes them to read like I would read a novel, and that is one of the
> main reasons that a computer will never take their place.
>
> Christine

You've got me beaten, Christine. (See that, Julian??? I'm a rank
amateur!) I have 479. Soon to be 480. Ours is a working cookbook
collection, for the most part, but I have a few that are just too
fragile to be used on a regular basis.

Cindy

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