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Tara wrote:
> On Tue, 21 Jul 2009 07:50:57 -0700 (PDT), Lynn from Fargo Ografmorffig
> > wrote:
>
>> On Jul 20, 9:23 pm, Tara > wrote:
>>> I collect the Time-Life Foods of the World cookbooks. I have about
>>> fifteen.
>>>
>>> Tara

>> I gave my complete set with recipe books to a "new foodie" friend two
>> years ago and they're still in his trunk! Think I'll ask for their
>> return. What do you have and what are you looking for? They show up
>> in a couple of "my" used bookstores occasionally.
>> Lynn in Fargo
>> Favorites: Creole & Acadian, Spain, Southern, Russian - all read
>> like good novels!

>
> My favorites are American Cooking: Southern Style, as southern
> cooking is my favorite, and The Cooking of Provencial France, since
> M.F.K. Fisher is such a brilliant writer.
>
> I pick the Foods of the World books up and read them for pleasure
> when I want to take an imaginary trip abroad. I love the
> photography.
>
> I have:
> The Cooking of the British Isles, American Cooking: Creole and
> Canadian, The Cooking of Japan, The Cooking of Scandinavia, The
> Cooking of Germany, Pacific and Southwest Asian Cooking, Wine and
> Spirits, A Quintet of Cuisines, The Cooking of Vienna's Empire,
> Chinese Cooking, The Cooking of India, Latin American Cooking,
> American Cooking: The Melting Pot, American Cooking: The Eastern
> Heartland, American Cooking: Southern Style, American Cooking, and
> The Cooking of Provincial France.
>
> I'm looking for any others that I can find! I keep coming across the
> titles I already own.
>
>
> Tara


Pls list the ones you don't have. You want both volumes of each?
The problem, I find, is that the two volumes get separated.
Can't people somehow make sure they stay together when they get
rid of them?

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Jean B.