How truly bummed I was to read the sign posted on the door of the Cook's Library, one of the few specialty bookstores devoted completely to food and cooking. I loved exploring the thorough but finely edited selection of cookbooks, food memoirs, chef biographies, culinary histories, and collections of restaurant reviews. The sign doesn't suggest plans for a new location or reopening, but I like to hope there's something in the works. Chances are it has gone the way of the independent book seller--that is, under the giant boot of Barnes and Noble.
In honor of Cook's Library, I think I'll try to buy all my books from small bookstores. I will also boycott television (for today) and thumb through my own modest but special collection of cookbooks.
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Thanks for the tip, Rose Warrior. I'll check it out!
Boycott TV for the day - I LOVE YOU!
Under the giant boot of Barnes & Noble? Try under the digital footprint of AMAZON.com! What a travesty for Los Angeles. A shame a metropolis this size could not even support a cookery bookstore. Just sotty! It seems that all of the really good bookstores are going the way of the dodo...not to be revived in any way. Thanks for the 411 and saving me a trip across town.
The dodo, indeed.
Big bummer.
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