Do you have a Julia Child on your holiday list? A budding pastry chef? How about someone who really, really enjoys cooking? Or, have you yourself been looking for that heirloom cookbook that your mother or grandmother used when you were a child? Did you know that you can still find those rare and fabulous cookbooks? Who knew? I recently found The Cook Bookery, an online cookbook store that specializes in rare, vintage and hard to find cookbooks. Heaven.
When I started to browse The Cook Bookery I immediately thought of the mister, who loves, loves, loves to cook. I also thought of the cookbook that we had in our household as a child. You know the cookbook with chocolate fingerprints and greasy stains on every page? I remember spending countless hours with my mom baking cookies and brownies from that cookbook. I am seriously considering browsing until I find that cookbook and ordering a copy for Eben and I to share. I think that I will also talk with the mister’s mother to find out which cookbooks she used when the mister was growing up. I think the mister would love to receive some of those cookbooks as future gifts. Wouldn’t a cookbook from the past of a friend or family member be the perfect holiday gift? Not to mention, a shelf full of fab rare and vintage cookbooks looks lovely, no?
Do you collect heirloom cookbooks?
Which are your faves?
i collect old old/vintage/retro cookbooks! i get them from library books sales, saving them from the trash! Thanks for the link!