The cookbooks very nearly flew off the shelves last week. Right now, there are just a handful still looking for a new home. To see what’s available, please go to the original post where I’m maintaining a current list.
The most requested book was The Spice Merchants Daughter by Christina Arokiasamy. Celeste zipped in ahead of everyone else and it is now winging its way to her. Well, trudging--everything has been sent at book rate, the original snail mail.
Nigella and Jamie were high on most people’s list, but after that it was A Cup of Coffee by Norman Kolpas. Most intriguing to me were those of you who wanted particular books for personal reasons. Phil asked for The Best of Singapore Cooking and Crave for their personal relevance to him. I can’t do his reasons justice, but you can read all about it in his exceptional comment. Karen asked for Kennedy Fraser’s The Fashionable Mind for her daughter, who teaches fashion history, while Gina, who claimed Julia Reed’s House on First Street said she now has “an idea on how to clear my messy library.”
It has been great fun to hear from so many of you—thank you for participating in SpiceLines First Annual Cookbook Giveaway. I'll keep the list current until the end of February, at which point any remaining books will go to a local sale.
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Thanks for the shout-out :-) I looking forward to that media mail package whenever it arrives. And I look forward to cooking a spicy recipe on a cold day, and to raising a forkful in your honor.
When I sold my house some years ago to start a wandering life, I gave away more than 700 books -- mostly to friends.
For the prior two decades, I had thought that I needed to acquire more and more knowledge-on-paper. But after a while, the unused books were more burden than joy. I needed to shift gears, and I had internalized whatever parts of those books were meant to stay with me. It was time to send them on to others who could enjoy them better.
To my surprise, I don't miss any of them. But I do smile when I see them in my friends' houses. "Hello, old Doonesbury collection -- how are ya? And yes, I see you, Douglas Hofstatder -- good day to you, too!"
Posted by Phil | January 26, 2009 9:28 AM
Posted on January 26, 2009 09:28