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chrishansenhome) wrote2010-02-09 04:49 pm
chrishansenhome) wrote2010-02-09 04:49 pm
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Book culling
I'm certain that most of my readers are, like me, book collectors. I had 40 cases of books when I moved in here, and I'm certain that there are at least 10 more cases here now.
One thing I've realised while culling is that many of my cookbooks are now outmoded. I can find whatever recipes I want on the Intarwebz. There are some that I want to keep for sentimental reasons (The Two Fat Ladies cookbook is one of those), some I want to keep because I like the chef (Ken Hom is SO cute! Craig Claiborne told a great story and The New York Times Cookbook is a classic), some because they are priceless (Mastering the Art of French Cooking and Mrs. Beeton's), and some because they are quaint (I have one cookbook about railroad food in the US, with recipes, and that one is quaint enough to keep). All the other ones probably need to go into the jumble sale at church.
Often people who see my book collection say, "You've read all of those? Why don't you just discard the ones you've read?" Well, when J.D. Salinger kicked the bucket a few weeks ago, HWMBO was intrigued and wanted to read The Catcher in the Rye. I had to search a bit as he'd hidden it behind some other books, but I found it and he's reading it now. It's so old that the covers (paperback) fell off as he read it.
One thing I've realised while culling is that many of my cookbooks are now outmoded. I can find whatever recipes I want on the Intarwebz. There are some that I want to keep for sentimental reasons (The Two Fat Ladies cookbook is one of those), some I want to keep because I like the chef (Ken Hom is SO cute! Craig Claiborne told a great story and The New York Times Cookbook is a classic), some because they are priceless (Mastering the Art of French Cooking and Mrs. Beeton's), and some because they are quaint (I have one cookbook about railroad food in the US, with recipes, and that one is quaint enough to keep). All the other ones probably need to go into the jumble sale at church.
Often people who see my book collection say, "You've read all of those? Why don't you just discard the ones you've read?" Well, when J.D. Salinger kicked the bucket a few weeks ago, HWMBO was intrigued and wanted to read The Catcher in the Rye. I had to search a bit as he'd hidden it behind some other books, but I found it and he's reading it now. It's so old that the covers (paperback) fell off as he read it.
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