Wed 28 Feb 2007
Good Things: Good cooking
Many years ago, Pat’s mother gave her the latest edition of Betty Crocker’s Picture Cook Book. Here’s a picture of a sample page, and it’s how a good old cookbook should look — well-worn, written in, stained and spotted, the starting point for family traditions and special treats.
After some quick checking, it’s interesting to find out that this particular book now sells for $75 to $100. Like-new copies are especially hard to find because, as one bookseller put it, “people use them to death.”
Riley & Tiki said,
Wed 28 Feb 2007 at 9:13
Mommy has that cookbook! It’s the best! It was her Grammy’s and every time she uses it she thinks of her.
David said,
Wed 28 Feb 2007 at 14:08
A good cookbook is one that has plenty of stains (eggs, water, milk, etc.), adjustments, and lost it’s cover.
Sher said,
Wed 28 Feb 2007 at 15:17
I love old cokbooks like that, with the stains and markings. They bring back so many memories. I have the cookbooks that my mom used when I was a little kid, and though I don’t make many of the recipes–I treasure them.