Ranée at Arabian Knits wrote:
> I have wanted to own Julia Child's Mastering the Art of French
> Cooking for a long time, but haven't gotten around to getting it. Well,
> I got one of those Good Cook offers in the mail and decided to have
> another go at it. I've had pretty good luck with them in the past, even
> though their shipping is outrageous. I have a strategy of how I pick
> the books I want, then buy something that interests me, but is
> inexpensive to fulfill my obligation with them.
>
> Well, this time, I did a search for MAFC, and found it. It is a new
> printing with pictures from the stupid movie on the cover, but it is the
> same book for a dollar.

Just a dollar? Not bad...

As it so happens, I ordered MTAOFC a few weeks ago and I too recoiled
with disgust at the editions with the Julie and Julia crap on the cover.
I kept looking around until I found a hardback edition with the original
cover. Actually, I got the two book set, volumes one and two. I imagine
they will keep me busy in the kitchen for quite some time

> I also ordered Rustic Fruit Desserts, Artisan
> Bread in Five Minutes a Day, Forgotten Skills of Cooking and The
> Backyard Homestead, for half off

Nice choices there. Not that I am familiar with those books, but they
sound like something that would interest me.

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