Are you a house chef who was in search of a duplicate of “Pigtzails and frog legs: a family cookbook by Neiman Marcus”? Or what about recipes “Harley and Davidson Family” or “101 Secrets of California Chefs”?
It just happens like that The bookstore of the bookmarkwhose sales support the Oakland public library recently received a big donation of cookbooks that It will probably be placed on the shelves from March fifteenth to sixteenth. Fans of physical media can glance through around 5,000 titles in good time, including those of local chefs, rare and esoteric selections and historical tomes from World War II and earlier.
“We still dig through articles that are older,” says Erin Rivero, operations manager of the bookmark. “For this first sale (there could be more in the future!) We have found titles that go back until the 1940s. We imagine that there are even older objects in the collection, and we look forward to uncovering those later in spring and summer. “
The bookmark book store is located in the city center of Oakland and has been supporting Oakland Public Library for three decades with the sale of donated books, comics, music and other media. The business was founded in 1992 by the friends of Oakland Public Library, which is still heading, and 95 percent is voluntarily staffed and donated more than $ 3 million for the public library over his lifespan.
The sale of March comprises many kitchen and specialties of Culinary Masters all over the world. “There are many, many niche and oddball titles for sale,” says Rivero.
This includes “totally hot! The Ultimate Hot Pepper Cookbook ”by Michael Goodwin and Charles Perry,“ Blue Collar Food: Easy Home Cooking People By Two Really ”(Chris Styler and Bill Hodge),“ How to Be a Better Foodie: A Bulging Little Book for the Truly Epicurious ”By Sudi Pigott, “Cottage Cheese and Yogurt Made Easy” by Eileen Barth, “The Sandwich Cookbook 1980” by Chartwell, “Almost Vegetarian” by Diana Shaw, “Lowbush Moose” by Gordon Nelson and “The Little Gumbo Book” by Gwen McKee.
There are also cookbooks in which local organizations, restaurants and chefs from the Bay Area and the Greater California region are involved, Rivero adds. These over 250 titles, including Californian cookbooks, “101 Secrets of California Chefs: original recipes from the Great Restaurants of the State”, a curated title of the Junior League of Oakland-East Bay and “within the kitchen recipes of one of the best chefs within the Bay Area” (2016-2018).
For this sale, the members receive a 30 percent discount on Saturday, 15th, and all receive a 30 percent discount on Sunday, 16th. If you miss it, don't be annoyed. There are around 5,000 other cookbooks that hand over the bookstore, which is to be offered at a later date.
Details: The bookmark bookstore is open from Sunday to Friday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturday from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. in the 933 Broadway, Oakland. (510) 444-0473, fopl.org/the-bookmark
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