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sf wrote:
> On Tue, 21 Jul 2009 08:27:37 -0600, Christine Dabney
> > wrote:
>
>> I got the Time Life Foods of the World series as it was
>> published...one every other month. I was still a teenager, and was
>> so excited. I have all the volumes and the recipe books as well,
>> although some of those are getting pretty ragged.

>
> My grandmother gifted me with one of those A-Z type cookbook series
> (I'm pretty sure it was Time-Life) after I exhibited an interest in
> it. I had xmas every month and I LOVED it (and yes, I even cooked
> some recipes). However, a couple of decades ago I pruned my cookbooks
> and that series was donated to a good samaritan organization. I can
> only hope whoever bought the entire set because it was complete. I
> get sad about that every time we talk about old cookbook *series* in
> rfc.
>

Nodding. Yes, I don't like seeing sets broken up.

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Jean B.