These books are popular among collectors since they were written before the invention of electricity and microwaves as well as refrigerators. Their recipes reflect the ingredients, dishes and methods of cooking that were discarded. Click to get extra resources about cookbook.

It is difficult to find a recipe which is suitable for your needs.

The need for rare cookbooks is fueled by the fact they are very difficult to come across, especially when they are in excellent condition. Once a book has gone out-of-print, it becomes increasingly difficult to locate, and its value grows as it becomes more collectible.

So this weekend, I planned an unplanned trip to Manhattan with my son, and we needed a space to rest our tired feet on the sidewalk. We ended up taking refuge at the Union Sq. As I have done many times in the past, we made our way to Barnes & Noble. While Noah took the escalators up to the building's four stories I was wondering what the cookbooks section might be like and how it could have changed over time.

I've received the majority of my cookbooks via the mail, whether they were purchased or review copies. I'm sure I wasn't ready for the wall upon wall of cookbooks I found at the top of the 3rd floor. This was a library which could rival the size of an EYB member's in size! I thought for a split second that I was selecting an appropriate cookbook for my aunt or mother-in-law. In a flash I was caught in confusion and indecisiveness.

It's overwhelming to choose the right cookbook (if it's not one that you already have and tested) that's why I'm currently in the process of developing a cookbook-rating app. So I'm thinking a lot about these concerns. What should we know when we're picking out the latest cookbook? What can we do to get in and out of Barnes & Noble in under two hours? What information will help us spend less than our entire lunch hour looking up recommendations on the internet?

Here are a few questions I think might be helpful - they're similar to the kinds of questions I use in judging an upcoming cookbook, but not exactly the same

Are the recipes possible?

Do I really want to come back again and again to this book?

Can I read it and learn from it, as well as cook with it?

Is it a joy to use in the kitchen - what's the typeface like and do you have pictures? Does it make a nice present?

How do you organize the information?

Are there similar recipes on the Internet or are these recipes truly new?

Does this author have a reputation for reliability?

What I'd like to be aware of is: Do these are the same kinds of questions you ask? Do you have a different decision-making process? The market for cookbooks continues to be an extremely healthy one despite the uncertainty surrounding publishing these days.