Phil..c wrote:
> Jean B. wrote:
>> jt august wrote:
>>> In article >,
>>> "Virginia Tadrzynski" > wrote:
>>>
>>>> "Jean B." > wrote in message
>>>> ...
>>>>> Do any of you know of a good email list for cookbook collectors?
>>>>> I'd love to rattle on and on about these things but think most
>>>>> people here would be really bored. The only list I have found
>>>>> seems to be mostly for dealers with books to sell. Almost no
>>>>> discussion at all.
>>>>>
>>>>> Of course, I'd prefer an NG, but I don't think any such thing exists!
>>>>> --
>>>>> Jean B.
>>>>
>>>> No, but if you do, let Chris Dabney and I know. She and I are
>>>> dueling cookbook purchasers.
>>>> -ginny
>>>
>>> Post anything you find here to point me to it, also. I have in the
>>> area of 300+ cookbooks, including some personal treasures; almost
>>> every revision of JoC, box set of Mastering the Art of French
>>> Cooking, LaRousse Gastronomique and the complete Encyclopedia of
>>> Cookery (these all have family oriented connections behind them, thus
>>> the personal treasure status).
>>>
>>> I'm kind of finicky, I look over a book before I buy it, and if it
>>> doesn't appeal to me, I pass. I also don't buy new, strictly used.
>>> Got many books for 25 cents or less. Although I rarely actually use
>>> any recipes, per se, I frequently browse them for inspiration.
>>>
>>> jt
>>
>> Will do. This far, I have filled out a rather lengthy questionnaire.
>> I have also written an intro, which I will post when I am accepted
>> into the group. Then I shall see.
>>
>> Almost all of my book purchases now are of used and out-of-print
>> cookbooks. One recent find that I spent many hours looking through is
>> America Cooks by The Browns. I REALLY like this book. Published in
>> 1940, it contains chapters on all 48 states, and the recipes reflect a
>> lot of research. I think the recipes are an excellent example of the
>> type of cooking that was also written about in The Food of a Younger
>> Land--food that predates fast food and the exploding availability of
>> the same commercial products all over the country.
>>
>
> Wow That books sounds like a treasure

It certainly is. I am surprised it isn't more well-known. Even I
only absorbed the fact that it existed fairly recently. I may
have run into references to it before, but they didn't stick.
>
> Bit like the old Pears cyclopedia (had heaps of recipes and household
> hints etc
> http://books.littleoak.com.au/pears/
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pears_Cyclopaedia

How neat--and I see associated with Pears Soap. I have not seen
this, although I do occasionally run into books from England etc.
Imagine something be in publication for so long!

>
> One book that I still refer to and is considered a treasure is
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Fulton
>
> I am aware that copies went to the states in the 70s
>
> you may jag one

I don't think I have seen one. I am surprised the name isn't more
familiar to me, since I see she published a number of cookbooks.
>
> cheers nice to see a food post at last
>

--
Jean B.