On Wed, 25 Mar 2009 08:19:45 -0700 (PDT), Kris wrote:

> On Mar 25, 10:38*am, Terry Pulliam Burd >
> wrote:
>> The Cook's Library is closing:
>>
>> http://www.latimes.com/features/food...09mar25,0,6263...
>>
>> Terry "Squeaks" Pulliam Burd
>>
>> --
>>
>> "If the soup had been as hot as the claret, if the claret had been as
>> old as the bird, and if the bird's breasts had been as full as the
>> waitress's, it would have been a very good dinner."
>>
>> - Duncan Hines
>>
>> To reply, replace "meatloaf" with "cox"
>
> Man, I'M sad over this, and I live three time zones away! Sounds like
> it will be harder to find less-than-mainstrean cookbooks now.
>
> Reminds me of a similar cookbook shop in Chicago that was there when I
> moved there. Alas, it was also gone a few years later.
>
> Amazon is great, but it can't replace a gem like that.
>
> Kris

it's a shame that the bookstore is closing (any bookstore, really), but i
gotta say i like being able to get used cook- and other books used, cheap,
from amazon or abe's or alibris. granted, it's not the same when you know
the title you want as opposed to browsing, but still.

your pal,
blake