First, I just realized that you had 89 subscribers -- exactly the same number as I did. I figured it would be mildly poetic to put you ahead of me by +1 ! ;)
Yes, I totally get it. I actually wrote a piece about drowning in cookbooks here that might be a fun read. As you can tell, I have a cookbook problem:
I also probably have the largest antique telephone collection in the Boston area, which is problematic because I live in an apartment! LOL. Marie Kondo is looking quite sternly in my direction.
Looking forward to your next fabulous post, Kitchenbeard! :) - Seth ✦
LOL re: MK! I think you may be right. Cookbooks thankfully take up much less space than antique telephones, and bring joy when I see them -- even when I just peruse the spines. The antique phones? I'll somehow have to try to thin the herd (or at least rotate what's on display). I mean, I have a working 1950s aluminum phone booth that is taking up precious floor space in my small apartment, so space is indeed at a premium. And that's not even in the kitchen, KB! ;) - Seth ✦
Take a look at an app called CookShelf. It scans the ISBN numbers on your books and then you can type in an ingredient and it will show you the recipes in your books that use that ingredient. It's been helping me pull ideas from books I don't open very often. My only problem with is that my antiquarian books don't appear in their database.
Thanks for the dynamite recommendation, KB! That’s fantastic, and I’m going to play with it. I won't lie; a solid part of my own collection is pre-ISBN as well (I’m all about old-school recipes), but this is going to be great fun. Plus, I have a scanning gun to make light work of it if necessary. Really appreciate the heads-up on this. :) - Seth ✦
I absolutely love this and could have written both your parts 1 and 2 myself. I got my love of collecting from my mother. Books, kitchen items, art prints, and yes, china. I have many sets of china, some very old, some quite new, which I enjoy using to create beautiful table settings throughout the year. Every time I take out a set, I wonder about the hands that previously held the plates, cups, saucers. I wonder whether that set meant something to the former custodian. I think about the cooks who prepared everything from grand holiday dinners to humble everyday meals served on the plates and platters.
My gathered objects please me greatly, and I care not whether they're "current" or on trend. Some do call it grandma-core.... I prefer granny-chic. And speaking of...I need to set an Easter table this weekend with my Georges Briard Victorian Garden 😊.
First, I just realized that you had 89 subscribers -- exactly the same number as I did. I figured it would be mildly poetic to put you ahead of me by +1 ! ;)
Yes, I totally get it. I actually wrote a piece about drowning in cookbooks here that might be a fun read. As you can tell, I have a cookbook problem:
https://foodbiker.substack.com/p/the-cookbook-conundrum-revisited
I also probably have the largest antique telephone collection in the Boston area, which is problematic because I live in an apartment! LOL. Marie Kondo is looking quite sternly in my direction.
Looking forward to your next fabulous post, Kitchenbeard! :) - Seth ✦
I think Marie Kondo needs a hobby.
Keep your collection(s) and build them!
LOL re: MK! I think you may be right. Cookbooks thankfully take up much less space than antique telephones, and bring joy when I see them -- even when I just peruse the spines. The antique phones? I'll somehow have to try to thin the herd (or at least rotate what's on display). I mean, I have a working 1950s aluminum phone booth that is taking up precious floor space in my small apartment, so space is indeed at a premium. And that's not even in the kitchen, KB! ;) - Seth ✦
Take a look at an app called CookShelf. It scans the ISBN numbers on your books and then you can type in an ingredient and it will show you the recipes in your books that use that ingredient. It's been helping me pull ideas from books I don't open very often. My only problem with is that my antiquarian books don't appear in their database.
Thanks for the dynamite recommendation, KB! That’s fantastic, and I’m going to play with it. I won't lie; a solid part of my own collection is pre-ISBN as well (I’m all about old-school recipes), but this is going to be great fun. Plus, I have a scanning gun to make light work of it if necessary. Really appreciate the heads-up on this. :) - Seth ✦
I absolutely love this and could have written both your parts 1 and 2 myself. I got my love of collecting from my mother. Books, kitchen items, art prints, and yes, china. I have many sets of china, some very old, some quite new, which I enjoy using to create beautiful table settings throughout the year. Every time I take out a set, I wonder about the hands that previously held the plates, cups, saucers. I wonder whether that set meant something to the former custodian. I think about the cooks who prepared everything from grand holiday dinners to humble everyday meals served on the plates and platters.
My gathered objects please me greatly, and I care not whether they're "current" or on trend. Some do call it grandma-core.... I prefer granny-chic. And speaking of...I need to set an Easter table this weekend with my Georges Briard Victorian Garden 😊.