That's right, FORTY-THREE. And I'm a single girl in my very early 20's who lives at home with the parents. That's why my cookbooks live on a little shelf at the end of my bed:
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| Don't hate, I'm allowed to like the Justice League ok! |
Today, I had a scary premonition that one day I'll become "that crazy cookbook lady" with a house full of ceiling high shelves that are serious earthquake hazards even when screwed to the wall.
It was a disturbing thought, but after dwelling on it for half a day I realised that I don't care. I like cookbooks, thankyouverymuch.
Wanna see my collection?
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| Some of those "Dr Gluten" books don't count, because they're informational and don't contain recipes. Phew! |
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| I'm collecting gluten-free cookbooks... |
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| Heck, I'm collecting anything cookbooks! See that brown one? It's Nigella Lawson's latest: Kitchen. (amazing, by the way) |
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| No, I didn't steal these from the library and I don't put Dewey numbers on my own books. I just love library sales. Sue me. |
Confession #2:
These are some of the cookbooks I've currently got on loan from the library:
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| *ahem* I returned heaps of books to the library this morning... and still had this huge stack! How lame am I?! |
So, how many cookbooks do you own? Please say this isn't just me... being weird and stuff.
5 comments:
Oooh Nigella Christmas!! I bet that's a good one :)
ALSO I love how one of your tags for this post is 'crazy' :)
I'm a collector too. Grandma got rid of hers, I split it with my sister, I've been collecting for about 24 years… I can't stop, I try to buy used and save a $. Gluten Free Gourmet series by Bette Hagman is my favourite.
I counted over 80, and that doesn't include the ones that are presently MIA in a box (I hope!) I have a photo, not sure where to post it, but I'll see if I can't email it for your amusement.
Shoot, mis-clicked and it went as Anonymous. Sorry about that!
Cheers from Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Marlow: Yes! It's awesome! I counted, and there are about 43 weeks to Christmas(!), so it'll probably be awhile until I look at that cookbook! :P The cover is just to bright and pretty, I love it.
Monica: Wow, that's lots of cookbooks! You can email me a photo if you like, gisforgluten(at)gmail(dot)com, and I'll post it on the blog. :)
Bette Hagman is so good isn't she? I've got a few of hers... haha, Carol Fenster is also one of my favs.
Thanks for the comments :)
i've got 20! which given they are all really thick, takes up quite a bit of space on the shelves... the only way i justify that quantity is by reviewing them on my blog! and making sure i use them pretty frequently... although granted some i just own because they have pretty pictures :)
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