Darren wrote:
> Greetings everyone,
> I just wanted to share a recent experience I had with Amazon.com
> I haven't seen any mention of this here before.
> I only recently began shopping on Amazon, and so far, I love it.
> I started out using it because a frined of mine told me they carry a
> lot of rare and out of print music CD's.
> I later searched for cookbooks on the site and found a lot of real
> bargains.
> The real bargains are, of course, the used books. I was a little
> apprehensive about ordering them sight unseen, but the descriptions
> were accurate. All the books were in excellent condition, and I was
> very pleased with all the orders.If you are in a hurry, better to
> order the rush shipping, otherwise delivery can take a while, or not,
> depending on where it is shipped from.
> Here are a few items I ordered (please don't laugh!):
>
> "Cooking with Too Hot Tamales"-price: .96 cents
> "Justin Wilson's Homegrown Louisana Cooking"-price: $1.95
> "The Only Texas Cookbook"-price:$1.99 (paperback)
> "Texas Home Cooking"-price: $3.44
> "William Sonoma Collection: Roasting"-price: $3.95
> "Williams Sonoma Collection: Steak & Chop"-price: $4.95
>
> Of course I had to pay $3.99 per book for shipping, but that is still
> a huge savings over the regular cover price.
> I love cookbooks and it looks like Amazon will be my main source for
> them now.
> Anyone else have cookbook experience with them?
>
> Darren
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"The Jewish Home Beautiful" is not really a cookbook, but has
traditional recipes. The book deals with celebrating different holidays
and the traditional foods that Eastern European Jews made for those
holidays, so I thought it would make a great gift for a friend who
recently converted and is devouring everything she can read about being
Jewish.

The book, alas, is out of print, but I was able to score a used copy on
Amazon.com I scanned the recipes and made a cookbook in my Master Cook
program for them. The book I bought had a dedication in it. It made me
wonder who gave it as a gift the first time. :-)