I have a question for the 'cookbook collectors' here (or any other
interested r.f.c.-ers)...

Do you buy the 'in store and/or promotional mini-cookbooks' that are
sometimes available at your local stupidmarkets (whose
authors/compilers you've often never heard of before)?

I ask because I found several on display near the check-outs at one of
our local stupidmarkets today. They were only ZAR25.00 (US$2.50)
each... So, I bought two. One is called "Budget Beaters" <Cathy waves
to ChrisD> which does indeed have some tasty looking 'budget' recipes
in it - and the other is "Delicious Cookies"; I bought that one because
our kidlette has recently discovered how to make (very basic) cookies,
and I thought she might like to try some of the (slightly more
complicated) recipes in there.

BTW, they were both compiled by a local magazine food editor by the name
of Carmen Niehaus - whom I had never heard of before today ;-).
--
Cheers
Chatty Cathy

"ChattyCathy" > wrote in message
...
>I have a question for the 'cookbook collectors' here (or any other
> interested r.f.c.-ers)...
>
> Do you buy the 'in store and/or promotional mini-cookbooks' that are
> sometimes available at your local stupidmarkets (whose
> authors/compilers you've often never heard of before)?
>

Can't help myself..hanging head.. :-)

Debbie

Debbie wrote:

>
> "ChattyCathy" > wrote in message
> ...
>>I have a question for the 'cookbook collectors' here (or any other
>> interested r.f.c.-ers)...
>>
>> Do you buy the 'in store and/or promotional mini-cookbooks' that are
>> sometimes available at your local stupidmarkets (whose
>> authors/compilers you've often never heard of before)?
>>
>
> Can't help myself..hanging head.. :-)
>
> Debbie

<lol>

An honest response. I like it :-)
--
Cheers
Chatty Cathy

ChattyCathy wrote:
> I have a question for the 'cookbook collectors' here (or any other
> interested r.f.c.-ers)...
>
> Do you buy the 'in store and/or promotional mini-cookbooks' that are
> sometimes available at your local stupidmarkets (whose
> authors/compilers you've often never heard of before)?
>
> I ask because I found several on display near the check-outs at one of
> our local stupidmarkets today. They were only ZAR25.00 (US$2.50)
> each... So, I bought two. One is called "Budget Beaters" <Cathy waves
> to ChrisD> which does indeed have some tasty looking 'budget' recipes
> in it - and the other is "Delicious Cookies"; I bought that one
> because our kidlette has recently discovered how to make (very basic)
> cookies, and I thought she might like to try some of the (slightly
> more complicated) recipes in there.
>
> BTW, they were both compiled by a local magazine food editor by the
> name of Carmen Niehaus - whom I had never heard of before today ;-).

I bought one with some Halloween recipes once, to make stuff for a church
kids' party. I recall making some "ghosts" which were cream cheese, a little
honey, and coconut mixed and spread on ghost-shaped cutouts of good dense
sandwich loaf--aka, Pepperidge Farm. I don't recall what was used to make
the "eyes" but I do recall one self-important uber-mother taking great
pleasure in informing me that her uber-child who only ate uber-nutritious
food threw it in the garbage.

ChattyCathy said...

> Debbie wrote:
>
>>
>> "ChattyCathy" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>>I have a question for the 'cookbook collectors' here (or any other
>>> interested r.f.c.-ers)...
>>>
>>> Do you buy the 'in store and/or promotional mini-cookbooks' that are
>>> sometimes available at your local stupidmarkets (whose
>>> authors/compilers you've often never heard of before)?
>>>
>>
>> Can't help myself..hanging head.. :-)
>>
>> Debbie
>
> <lol>
>
> An honest response. I like it :-)


I swarmed the town library's twice-annual book sales a few times and
grabbed up boxes of cookbooks, including the little recipe booklets by old
and new food companies you could get for free for the asking or some that
came with small kitchen appliances.

Still have them all in boxes in a closet.

I must've been hungry during the sales!

I could never rival Christine's or Ginny's cookbook collections but if I
had to cook every recipe in my possession once, I'd finally hang up my
chef's hat at... [calculating...] 348 years, 6 months, 2 days, 8 hours, two
minutes and 34 seconds old. LOL!

Christine and Ginny? Those gals (endearingly) will probably live forever!
<G>

Andy

On Dec 17, 12:24�pm, ChattyCathy > wrote:
> I have a question for the 'cookbook collectors' here (or any other
> interested r.f.c.-ers)...
>
> Do you buy the 'in store and/or promotional mini-cookbooks' that are
> sometimes available at your local stupidmarkets (whose
> authors/compilers you've often never heard of before)?
>
> I ask because I found several on display near the check-outs at one of
> our local stupidmarkets today. They were only ZAR25.00 (US$2.50)
> each... So, I bought two. One is called "Budget Beaters" <Cathy waves
> to ChrisD> which does indeed have some tasty looking 'budget' recipes
> in it - and the other is "Delicious Cookies"; I bought that one because
> our kidlette has recently discovered how to make (very basic) cookies,
> and I thought she might like to try some of the (slightly more
> complicated) recipes in there.

Many of the US food companies offer cookbooks featuring their products
free or at a very nominal charge, perhaps just enough to cover
postage. Usually they're in pamphlet form, consisting of like 30-50
pages but many are hard/spiral bound books and are very nice. Usually
the offers are on their product packaging and/or web site.

Andy wrote:
> ChattyCathy said...
>
>> Debbie wrote:
>>
>>> "ChattyCathy" > wrote in message
>>> ...
>>>> I have a question for the 'cookbook collectors' here (or any other
>>>> interested r.f.c.-ers)...
>>>>
>>>> Do you buy the 'in store and/or promotional mini-cookbooks' that are
>>>> sometimes available at your local stupidmarkets (whose
>>>> authors/compilers you've often never heard of before)?
>>>>
>>> Can't help myself..hanging head.. :-)
>>>
>>> Debbie
>> <lol>
>>
>> An honest response. I like it :-)
>
>
> I swarmed the town library's twice-annual book sales a few times and
> grabbed up boxes of cookbooks, including the little recipe booklets by old
> and new food companies you could get for free for the asking or some that
> came with small kitchen appliances.
>
> Still have them all in boxes in a closet.
>
> I must've been hungry during the sales!
>
> I could never rival Christine's or Ginny's cookbook collections but if I
> had to cook every recipe in my possession once, I'd finally hang up my
> chef's hat at... [calculating...] 348 years, 6 months, 2 days, 8 hours, two
> minutes and 34 seconds old. LOL!
>
> Christine and Ginny? Those gals (endearingly) will probably live forever!
> <G>
>
> Andy

Very rarely do I buy the booklets. I do collect old booklets and
cookbooks though. In fact, I just got back from a sale, which has
a goodly amount of such things. Nothing spectacular--but that was
because I got there late due to lousy weather and the need to get
my daughter off to school.

--
Jean B.

On Wed, 17 Dec 2008 19:22:43 +0000 (UTC), Andy > wrote:



>I swarmed the town library's twice-annual book sales a few times and
>grabbed up boxes of cookbooks, including the little recipe booklets by old
>and new food companies you could get for free for the asking or some that
>came with small kitchen appliances.
>
>Still have them all in boxes in a closet.

Hmm...I could take them off your hands...

>I could never rival Christine's or Ginny's cookbook collections but if I
>had to cook every recipe in my possession once, I'd finally hang up my
>chef's hat at... [calculating...] 348 years, 6 months, 2 days, 8 hours, two
>minutes and 34 seconds old. LOL!

My collection is dwarfed by Ginny's....she has about 4 times the
amount that I have... She thinks I am a rank amateur....

Christine

On Wed, 17 Dec 2008 14:29:49 -0500, "Jean B." > wrote:


>Very rarely do I buy the booklets. I do collect old booklets and
>cookbooks though. In fact, I just got back from a sale, which has
>a goodly amount of such things. Nothing spectacular--but that was
>because I got there late due to lousy weather and the need to get
>my daughter off to school.

I don't buy many booklets either. The ones I have I inherited from my
mother, and some came in various packages that I got. It has to be an
amazing booklet, to interest me.

Christine

Christine Dabney wrote:

> On Wed, 17 Dec 2008 14:29:49 -0500, "Jean B." > wrote:
>
>
>>Very rarely do I buy the booklets. I do collect old booklets and
>>cookbooks though. In fact, I just got back from a sale, which has
>>a goodly amount of such things. Nothing spectacular--but that was
>>because I got there late due to lousy weather and the need to get
>>my daughter off to school.
>
> I don't buy many booklets either. The ones I have I inherited from my
> mother, and some came in various packages that I got. It has to be an
> amazing booklet, to interest me.
>
> Christine

So I guess your answer is 'no'. How rude.
--
Cheers
Chatty Cathy

Christine Dabney said...

> On Wed, 17 Dec 2008 19:22:43 +0000 (UTC), Andy > wrote:
>
>
>
>>I swarmed the town library's twice-annual book sales a few times and
>>grabbed up boxes of cookbooks, including the little recipe booklets by
>>old and new food companies you could get for free for the asking or some
>>that came with small kitchen appliances.
>>
>>Still have them all in boxes in a closet.
>
> Hmm...I could take them off your hands...
>
>>I could never rival Christine's or Ginny's cookbook collections but if I
>>had to cook every recipe in my possession once, I'd finally hang up my
>>chef's hat at... [calculating...] 348 years, 6 months, 2 days, 8 hours,
>>two minutes and 34 seconds old. LOL!
>
> My collection is dwarfed by Ginny's....she has about 4 times the
> amount that I have... She thinks I am a rank amateur....
>
> Christine


<chuckles>

Best,

Andy

"Christine Dabney" ha scritto nel messaggio
> I don't buy many booklets either. The ones I have I inherited from my>
> mother, and some came in various packages that I got. It has to be an>
> amazing booklet, to interest me.
>
> Christine

My mother gave me a booklet made in 1905 for the "Gem" food grinder. I love
to read it. I'm telling you that weird food was not invented in the 1960s.

Christine Dabney wrote:

>
> I don't buy many booklets either. The ones I have I inherited from my
> mother, and some came in various packages that I got. It has to be an
> amazing booklet, to interest me.

I don't buy them either. I acquire enough of them through whatever
mysterious means (I think some were my mom's) that I have plenty
without buying them.

My cookbook (and overall book) situation is out of control. We have
bookshelves in every room but the bathrooms. They're packed full, and
some of the shelves are buckling under the weight. There are some
books in the basement in boxes that probably will have to be tossed
due to humidity and dirt. I have dozens of books stacked high in the
living room foyer and all along the upstairs hallway. And there's a
new cookbook I really, really want :-\

pat

On Wed, 17 Dec 2008 21:45:58 +0200, ChattyCathy
> wrote:


>So I guess your answer is 'no'. How rude.

Hm..this doesn't sound like the Cathy I know.

Christine

Christine Dabney wrote:

> On Wed, 17 Dec 2008 21:45:58 +0200, ChattyCathy
> > wrote:
>
>
>>So I guess your answer is 'no'. How rude.
>
> Hm..this doesn't sound like the Cathy I know.
>
> Christine

Sorry, forgot the ;-) My bad.

Anyway, the budget 'booklet' I found has some rather nice recipes in it,
so I am going to give them a try. And I think the kidlette will enjoy
trying out the cookie recipes too.
--
Cheers
Chatty Cathy

"Christine Dabney" > wrote in message
...
> On Wed, 17 Dec 2008 14:29:49 -0500, "Jean B." > wrote:
>
>
>>Very rarely do I buy the booklets. I do collect old booklets and
>>cookbooks though. In fact, I just got back from a sale, which has
>>a goodly amount of such things. Nothing spectacular--but that was
>>because I got there late due to lousy weather and the need to get
>>my daughter off to school.
>
> I don't buy many booklets either. The ones I have I inherited from my
> mother, and some came in various packages that I got. It has to be an
> amazing booklet, to interest me.
>
They fit nicely in a purse for light reading when you get stuck in traffic,
doc's office etc..

Debbie

Christine Dabney wrote:
> On Wed, 17 Dec 2008 14:29:49 -0500, "Jean B." > wrote:
>
>
>> Very rarely do I buy the booklets. I do collect old booklets and
>> cookbooks though. In fact, I just got back from a sale, which has
>> a goodly amount of such things. Nothing spectacular--but that was
>> because I got there late due to lousy weather and the need to get
>> my daughter off to school.
>
> I don't buy many booklets either. The ones I have I inherited from my
> mother, and some came in various packages that I got. It has to be an
> amazing booklet, to interest me.
>
> Christine

Christine, about how many books DO you have? Do you collect any
specific types of cookbooks? I think you have a lot more
relatively new--and totally new--books than I do....

--
Jean B.

On Wed, 17 Dec 2008 22:07:04 +0200, ChattyCathy
> wrote:


>Sorry, forgot the ;-) My bad.
>
>Anyway, the budget 'booklet' I found has some rather nice recipes in it,
>so I am going to give them a try. And I think the kidlette will enjoy
>trying out the cookie recipes too.

I forgive you then. I was worried this was some sort of forgery..LOL.

I must admit that some of the booklets I inherited have some good
things in them. I have just never been really drawn to them and as a
result don't go out of my way to get them.
I suppose I should: several noted food authors that I respect have
talked about various recipes that they have picked up this way, and
the recipes that they picked up always sounded very good.

Enjoy the booklets... Let us know if you find a real gem in there..or
even something just very good.

Christine

Giusi wrote:
> My mother gave me a booklet made in 1905 for the "Gem" food grinder. I love
> to read it. I'm telling you that weird food was not invented in the 1960s.
>
>
That's sure true.

--
Jean B.

Cryambers wrote:
> Christine Dabney wrote:
>
>> I don't buy many booklets either. The ones I have I inherited from my
>> mother, and some came in various packages that I got. It has to be an
>> amazing booklet, to interest me.
>
> I don't buy them either. I acquire enough of them through whatever
> mysterious means (I think some were my mom's) that I have plenty
> without buying them.
>
> My cookbook (and overall book) situation is out of control. We have
> bookshelves in every room but the bathrooms. They're packed full, and
> some of the shelves are buckling under the weight. There are some
> books in the basement in boxes that probably will have to be tossed
> due to humidity and dirt. I have dozens of books stacked high in the
> living room foyer and all along the upstairs hallway. And there's a
> new cookbook I really, really want :-\
>
> pat

Oh, that sounds pretty normal to me. I also have books on the
stairs. (Some folks have bookshelves going up their stairs!)
What new book are you hankering for?

--
Jean B.

On Wed 17 Dec 2008 01:35:50p, Christine Dabney told us...

> On Wed, 17 Dec 2008 22:07:04 +0200, ChattyCathy
> > wrote:
>
>
>>Sorry, forgot the ;-) My bad.
>>
>>Anyway, the budget 'booklet' I found has some rather nice recipes in it,
>>so I am going to give them a try. And I think the kidlette will enjoy
>>trying out the cookie recipes too.
>
> I forgive you then. I was worried this was some sort of forgery..LOL.
>
> I must admit that some of the booklets I inherited have some good
> things in them. I have just never been really drawn to them and as a
> result don't go out of my way to get them.
> I suppose I should: several noted food authors that I respect have
> talked about various recipes that they have picked up this way, and
> the recipes that they picked up always sounded very good.
>
> Enjoy the booklets... Let us know if you find a real gem in there..or
> even something just very good.
>
> Christine
>

Many years ago, The Cuilinary Arts Institute of Chicago, who published a
very expansive cookbook, also published small paper-bound (not paperbacks,
as such) cook booklets that were typiucally focused on a particular cuisine
or a particular food categories; e.g., Italian or baking. The few I have
collected had some very good recipes in them *for their day*. I still use
the Zuppe Anglaise recipe. it's the best I've ever come across.


--
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Wayne Boatwright wrote:
> On Wed 17 Dec 2008 01:35:50p, Christine Dabney told us...
>
>> On Wed, 17 Dec 2008 22:07:04 +0200, ChattyCathy
>> > wrote:
>>
>>
>>> Sorry, forgot the ;-) My bad.
>>>
>>> Anyway, the budget 'booklet' I found has some rather nice recipes in it,
>>> so I am going to give them a try. And I think the kidlette will enjoy
>>> trying out the cookie recipes too.
>> I forgive you then. I was worried this was some sort of forgery..LOL.
>>
>> I must admit that some of the booklets I inherited have some good
>> things in them. I have just never been really drawn to them and as a
>> result don't go out of my way to get them.
>> I suppose I should: several noted food authors that I respect have
>> talked about various recipes that they have picked up this way, and
>> the recipes that they picked up always sounded very good.
>>
>> Enjoy the booklets... Let us know if you find a real gem in there..or
>> even something just very good.
>>
>> Christine
>>
>
> Many years ago, The Cuilinary Arts Institute of Chicago, who published a
> very expansive cookbook, also published small paper-bound (not paperbacks,
> as such) cook booklets that were typiucally focused on a particular cuisine
> or a particular food categories; e.g., Italian or baking. The few I have
> collected had some very good recipes in them *for their day*. I still use
> the Zuppe Anglaise recipe. it's the best I've ever come across.
>
>
You know, not only did those recipes later appear in a large
hardbound cookbook, but I just saw a reissue of that book in
paperback. I'd have to look more carefully, but I think the pages
of the original little books were just reproduced in the large
volumes, in which case the sections must have corresponded with
the topics in smaller books. I like the items that were done when
Ruth Berolzheimer (sp?) was the director, but I also have some
items from the de Proft era.

--
Jean B.

On Wed, 17 Dec 2008 15:35:14 -0500, "Jean B." > wrote:


>Christine, about how many books DO you have? Do you collect any
>specific types of cookbooks? I think you have a lot more
>relatively new--and totally new--books than I do....

I don't know the exact number. It looks like a ton, but it probably
isn't. I keep on saying I have a thousand or more, but it might not
be that many.

I should make the effort to really count them.

I do collect the newer ones, the ones that have interesting recipes in
them. Sometimes I go out of my way to fill in my collection... Like
for instance, I got the Jacques Pepin book Complete Techniques a year
or so ago. That is such a great book, and I had never gotten the
separate volumes that he put out. And, if I am in thrift stores, or
2nd hand bookstores, I will sometimes see a book that is a classic,
that I don't have on my shelves, and I get it. There are a lot of
those books missing from my collection.

I regret that I didn't get a hardbound copy of an old James Beard
book, a year or so ago. It was in a thrift store, and I thought about
it. It was the Fireside Cookbook, and that one is a classic.

I am fortunate now, that I have read enough about cooking, and the
great old cookbooks, that I can probably not miss a really good deal
on something, when I see it. I know the names to look out for
now...and once in a while I find a treasure. I am not like Ginny in
that I don't pick up boxes of books, but I tend to sift through the
books I see and pick up stuff that truly interests me.

I haven't bought as many lately. I have gotten a bit more prudent in
what I buy. The book has to have some really good looking recipes in
it for me to buy it, especially the newer books. And I have to want
to make the recipes. I will probably never buy the new Alinea book,
as the recipes just don't appeal to me, and it would never be used. I
might not even buy the new Thomas Keller one, on sous vide cooking, as
I just don't think I would cook that way. His other books, yes...as
I might cook from them, especially the Bouchon cookbook.

I think that is my criteria these days. Would I cook from them, and
how much would I cook from them? And would I learn something new from
them?

Christine

Christine Dabney wrote:

> On Wed, 17 Dec 2008 22:07:04 +0200, ChattyCathy
> > wrote:
>
>
>>Sorry, forgot the ;-) My bad.
>>
>>Anyway, the budget 'booklet' I found has some rather nice recipes in
>>it, so I am going to give them a try. And I think the kidlette will
>>enjoy trying out the cookie recipes too.
>
> I forgive you then. I was worried this was some sort of forgery..LOL.

<you have to read the headers ;-)>
>
> I must admit that some of the booklets I inherited have some good
> things in them. I have just never been really drawn to them and as a
> result don't go out of my way to get them.


The thing is, I didn't go out of my way either; they were just 'there'
as I was approached the check-out. (Good marketing ploy, maybe?)

> I suppose I should: several noted food authors that I respect have
> talked about various recipes that they have picked up this way, and
> the recipes that they picked up always sounded very good.
>
> Enjoy the booklets... Let us know if you find a real gem in there..or
> even something just very good.

To be honest, I think the 'budget' booklet might be right up your
street, as they say. Involves a lot of staple ingredients, a variety of
meats/poultry/fish/veggies (and many herbs and spices) that don't
cost 'the earth'. I already have a couple of recipes in mind, if we
like them, I will indeed let you know.
--
Cheers
Chatty Cathy

"Giusi" > wrote in message
...
> "Christine Dabney" ha scritto nel messaggio
>> I don't buy many booklets either. The ones I have I inherited from my>
>> mother, and some came in various packages that I got. It has to be an>
>> amazing booklet, to interest me.
>>
>> Christine
>
> My mother gave me a booklet made in 1905 for the "Gem" food grinder. I
> love to read it. I'm telling you that weird food was not invented in the
> 1960s.
>
>

Can't be any worse than this.

http://www.lileks.com/institute/gallery/

Jill

Christine Dabney wrote:
> On Wed, 17 Dec 2008 15:35:14 -0500, "Jean B." > wrote:
>
>
>> Christine, about how many books DO you have? Do you collect any
>> specific types of cookbooks? I think you have a lot more
>> relatively new--and totally new--books than I do....
>
> I don't know the exact number. It looks like a ton, but it probably
> isn't. I keep on saying I have a thousand or more, but it might not
> be that many.
>
> I should make the effort to really count them.
>
> I do collect the newer ones, the ones that have interesting recipes in
> them. Sometimes I go out of my way to fill in my collection... Like
> for instance, I got the Jacques Pepin book Complete Techniques a year
> or so ago. That is such a great book, and I had never gotten the
> separate volumes that he put out. And, if I am in thrift stores, or
> 2nd hand bookstores, I will sometimes see a book that is a classic,
> that I don't have on my shelves, and I get it. There are a lot of
> those books missing from my collection.
>
> I regret that I didn't get a hardbound copy of an old James Beard
> book, a year or so ago. It was in a thrift store, and I thought about
> it. It was the Fireside Cookbook, and that one is a classic.
>
> I am fortunate now, that I have read enough about cooking, and the
> great old cookbooks, that I can probably not miss a really good deal
> on something, when I see it. I know the names to look out for
> now...and once in a while I find a treasure. I am not like Ginny in
> that I don't pick up boxes of books, but I tend to sift through the
> books I see and pick up stuff that truly interests me.
>
> I haven't bought as many lately. I have gotten a bit more prudent in
> what I buy. The book has to have some really good looking recipes in
> it for me to buy it, especially the newer books. And I have to want
> to make the recipes. I will probably never buy the new Alinea book,
> as the recipes just don't appeal to me, and it would never be used. I
> might not even buy the new Thomas Keller one, on sous vide cooking, as
> I just don't think I would cook that way. His other books, yes...as
> I might cook from them, especially the Bouchon cookbook.
>
> I think that is my criteria these days. Would I cook from them, and
> how much would I cook from them? And would I learn something new from
> them?
>
> Christine

Cool! I also frequent thrift stores, used-book stores, and
consignment shops hoping there will be old books or booklets of
interest. (Back to the original question for a moment, I do think
about the fact that the current booklets have to not only be
purchased but also need to survive for quite a while, or future
collectors won't be able to get them--BUT I don't have room for
every single book or booklet on the face of the earth and thus
need to draw the line somewhere.)

I know very little about the current cookbooks unless something
happens to catch my eye, which is usually something foreign,
especially Asian. Well, I did get a book on offal. :-)

Collecting is a fun hobby, although it does take up lots of space
(and other resources <g>).

--
Jean B.

On Wed 17 Dec 2008 01:47:10p, Jean B. told us...

> Wayne Boatwright wrote:
>> On Wed 17 Dec 2008 01:35:50p, Christine Dabney told us...
>>
>>> On Wed, 17 Dec 2008 22:07:04 +0200, ChattyCathy
>>> > wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> Sorry, forgot the ;-) My bad.
>>>>
>>>> Anyway, the budget 'booklet' I found has some rather nice recipes in
>>>> it, so I am going to give them a try. And I think the kidlette will
>>>> enjoy trying out the cookie recipes too.
>>> I forgive you then. I was worried this was some sort of forgery..LOL.
>>>
>>> I must admit that some of the booklets I inherited have some good
>>> things in them. I have just never been really drawn to them and as a
>>> result don't go out of my way to get them.
>>> I suppose I should: several noted food authors that I respect have
>>> talked about various recipes that they have picked up this way, and
>>> the recipes that they picked up always sounded very good.
>>>
>>> Enjoy the booklets... Let us know if you find a real gem in there..or
>>> even something just very good.
>>>
>>> Christine
>>>
>>
>> Many years ago, The Cuilinary Arts Institute of Chicago, who published
>> a very expansive cookbook, also published small paper-bound (not
>> paperbacks, as such) cook booklets that were typiucally focused on a
>> particular cuisine or a particular food categories; e.g., Italian or
>> baking. The few I have collected had some very good recipes in them
>> *for their day*. I still use the Zuppe Anglaise recipe. it's the best
>> I've ever come across.
>>
>>
> You know, not only did those recipes later appear in a large
> hardbound cookbook, but I just saw a reissue of that book in
> paperback. I'd have to look more carefully, but I think the pages
> of the original little books were just reproduced in the large
> volumes, in which case the sections must have corresponded with
> the topics in smaller books. I like the items that were done when
> Ruth Berolzheimer (sp?) was the director, but I also have some
> items from the de Proft era.
>

Jean, you're the first person I've never known who had any of these small
books at all. I have some created during the time of both those directors.

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On Wed, 17 Dec 2008 16:06:19 -0500, "Jean B." > wrote:


>Cool! I also frequent thrift stores, used-book stores, and
>consignment shops hoping there will be old books or booklets of
>interest.
>I know very little about the current cookbooks unless something
>happens to catch my eye, which is usually something foreign,
>especially Asian. Well, I did get a book on offal. :-)
>
>Collecting is a fun hobby, although it does take up lots of space
>(and other resources <g>).

Yes it does.

And I have this curious thing happen to me, especially if I haven't
bought a new cookbook in a while. New, being new to me, or brand new.
I get this "itch" to go out and buy a cookbook.... Doesn't have to be
new, but it does have to be new to me.. I don't know how else to
describe that feeling..
Usually then, I will find some sort of gem, when I go looking...

Any other cookbook collectors get this "itch"?

Christine

jmcquown wrote:
> Can't be any worse than this.
>
> http://www.lileks.com/institute/gallery/
>
> Jill

Heh! He has a book too!

--
Jean B.

Wayne Boatwright wrote:
> On Wed 17 Dec 2008 01:47:10p, Jean B. told us...
>
>> Wayne Boatwright wrote:
>>> On Wed 17 Dec 2008 01:35:50p, Christine Dabney told us...
>>>
>>>> On Wed, 17 Dec 2008 22:07:04 +0200, ChattyCathy
>>>> > wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Sorry, forgot the ;-) My bad.
>>>>>
>>>>> Anyway, the budget 'booklet' I found has some rather nice recipes in
>>>>> it, so I am going to give them a try. And I think the kidlette will
>>>>> enjoy trying out the cookie recipes too.
>>>> I forgive you then. I was worried this was some sort of forgery..LOL.
>>>>
>>>> I must admit that some of the booklets I inherited have some good
>>>> things in them. I have just never been really drawn to them and as a
>>>> result don't go out of my way to get them.
>>>> I suppose I should: several noted food authors that I respect have
>>>> talked about various recipes that they have picked up this way, and
>>>> the recipes that they picked up always sounded very good.
>>>>
>>>> Enjoy the booklets... Let us know if you find a real gem in there..or
>>>> even something just very good.
>>>>
>>>> Christine
>>>>
>>> Many years ago, The Cuilinary Arts Institute of Chicago, who published
>>> a very expansive cookbook, also published small paper-bound (not
>>> paperbacks, as such) cook booklets that were typiucally focused on a
>>> particular cuisine or a particular food categories; e.g., Italian or
>>> baking. The few I have collected had some very good recipes in them
>>> *for their day*. I still use the Zuppe Anglaise recipe. it's the best
>>> I've ever come across.
>>>
>>>
>> You know, not only did those recipes later appear in a large
>> hardbound cookbook, but I just saw a reissue of that book in
>> paperback. I'd have to look more carefully, but I think the pages
>> of the original little books were just reproduced in the large
>> volumes, in which case the sections must have corresponded with
>> the topics in smaller books. I like the items that were done when
>> Ruth Berolzheimer (sp?) was the director, but I also have some
>> items from the de Proft era.
>>
>
> Jean, you're the first person I've never known who had any of these small
> books at all. I have some created during the time of both those directors.
>
I have almost all of the early ones. I love them! he later ones
do include some ethnic volumes, and some of the recipes are quite
advanced for that era.

--
Jean B.

Christine Dabney wrote:
> Yes it does.
>
> And I have this curious thing happen to me, especially if I haven't
> bought a new cookbook in a while. New, being new to me, or brand new.
> I get this "itch" to go out and buy a cookbook.... Doesn't have to be
> new, but it does have to be new to me.. I don't know how else to
> describe that feeling..
> Usually then, I will find some sort of gem, when I go looking...
>
> Any other cookbook collectors get this "itch"?
>
> Christine

I kind-of understand, I think. And it's sure not as if I NEED a
new (to me) one, unless it is VERY esoteric. If I am not
successful in my hunt, I increasingly feel that needs to be rectified!

--
Jean B.

On Wed, 17 Dec 2008 16:57:05 -0500, "Jean B." > wrote:

>Christine Dabney wrote:
>
>> And I have this curious thing happen to me, especially if I haven't
>> bought a new cookbook in a while. New, being new to me, or brand new.
>> I get this "itch" to go out and buy a cookbook.... Doesn't have to be
>> new, but it does have to be new to me.. I don't know how else to
>> describe that feeling..
>> Usually then, I will find some sort of gem, when I go looking...
>>
>> Any other cookbook collectors get this "itch"?
>
>I kind-of understand, I think. And it's sure not as if I NEED a
>new (to me) one, unless it is VERY esoteric. If I am not
>successful in my hunt, I increasingly feel that needs to be rectified!

Look up Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD). I have that about things
other than cookbooks. But I definitely understand the itch.

Carol

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Damsel in dis Dress wrote:
> On Wed, 17 Dec 2008 16:57:05 -0500, "Jean B." > wrote:
>
>> Christine Dabney wrote:
>>
>>> And I have this curious thing happen to me, especially if I haven't
>>> bought a new cookbook in a while. New, being new to me, or brand new.
>>> I get this "itch" to go out and buy a cookbook.... Doesn't have to be
>>> new, but it does have to be new to me.. I don't know how else to
>>> describe that feeling..
>>> Usually then, I will find some sort of gem, when I go looking...
>>>
>>> Any other cookbook collectors get this "itch"?
>> I kind-of understand, I think. And it's sure not as if I NEED a
>> new (to me) one, unless it is VERY esoteric. If I am not
>> successful in my hunt, I increasingly feel that needs to be rectified!
>
> Look up Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD). I have that about things
> other than cookbooks. But I definitely understand the itch.
>
> Carol
>
I laughed, but I think there is probably some truth in that.
Maybe a lot of truth...

--
Jean B.

On Wed 17 Dec 2008 02:54:45p, Jean B. told us...

> Wayne Boatwright wrote:
>> On Wed 17 Dec 2008 01:47:10p, Jean B. told us...
>>
>>> Wayne Boatwright wrote:
>>>> On Wed 17 Dec 2008 01:35:50p, Christine Dabney told us...
>>>>
>>>>> On Wed, 17 Dec 2008 22:07:04 +0200, ChattyCathy
>>>>> > wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> Sorry, forgot the ;-) My bad.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Anyway, the budget 'booklet' I found has some rather nice recipes
>>>>>> in it, so I am going to give them a try. And I think the kidlette
>>>>>> will enjoy trying out the cookie recipes too.
>>>>> I forgive you then. I was worried this was some sort of
>>>>> forgery..LOL.
>>>>>
>>>>> I must admit that some of the booklets I inherited have some good
>>>>> things in them. I have just never been really drawn to them and as
>>>>> a result don't go out of my way to get them.
>>>>> I suppose I should: several noted food authors that I respect have
>>>>> talked about various recipes that they have picked up this way, and
>>>>> the recipes that they picked up always sounded very good.
>>>>>
>>>>> Enjoy the booklets... Let us know if you find a real gem in
>>>>> there..or even something just very good.
>>>>>
>>>>> Christine
>>>>>
>>>> Many years ago, The Cuilinary Arts Institute of Chicago, who
>>>> published a very expansive cookbook, also published small paper-bound
>>>> (not paperbacks, as such) cook booklets that were typiucally focused
>>>> on a particular cuisine or a particular food categories; e.g.,
>>>> Italian or baking. The few I have collected had some very good
>>>> recipes in them *for their day*. I still use the Zuppe Anglaise
>>>> recipe. it's the best I've ever come across.
>>>>
>>>>
>>> You know, not only did those recipes later appear in a large
>>> hardbound cookbook, but I just saw a reissue of that book in
>>> paperback. I'd have to look more carefully, but I think the pages
>>> of the original little books were just reproduced in the large
>>> volumes, in which case the sections must have corresponded with
>>> the topics in smaller books. I like the items that were done when
>>> Ruth Berolzheimer (sp?) was the director, but I also have some
>>> items from the de Proft era.
>>>
>>
>> Jean, you're the first person I've never known who had any of these
>> small books at all. I have some created during the time of both those
>> directors.
>>
> I have almost all of the early ones. I love them! he later ones
> do include some ethnic volumes, and some of the recipes are quite
> advanced for that era.
>

You have more than I do, then. I really have enjoyed making many of the
recipes. You're right, some of those recipes are much more advanced that
one might expect from the era.

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On Wed, 17 Dec 2008 19:24:56 +0200, ChattyCathy
> wrote:

>I have a question for the 'cookbook collectors' here (or any other
>interested r.f.c.-ers)...
>
>Do you buy the 'in store and/or promotional mini-cookbooks' that are
>sometimes available at your local stupidmarkets (whose
>authors/compilers you've often never heard of before)?
>
>I ask because I found several on display near the check-outs at one of
>our local stupidmarkets today. They were only ZAR25.00 (US$2.50)
>each... So, I bought two. One is called "Budget Beaters" <Cathy waves
>to ChrisD> which does indeed have some tasty looking 'budget' recipes
>in it - and the other is "Delicious Cookies"; I bought that one because
>our kidlette has recently discovered how to make (very basic) cookies,
>and I thought she might like to try some of the (slightly more
>complicated) recipes in there.
>
>BTW, they were both compiled by a local magazine food editor by the name
>of Carmen Niehaus - whom I had never heard of before today ;-).

Not any more - they just gathered dust. I tossed 'em all the last
time I moved.

- Mark

"ChattyCathy" > wrote in message
...
>I have a question for the 'cookbook collectors' here (or any other
> interested r.f.c.-ers)...
>
> Do you buy the 'in store and/or promotional mini-cookbooks' that are
> sometimes available at your local stupidmarkets (whose
> authors/compilers you've often never heard of before)?
>
> I ask because I found several on display near the check-outs at one of
> our local stupidmarkets today. They were only ZAR25.00 (US$2.50)
> each... So, I bought two. One is called "Budget Beaters" <Cathy waves
> to ChrisD> which does indeed have some tasty looking 'budget' recipes
> in it - and the other is "Delicious Cookies"; I bought that one because
> our kidlette has recently discovered how to make (very basic) cookies,
> and I thought she might like to try some of the (slightly more
> complicated) recipes in there.
>
> BTW, they were both compiled by a local magazine food editor by the name
> of Carmen Niehaus - whom I had never heard of before today ;-).
> --
> Cheers
> Chatty Cathy

I rarely buy the supermarket books in a bin.

Mostly I go to used book stores as well as friends of the library sales.

If the cookbook has notations from the prior owner all the better sometimes
there are newspaper recipes tucked away in pages - all the better.

With book bin books (dime a dozen) the first think I do is check a recipe I
know - If it calls for Chicken Scampi or Fettuccini Carbonara or if it uses
cream of mushroom soup for Stroganoff it's a Pass-o- robles or Pass -a-
dena.

One other thing is I let friends know of my obsession - Once in a while a
friend ( A real reader) goes to the estate sales put on by the "Sisters of
Perpetual agony" as he calls them and he's on the lookout for me. He found
me a 1st edition English translation of The Escoffier Cook Book.

The one other thing I do is look for the older cook books - or local cook
books like the Huntsville Alabama Ladies Auxiliary cook book featuring Miss
Lilly's Iced tea...... It's piece of History!

Dimitri

On Dec 17, 12:24*pm, ChattyCathy > wrote:
> I have a question for the 'cookbook collectors' here (or any other
> interested r.f.c.-ers)...
>
> Do you buy the 'in store and/or promotional mini-cookbooks' that are
> sometimes available at your local stupidmarkets (whose
> authors/compilers you've often never heard of before)?
>
> I ask because I found several on display near the check-outs at one of
> our local stupidmarkets today. They were only ZAR25.00 (US$2.50)
> each... So, I bought two. One is called "Budget Beaters" <Cathy waves
> to ChrisD> which does indeed have some tasty looking 'budget' recipes
> in it - and the other is "Delicious Cookies"; I bought that one because
> our kidlette has recently discovered how to make (very basic) cookies,
> and I thought she might like to try some of the (slightly more
> complicated) recipes in there.
>
> BTW, they were both compiled by a local magazine food editor by the name
> of Carmen Niehaus - whom I had never heard of before today ;-).
> --
> Cheers *
> Chatty Cathy

I've perused those sorts of cookbooks while in line, but never bought
one as the recipes didn't appeal to me.

I'm more likely to buy pamphlets, organizational, or specialty
cookbooks at the used book store. And then there's the box of
pamphlets I pulled out of my Mom's house, and the 2-drawer file
cabinet with cookbooks, printouts, and magazines I will someday go
through and pull out recipes from that I didn't have the time for when
they were new....

maxine in ri
Step one: I am an addict, and have no control over my habit

On Dec 17, 3:38*pm, "Jean B." > wrote:
> Cryambers wrote:
> > Christine Dabney wrote:
>
> >> I don't buy many booklets either. *The ones I have I inherited from my
> >> mother, and some came in various packages that I got. *It has to be an
> >> amazing booklet, to interest me.
>
> > I don't buy them either. *I acquire enough of them through whatever
> > mysterious means (I think some were my mom's) that I have plenty
> > without buying them.
>
> > My cookbook (and overall book) situation is out of control. *We have
> > bookshelves in every room but the bathrooms. *They're packed full, and
> > some of the shelves are buckling under the weight. *There are some
> > books in the basement in boxes that probably will have to be tossed
> > due to humidity and dirt. *I have dozens of books stacked high in the
> > living room foyer and all along the upstairs hallway. *And there's a
> > new cookbook I really, really want :-\
>
> > pat
>
> Oh, that sounds pretty normal to me. *I also have books on the
> stairs. *(Some folks have bookshelves going up their stairs!)
> What new book are you hankering for?
>
> --
> Jean B.

Slightly OT, since not all of the books were food-related:

A friend who lived in the Bronx had bookshelves 3 deep around most of
his apartment. There were shelves over the door frames, the windows,
around the radiators, and blocking some of the windows.

One day the super knocks on his door and asks my friend to follow
him. The super takes him into the apartment next door, where there is
a gaping hole in the wall. Beside it are stacks of books. and broken
boards. Seems someone had tried to break into my friend's apartment,
and had gone through two of the bookshelves, come across the third and
decided there was nothing there they would value and gave up.

He did eventually join with another book collector and started a
bookstore in Providence, RI, now defunct.

Don't believe me? If you run into Lord El Two Knives, or his twin
brother Sir Kay, ask him if I have exaggerated the least little bit.

maxine in ri

ChattyCathy wrote:
>
> I have a question for the 'cookbook collectors' here (or any other
> interested r.f.c.-ers)...
>
> Do you buy the 'in store and/or promotional mini-cookbooks' that are
> sometimes available at your local stupidmarkets (whose
> authors/compilers you've often never heard of before)?
>
> I ask because I found several on display near the check-outs at one of
> our local stupidmarkets today. They were only ZAR25.00 (US$2.50)
> each... So, I bought two. One is called "Budget Beaters" <Cathy waves
> to ChrisD> which does indeed have some tasty looking 'budget' recipes
> in it - and the other is "Delicious Cookies"; I bought that one because
> our kidlette has recently discovered how to make (very basic) cookies,
> and I thought she might like to try some of the (slightly more
> complicated) recipes in there.
>
> BTW, they were both compiled by a local magazine food editor by the name
> of Carmen Niehaus - whom I had never heard of before today ;-).
> --
> Cheers
> Chatty Cathy

We have a few of those, either bought or given. Sometimes there is good
stuff in there.

Janet wrote:
> ChattyCathy wrote:
>> I have a question for the 'cookbook collectors' here (or any other
>> interested r.f.c.-ers)...
>>
>> Do you buy the 'in store and/or promotional mini-cookbooks' that are
>> sometimes available at your local stupidmarkets (whose
>> authors/compilers you've often never heard of before)?
>>

>
> I bought one with some Halloween recipes once, to make stuff for a church
> kids' party. I recall making some "ghosts" which were cream cheese, a little
> honey, and coconut mixed and spread on ghost-shaped cutouts of good dense
> sandwich loaf--aka, Pepperidge Farm. I don't recall what was used to make
> the "eyes" but I do recall one self-important uber-mother taking great
> pleasure in informing me that her uber-child who only ate uber-nutritious
> food threw it in the garbage.


There's one in every crowd, isn't there?


gloria p