I don’t know that I actually collect cookbooks but I certainly have vast numbers of them. They seem to accumulate spontaneously somehow. They are my friends.
My apartment has innumerable bookshelves loaded with old books, together with paintings, knickknacks, pot plants and travel mementos. There is no more room for additional bookshelves so I have also isolated stacks of books on the floor. More than half of them are cookbooks.
Where do they come from? Very rarely do I buy myself a new cookbook. Sometimes I get a new cookbook as a birthday present or Christmas gift, which is most welcome. When traveling overseas I may purchase new a cookbook as a memento of the country visited, which often becomes a favorite.
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Foto: Breakfast in Guatemala: omelet, refried beans, chili sauce, toasted bun
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