Hi Folks
I was wondering if its possible to add a filter to the library to search only by year of publication.. cookbooks are historical records as much as anything else, and organising "retro" parties would be greatly aided by a sort by year function .. idea came from a radio program last week on "My life in Cookbooks".. in which they " blend[ed] cultural features, interviews, quotations, soundscapes, music, humour, and philosophical reflection with an essayistic personal voice. Although it acknowledges our fascination with phenomena like MasterChef and Jamie’s 30–Minute Meals (the fastest–selling non-fiction book of all time, apparently), it charts an altogether more idiosyncratic and unexpected course. It interrogates the stories behind our cookbooks to explore the associations and the emotions they arouse in us".. for pod cast see hyperlink above! It was a really intresting exploration of books & cooking in life! An interesting idea was posted on the programs web site that I found a fascinating idea and wondered if others might do a similar thing: a commentator called Meg said "Loved this show. I too am a HUGE cookbook collector. I cook from most of them but some are pure fantasy and & very satisfying bedtime reading. What I also do is use cookbooks as journals. Not only do I write where I purchased the book from, the cost & what are up to in out lives at that time. Each time I cook a recipe from a cookbook, I write on the page who I cooked for, what were doing as a family, the date, day and year (including the weather) and how good the food was. We love opening a book and reading that we baked so and so cake 8 years ago when my son had his friend Corey over and they went to dreamworld that day, for eg. Now, my children tell me they will all squabble over these cookbooks when I die. They have become heirlooms." And sorry, but their posting rules didn't allow me to nominate EYB as a venue for these cookbook fanciers, otherwise I would have done!