Comments on: Charity Cookbooks: how I hate to love them

By: Alice Gold

Alice Gold — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 21:29:31 +0000

I LOVE LOVE LOVE MCKAY’s. We turned in a bunch of stuff at Christmas and got a total of $150 in credit….we have been having a hey day….I will have to check out the cookbooks next time.

By: Almostgotit.com | White Trash Cooking: I’m in love!

Almostgotit.com | White Trash Cooking: I’m in love! — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 18:59:32 +0000

[...] trolling for spiral-bound cookbooks in my favorite section of McKay’s Used Books, I found Ernest Mickler’s White Trash Cooking II: Recipes for Gatherins, and had to find [...]

By: Jan

Jan — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 16:06:14 +0000

Oh I love the old “church lady” and club cookbooks! I think every recipe starts out with, “Melt two sticks of butter.” How can you go wrong??

By: almostgotit

almostgotit — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 23:23:51 +0000

Manchester and Toronto (with a little Knoxville thrown in) made me cry today. Thank you.

Dennis: ditch the bologna and cheese, add a little mayo, and you’re IN!

By: Dennis the Vizsla

Dennis the Vizsla — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 15:06:44 +0000

I put potato chips on my bologna and cheese sandwiches; does that count?

By: Mr. Budd

Mr. Budd — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 14:52:30 +0000

I don’t know why, but after I read this post, I found myself mentally singing over and over, “Where have you gone, Joe Dimaggio?” Of course, that line resonates, in a male sort of way, with the the question you ask here. But the other reason it popped into my mind was because the beautiful, spare writing of this post makes me think inevitably of the beautiful, spare lyrics of Paul Simon, one of the greatest song writers of the last two or three generations.

By: Lavenderbay

Lavenderbay — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 13:30:59 +0000

I’ll have to get back to you on that last question. I have to figure out where to buy wool to crochet three pairs of slippers before Saturday.
Oh, and what Fr Dave said, 2d para.

By: Fr Dave

Fr Dave — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 08:15:10 +0000

“Certified Craft Materials”? Man, what a pay to play culture! Just for the record, anything in our house that is not actually being worn at the time is a certified craft material.

Off the record of course, and to avoid the appearance of swooning, you are a tremendous writer.