Meet the amazing and generous Bonnie Slotnick of the iconic New York City cookbook store.
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Bonnie Slotnick and the Recipe Clippings
September 30, 2021 in Classic Recipes, Cookbook Stores, Cookbooks, Culinary Cellar work, Culinary History, Newspapers, Rebuilding the Culinary Cellar, Recipes, The Culinary Cellar, Travel, Vintage cookbooks, Vintage magazines, Vintage recipes

Nurse Helen and Her Recipes
August 13, 2017 in Culinary Cellar work, Culinary History, Family, Rebuilding the Culinary Cellar, Recipes, Vintage recipes
The joy of cooking brings people together across generations, and then one day something lands on your kitchen table and that bond becomes forever.

A Recipe Collection from the Heart
May 18, 2010 in Uncategorized
This is what I look for at garage sales or book sales – someone’s personal notebook filled with their favorite family recipes, or yellowed old clippings from newspapers and magazines. Then I wonder, how did this person’s family let this treasure go? Or maybe they lost it, and are looking for it right this moment […]
Why I Started This Blog
I love cookbooks. I mean I really love them. I love to read them, treasure them, learn from them, and, of course, cook from them. To me, cookbooks take on a life all of their own. They are history, family, and memories. I have been collecting cookbooks and writing down treasured recipes of family, friends, and neighbors since about age twelve, which means I now own thousands of cookbooks, recipes, and clippings. Now I want to share them with you along with the many other culinary treasures of my cellar." - Debbie Vanni