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David Venable's first cookbook

birkin baby — Wed, 15 Oct 2014 02:58:44 GMT

Just picked it up on sale at Barnes and Noble foe $6.99 in clearance section...Charlotte,NC.

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EnglishRose88 — Wed, 15 Oct 2014 04:04:39 GMT

Way to go! I got it for $1.00 at a garage sale this past weekend.

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birkin baby — Wed, 15 Oct 2014 04:32:42 GMT

On 10/14/2014 LadyBug77 said: Way to go! I got it for $1.00 at a garage sale this past weekend.

lol...and I thought I got a deal. What will u try first??

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KLevineFan — Wed, 15 Oct 2014 04:37:50 GMT

It's also at Tuesday Morning for, I think, $6.

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millieshops — Wed, 15 Oct 2014 04:50:21 GMT

Sounds about right to be able to find a cookbook that's several years old for $5ish or less. Except for a few classics, that seems to happen often. It's well worth waiting unless you're truly committed.

I just culled my cookbook collection recently and sold a few I'd received as gifts for $1. I know people really mean well when they buy gifts, but I have very minimal space for either cooking or cookbooks, so I don't keep even my own choices for more than a few years.

At one time I had a large collection of cookbooks, but now the library and the Internet are my cooking friends. I still love to read recipes though.

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Meeras — Wed, 15 Oct 2014 04:56:02 GMT

nice price.

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genniem — Wed, 15 Oct 2014 05:52:35 GMT

Lost mine in a fire Was happy to find it at B n N at a great price

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birkin baby — Wed, 15 Oct 2014 07:06:50 GMT

I just thought in case anyone was interested....

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EnglishRose88 — Sun, 19 Oct 2014 12:58:33 GMT

On 10/14/2014 birkin baby said:
On 10/14/2014 LadyBug77 said: Way to go! I got it for $1.00 at a garage sale this past weekend.
lol...and I thought I got a deal. What will u try first??

I bought it for my sweet neighbor. She loves David and his kitchen shows. I did thumb thru the book before I gave it to her. There are many delicious looking recipes. But my husband and I have a big trip planned for the Christmas holidays so I am watching what I eat. I want to be able to fit in my new winter clothes I bought for the trip. And also I plan to eat my weight in pasta when we get to Italy! LOL

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Perkup — Sun, 19 Oct 2014 14:56:32 GMT

I saw the first book at a book sale recently and thumbed through. I don't think I've ever seen a cookbook before with so many photos of the "writer" where there should have been pix of the food. For that reason alone, I would not buy either book.

And so I have a question - does anyone know of another cookbook which incorporates so many photos of the "writer" where photos of the food could (and should) have been shown? The only possible exception I can think of is would be those of Paula Deen, but I don't have any to check out. I've looked through the books I have and none of them have (or need) photos of the "cook".

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Sooner — Sun, 19 Oct 2014 15:00:55 GMT

On 10/19/2014 Perkup said:
I saw the first book at a book sale recently and thumbed through. I don't think I've ever seen a cookbook before with so many photos of the "writer" where there should have been pix of the food. For that reason alone, I would not buy either book.

And so I have a question - does anyone know of another cookbook which incorporates so many photos of the "writer" where photos of the food could (and should) have been shown? The only possible exception I can think of is would be those of Paula Deen, but I don't have any to check out. I've looked through the books I have and none of them have (or need) photos of the "cook".

I bought a couple of issues of Paula Deen's magazine when it first came out and it was just creepy because there were so many pictures of her. It made me feel like a stalker! LOL!!!

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Sooner — Sun, 19 Oct 2014 15:12:39 GMT

I think the only way I would consider buying DV's cookbooks would be if I got them for under $4 in the Kindle format.

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Arley1210 — Sun, 19 Oct 2014 18:30:07 GMT

I very much enjoyed Davids first cookbook but I am sorry I got the second one. Not anything in it that interests me. This will sit now with other ones I barely use. The internet and pineterest is the way to go for recipes!!!

Arley

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Moonlady — Sun, 19 Oct 2014 18:36:23 GMT

I saw it on the bargan book shelf at B & N last spring.

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Sooner — Sun, 19 Oct 2014 18:45:00 GMT

On 10/19/2014 Arley said:
I very much enjoyed Davids first cookbook but I am sorry I got the second one. Not anything in it that interests me. This will sit now with other ones I barely use. The internet and pineterest is the way to go for recipes!!!

Arley

What is different about the two?

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firstsoprano — Sun, 19 Oct 2014 18:48:42 GMT

Sooner - you can always return it to QVC if you purchased within 30 days and then it would not take up space on your shelf.

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Nightowlz — Sun, 19 Oct 2014 20:40:47 GMT

They have it on Groupon for $9.99.

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gulf coast girl — Sun, 19 Oct 2014 22:45:05 GMT

On 10/19/2014 Perkup said:
I saw the first book at a book sale recently and thumbed through. I don't think I've ever seen a cookbook before with so many photos of the "writer" where there should have been pix of the food. For that reason alone, I would not buy either book.

And so I have a question - does anyone know of another cookbook which incorporates so many photos of the "writer" where photos of the food could (and should) have been shown? The only possible exception I can think of is would be those of Paula Deen, but I don't have any to check out. I've looked through the books I have and none of them have (or need) photos of the "cook".

Yes, it's the latest cook book of Giada, it was nothing but pictures of her and her child doing crafts and such. A total disappointment. Sent it right back. I want to see the food.

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Sooner — Sun, 19 Oct 2014 22:50:45 GMT

On 10/19/2014 firstsoprano said:
Sooner - you can always return it to QVC if you purchased within 30 days and then it would not take up space on your shelf.

LOL!!! Well that is true. I had NOT thought of that!!!!! LOL!!!

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boby — Mon, 20 Oct 2014 16:29:13 GMT

Rocco DeSpirito's "Now Eat This Italian" (which is actually a pretty good book) is a monster hardcover with something like fewer that 200 recipes, so you can imagine its more like a DeSpirito family photo album. They do have lots of photos of the food too.

Speaking of prices on David's first book, which you would expect to be low with the second one now coming out, I picked up a copy of #1 as a $2 add-on through my book club.

I'd like to know if they did anything about that almost invisible grey lettering that was in #1. Thanks!