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A Map of Cookbook Stores

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Again with the Saveur back issues. I found a list of some book stores specializing in cook books. I thought I’d make a map so from here on out, we won’t be, like, in Paris or Zurich, cursing and struggling to remember the name and location of that awesome book store…
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Over one hundred rare cookbooks from the Fillin-Yeh collection went up for sale at Swann Auction Galleries this past Monday. The New York Times did a little piece about the auction, which included some pretty important books, including Mrs. Levy and Amelia Simmons, some inscribed 1st edition MFK Fisher, etc.
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Thanks to engineer & photographer Jasper Nance for her high speed image “egg drop”.
This started out as a post about Edith Poston. But the internet kept steering me toward other work people have created with and about eggs. I think Mrs. Poston would have approved.
Mrs. Poston collected eggs for more than 30 [...]

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