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Just counted, 91 in the house, excluding food reference books without recipes and my own titles, and then I'd guess another 30 on my mothers bookshelves, because I have limited space and she has loads so I often banish ones I'm not in the mood for!

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I’m counting now! 🤣 📚

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Looks like I have around 35-40 cookbooks these days? With all the moves in the last few years, I admit that I've digitized and donated some to the library.

I have little collections within the big collection...like the ones I bought when I lived in San Francisco or the ones that were personally autographed. :)

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Approx 26, ebook excluded! I started buying cookbooks less than a year ago so I'm quite proud of my little collection. My first ever physical recipe book was French Country Cooking by Mimi Thorisson, to which I'm deeply emotionally attached (the book, not Mimi lol). Happy Sunday Kiki 🙋🏻‍♀️

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About 500 give or take. I organize them by color as that's how my brain works. They were even featured on NPR's Weekend Edition once. When I was writing my third recipe book, I decided I should organize them by subject area and author. How grown up, right? Well, I couldn't find a thing! So, now my shelves are mostly back to their colorful selves.

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Jul 10, 2022Liked by Kiki

I don’t know how many cookbooks I own! I have cookbooks from churches schools and community cookbooks! I tend to use the school cookbooks because they have a variety of recipes, some may surprise you! Especially the peanut butter candy with a teaspoon of white vinegar! Who would have known? Not me😂

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Wow! you all are amazing! I confess I just have 3 books!! But I have a reason for that!! Both, my mother and my mother in law, they taught me how to cook the most everyday dishes... Although I always look at books for new, less traditional ideas. I have my mother's pastries, and my mother-in-law's traditional cooking from the North of Spain.

The only "problem" I have with cookbooks is that, as Kiki says, .... you have to dust them! But I agree that these books have a personal charm.

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