I was VERY bad yesterday. First, I went to the abode of a former
restaurateur who was selling a cookbook collection. The ad said
$65 for the collection, but that turned out not to be the case. I
still ended up with a full plastic bin of cookbooks. (Did I
mention the fact that I seem to be marching toward having a
cookbook shop to help support this nasty collecting habit?)

As if that wasn't enough, I then proceeded to New England Mobile
Book Fair. As some of you know, that is the brick and mortar home
of Jessica's Biscuit. I was intending ONLY to look in the sale
area, having found some wonderful goodies there before (e.g.,
Cagle and Stafford's American Books on Food & Drink). I have a
very poor track record there, so, as one might predict, I also
went to their huge cookbook area (the store has much more than
cookbooks). I scanned the international cookbooks pretty
thoroughly, ending up with several more books. I always wonder if
I will end up with cathedral neck there, because the shelves are
ultra-high. Or whether I will topple off one of the little step
stools, used to get a closer look at some of those higher books.
--
Jean B.

Jean B. wrote:
> I was VERY bad yesterday. First, I went to the abode of a former
> restaurateur who was selling a cookbook collection. The ad said $65 for
> the collection, but that turned out not to be the case. I still ended
> up with a full plastic bin of cookbooks. (Did I mention the fact that I
> seem to be marching toward having a cookbook shop to help support this
> nasty collecting habit?)
>
> As if that wasn't enough, I then proceeded to New England Mobile Book
> Fair. As some of you know, that is the brick and mortar home of
> Jessica's Biscuit. I was intending ONLY to look in the sale area,
> having found some wonderful goodies there before (e.g., Cagle and
> Stafford's American Books on Food & Drink). I have a very poor track
> record there, so, as one might predict, I also went to their huge
> cookbook area (the store has much more than cookbooks). I scanned the
> international cookbooks pretty thoroughly, ending up with several more
> books. I always wonder if I will end up with cathedral neck there,
> because the shelves are ultra-high. Or whether I will topple off one of
> the little step stools, used to get a closer look at some of those
> higher books.

I live so close the the New England Mobile Book Fair - but I haven't
been in years. I need to drag the DH over there soon.

Thanks for the reminder it exists. The China Fair is right next door
too, I think.

http://chinafairinc.com/

Tracy

On Jul 9, 9:20*am, Tracy > wrote:
> Jean B. wrote:
> > I was VERY bad yesterday. *First, I went to the abode of a former
> > restaurateur who was selling a cookbook collection. *The ad said $65 for
> > the collection, but that turned out not to be the case. *I still ended
> > up with a full plastic bin of cookbooks. *(Did I mention the fact that I
> > seem to be marching toward having a cookbook shop to help support this
> > nasty collecting habit?)
>
> > As if that wasn't enough, I then proceeded to New England Mobile Book
> > Fair. *As some of you know, that is the brick and mortar home of
> > Jessica's Biscuit. *I was intending ONLY to look in the sale area,
> > having found some wonderful goodies there before (e.g., Cagle and
> > Stafford's American Books on Food & Drink). *I have a very poor track
> > record there, so, as one might predict, I also went to their huge
> > cookbook area (the store has much more than cookbooks). *I scanned the
> > international cookbooks pretty thoroughly, ending up with several more
> > books. *I always wonder if I will end up with cathedral neck there,
> > because the shelves are ultra-high. *Or whether I will topple off one of
> > the little step stools, used to get a closer look at some of those
> > higher books.
>
> I live so close the the New England Mobile Book Fair - but I haven't
> been in years. I need to drag the DH over there soon.
>
> Thanks for the reminder it exists. The China Fair is right next door
> too, I think.
>
> http://chinafairinc.com/
>
> Tracy

Yes! China Fair! Tis a fair neighborhood, with Paper Fair, the party
goods store, across the alley from China Fair.

My Aunt used to live off Dedham Street, and I got to know that area
very very well<g>

Have either of you been to Baaza(I think that's the name) the new
Russian and international goodies store behind Filene's Basement?

My family keeps me in check, or that's where my paycheck would end up.

maxine

maxine in ri

maxine wrote:
> On Jul 9, 9:20 am, Tracy > wrote:
>> Jean B. wrote:
>>> I was VERY bad yesterday. First, I went to the abode of a former
>>> restaurateur who was selling a cookbook collection. The ad said $65 for
>>> the collection, but that turned out not to be the case. I still ended
>>> up with a full plastic bin of cookbooks. (Did I mention the fact that I
>>> seem to be marching toward having a cookbook shop to help support this
>>> nasty collecting habit?)
>>> As if that wasn't enough, I then proceeded to New England Mobile Book
>>> Fair. As some of you know, that is the brick and mortar home of
>>> Jessica's Biscuit. I was intending ONLY to look in the sale area,
>>> having found some wonderful goodies there before (e.g., Cagle and
>>> Stafford's American Books on Food & Drink). I have a very poor track
>>> record there, so, as one might predict, I also went to their huge
>>> cookbook area (the store has much more than cookbooks). I scanned the
>>> international cookbooks pretty thoroughly, ending up with several more
>>> books. I always wonder if I will end up with cathedral neck there,
>>> because the shelves are ultra-high. Or whether I will topple off one of
>>> the little step stools, used to get a closer look at some of those
>>> higher books.
>> I live so close the the New England Mobile Book Fair - but I haven't
>> been in years. I need to drag the DH over there soon.
>>
>> Thanks for the reminder it exists. The China Fair is right next door
>> too, I think.
>>
>> http://chinafairinc.com/
>>
>> Tracy
>
> Yes! China Fair! Tis a fair neighborhood, with Paper Fair, the party
> goods store, across the alley from China Fair.
>
> My Aunt used to live off Dedham Street, and I got to know that area
> very very well<g>
>
> Have either of you been to Baaza(I think that's the name) the new
> Russian and international goodies store behind Filene's Basement?
>
> My family keeps me in check, or that's where my paycheck would end up.
>
> maxine
>
> maxine in ri

I just started getting Baza fliers in my mail (with the other grocery
store fliers). I haven't had a chance to check it out yet.

Tracy

On Thu, 09 Jul 2009 09:20:58 -0400, Tracy > wrote:

>I live so close the the New England Mobile Book Fair - but I haven't
>been in years. I need to drag the DH over there soon.
>
>Thanks for the reminder it exists. The China Fair is right next door
>too, I think.
>
>http://chinafairinc.com/

Lucky you!

--
I love cooking with wine.
Sometimes I even put it in the food.

Tracy wrote:
> Jean B. wrote:
>> I was VERY bad yesterday. First, I went to the abode of a former
>> restaurateur who was selling a cookbook collection. The ad said $65
>> for the collection, but that turned out not to be the case. I still
>> ended up with a full plastic bin of cookbooks. (Did I mention the
>> fact that I seem to be marching toward having a cookbook shop to help
>> support this nasty collecting habit?)
>>
>> As if that wasn't enough, I then proceeded to New England Mobile Book
>> Fair. As some of you know, that is the brick and mortar home of
>> Jessica's Biscuit. I was intending ONLY to look in the sale area,
>> having found some wonderful goodies there before (e.g., Cagle and
>> Stafford's American Books on Food & Drink). I have a very poor track
>> record there, so, as one might predict, I also went to their huge
>> cookbook area (the store has much more than cookbooks). I scanned the
>> international cookbooks pretty thoroughly, ending up with several more
>> books. I always wonder if I will end up with cathedral neck there,
>> because the shelves are ultra-high. Or whether I will topple off one
>> of the little step stools, used to get a closer look at some of those
>> higher books.
>
> I live so close the the New England Mobile Book Fair - but I haven't
> been in years. I need to drag the DH over there soon.
>
> Thanks for the reminder it exists. The China Fair is right next door
> too, I think.
>
> http://chinafairinc.com/
>
> Tracy

It is! I always notice it as I head toward NEMB's driveway, but
then I manage to forget as I look at cookbooks. (Hmmm, the
obvious solution is to go to China Fair first. Since I haven't
been to that one, they may have some new [to me] finds. It is NOT
an exaggeration to say that when I went to the Cambridge one after
not going for over a decade--and possibly two decades--they still
had the same stuff in the same places. Not all of it, of course,
but in the area I tend to gravitate toward.)

Maybe you are just smart not to go to the bookstore! :-)

--
Jean B.

maxine wrote:
> On Jul 9, 9:20 am, Tracy > wrote:
>> Jean B. wrote:
>>> I was VERY bad yesterday. First, I went to the abode of a former
>>> restaurateur who was selling a cookbook collection. The ad said $65 for
>>> the collection, but that turned out not to be the case. I still ended
>>> up with a full plastic bin of cookbooks. (Did I mention the fact that I
>>> seem to be marching toward having a cookbook shop to help support this
>>> nasty collecting habit?)
>>> As if that wasn't enough, I then proceeded to New England Mobile Book
>>> Fair. As some of you know, that is the brick and mortar home of
>>> Jessica's Biscuit. I was intending ONLY to look in the sale area,
>>> having found some wonderful goodies there before (e.g., Cagle and
>>> Stafford's American Books on Food & Drink). I have a very poor track
>>> record there, so, as one might predict, I also went to their huge
>>> cookbook area (the store has much more than cookbooks). I scanned the
>>> international cookbooks pretty thoroughly, ending up with several more
>>> books. I always wonder if I will end up with cathedral neck there,
>>> because the shelves are ultra-high. Or whether I will topple off one of
>>> the little step stools, used to get a closer look at some of those
>>> higher books.
>> I live so close the the New England Mobile Book Fair - but I haven't
>> been in years. I need to drag the DH over there soon.
>>
>> Thanks for the reminder it exists. The China Fair is right next door
>> too, I think.
>>
>> http://chinafairinc.com/
>>
>> Tracy
>
> Yes! China Fair! Tis a fair neighborhood, with Paper Fair, the party
> goods store, across the alley from China Fair.
>
> My Aunt used to live off Dedham Street, and I got to know that area
> very very well<g>
>
> Have either of you been to Baaza(I think that's the name) the new
> Russian and international goodies store behind Filene's Basement?
>
> My family keeps me in check, or that's where my paycheck would end up.
>
> maxine
>
> maxine in ri

Which Filene's basement is this? I don't really know that area.

--
Jean B.

Jean B. wrote:
> maxine wrote:
>> On Jul 9, 9:20 am, Tracy > wrote:
>>> Jean B. wrote:
>>>> I was VERY bad yesterday. First, I went to the abode of a former
>>>> restaurateur who was selling a cookbook collection. The ad said $65
>>>> for
>>>> the collection, but that turned out not to be the case. I still ended
>>>> up with a full plastic bin of cookbooks. (Did I mention the fact
>>>> that I
>>>> seem to be marching toward having a cookbook shop to help support this
>>>> nasty collecting habit?)
>>>> As if that wasn't enough, I then proceeded to New England Mobile Book
>>>> Fair. As some of you know, that is the brick and mortar home of
>>>> Jessica's Biscuit. I was intending ONLY to look in the sale area,
>>>> having found some wonderful goodies there before (e.g., Cagle and
>>>> Stafford's American Books on Food & Drink). I have a very poor track
>>>> record there, so, as one might predict, I also went to their huge
>>>> cookbook area (the store has much more than cookbooks). I scanned the
>>>> international cookbooks pretty thoroughly, ending up with several more
>>>> books. I always wonder if I will end up with cathedral neck there,
>>>> because the shelves are ultra-high. Or whether I will topple off
>>>> one of
>>>> the little step stools, used to get a closer look at some of those
>>>> higher books.
>>> I live so close the the New England Mobile Book Fair - but I haven't
>>> been in years. I need to drag the DH over there soon.
>>>
>>> Thanks for the reminder it exists. The China Fair is right next door
>>> too, I think.
>>>
>>> http://chinafairinc.com/
>>>
>>> Tracy
>>
>> Yes! China Fair! Tis a fair neighborhood, with Paper Fair, the party
>> goods store, across the alley from China Fair.
>>
>> My Aunt used to live off Dedham Street, and I got to know that area
>> very very well<g>
>>
>> Have either of you been to Baaza(I think that's the name) the new
>> Russian and international goodies store behind Filene's Basement?
>>
>> My family keeps me in check, or that's where my paycheck would end up.
>>
>> maxine
>>
>> maxine in ri
>
> Which Filene's basement is this? I don't really know that area.
>


The Filene's Basement is on Needham Street just beyond the New England
Mobile Book Fair on the right - sort of across from the old Linen's and
Things. Baza is on Tower Road - on the right.

I took a peek today actually. Baza is interesting. It is like a small
grocery store with beer and wine and a lot of Russian items - some of
which I had no idea what they were. Lots of smoked fish and meats. It
was freezing though! I had to go sit in the car while the DH roamed the
aisles.

I also went into the NEMBF and bought Neil Gaiman's "The Graveyard Book"
and an Oscar Wilde collection. The DS had asked for Dorian Gray. I
forgot that everything is sorted by publisher...kind of a headache. I
will go again soon - better prepared.

Tracy

Tracy wrote:
> Jean B. wrote:
>> maxine wrote:
>>> On Jul 9, 9:20 am, Tracy > wrote:
>>>> Jean B. wrote:
>>>>> I was VERY bad yesterday. First, I went to the abode of a former
>>>>> restaurateur who was selling a cookbook collection. The ad said
>>>>> $65 for
>>>>> the collection, but that turned out not to be the case. I still ended
>>>>> up with a full plastic bin of cookbooks. (Did I mention the fact
>>>>> that I
>>>>> seem to be marching toward having a cookbook shop to help support this
>>>>> nasty collecting habit?)
>>>>> As if that wasn't enough, I then proceeded to New England Mobile Book
>>>>> Fair. As some of you know, that is the brick and mortar home of
>>>>> Jessica's Biscuit. I was intending ONLY to look in the sale area,
>>>>> having found some wonderful goodies there before (e.g., Cagle and
>>>>> Stafford's American Books on Food & Drink). I have a very poor track
>>>>> record there, so, as one might predict, I also went to their huge
>>>>> cookbook area (the store has much more than cookbooks). I scanned the
>>>>> international cookbooks pretty thoroughly, ending up with several more
>>>>> books. I always wonder if I will end up with cathedral neck there,
>>>>> because the shelves are ultra-high. Or whether I will topple off
>>>>> one of
>>>>> the little step stools, used to get a closer look at some of those
>>>>> higher books.
>>>> I live so close the the New England Mobile Book Fair - but I haven't
>>>> been in years. I need to drag the DH over there soon.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks for the reminder it exists. The China Fair is right next door
>>>> too, I think.
>>>>
>>>> http://chinafairinc.com/
>>>>
>>>> Tracy
>>>
>>> Yes! China Fair! Tis a fair neighborhood, with Paper Fair, the party
>>> goods store, across the alley from China Fair.
>>>
>>> My Aunt used to live off Dedham Street, and I got to know that area
>>> very very well<g>
>>>
>>> Have either of you been to Baaza(I think that's the name) the new
>>> Russian and international goodies store behind Filene's Basement?
>>>
>>> My family keeps me in check, or that's where my paycheck would end up.
>>>
>>> maxine
>>>
>>> maxine in ri
>>
>> Which Filene's basement is this? I don't really know that area.
>>
>
>
> The Filene's Basement is on Needham Street just beyond the New England
> Mobile Book Fair on the right - sort of across from the old Linen's and
> Things. Baza is on Tower Road - on the right.
>
> I took a peek today actually. Baza is interesting. It is like a small
> grocery store with beer and wine and a lot of Russian items - some of
> which I had no idea what they were. Lots of smoked fish and meats. It
> was freezing though! I had to go sit in the car while the DH roamed the
> aisles.
>
> I also went into the NEMBF and bought Neil Gaiman's "The Graveyard Book"
> and an Oscar Wilde collection. The DS had asked for Dorian Gray. I
> forgot that everything is sorted by publisher...kind of a headache. I
> will go again soon - better prepared.
>
> Tracy

Did your husband accompany you?

Yes, if one is not prepared there, one can end up with a literal
neck ache if not a headache. Scanning is REALLY hard.

I see I need to explore that area more, having now convinced
myself I can get there (and back) without undue trauma. BUT I
have potential agendas for today and the weekend, at least.

--
Jean B.