All great kitchens have at least a small collection of cookbooks. Some cooking fanatics collect cookbooks and have entire shelves dedicated for displaying them in the kitchen. The early cookbooks provided recipes and also included overall kitchen instructions, techniques and household management and these books were written for housewives and servants, for the most part.
Ethnic cookbooks fall into two distinct categories: cookbooks that translate the recipes, techniques and ingredients of another culture and the kitchen references of differing cultures that is translated into other languages.
Professional cookbooks are written to be used by working chefs and culinary students. A professional cookbook can at times double as a textbook in culinary training schools. Many of these books deal in larger quantities than the home cookbook, such as how to make liters of sauces to serve large numbers of people.
Many cookbooks today are single-subject cookbooks. They feature a specific ingredient, a class of dishes, or a specific cooking technique such as wok cooking or Asian cuisine.
Famous chefs the world over publish cookbooks that showcase their special styles, techniques and class of foods. Cookbook sales never seem to be affected by a poor economy, as kitchen enthusiasts the world over collect, use and cherish cookbooks and often have them proudly on display in their respective kitchens.
Cookbooks are a very popular gift choice for birthdays, anniversaries, holidays and 'just because'. Most people who spend any time at all in the kitchen, appreciate receiving a cookbook as it provides fresh inspiration and ideas in the kitchen.
Cookbooks on eBay
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Clear Solutions Jumbo Cookbook Holder. Sale Price: $30.71  |
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This is no flimsy cookbook holder for sure! This jumbo-sized holder keeps magazines (even extra large cookbooks) upright, and adjusts to the proper angle for recipe reading. A clear, acrylic cover guard keeps the splatters off your pages, and hinges allow you to pull the guard forward for easy page turning... |
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Norpro Acrylic Cookbook Holder List Price: $11.99 Sale Price: $9.26 Used From: $10.00 |
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Attractive for countertop use, holds your favorite books for easy viewing while cooking. Protects your pages from splatters while cooking! |
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Black SCROLL metal COOKBOOK HOLDER Kitchen DECOR Sale Price: $8.49 |
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Tired of losing your page while baking? This innovative piece is a fantastic solution to your problem. The decorative swirls hold back pages to your cookbook while the stand holds it upright for easy viewing... |
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Create Your Own Collected Recipes Cookbook - Brown & Copper Sale Price: $14.57 |
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This 3 ring binder allows you to create your own cookbook from all your recipes. You order the Recipe Pages separately based on your needs - one for recipe cards, one for recipe clippings, one for full page recipes! |
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Tripar Swirl Design Cookbook Stand List Price: $21.99 Sale Price: $17.99 |
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Antique metal swirl design Cookbook stand with metal weights for hands free cooking. |
Cookbook collecting is a popular hobby. Online marketplaces such as Ebay.com are great sources for avid cookbook collectors, as collectors can get their hands on classics, antique cookbooks and first editions. Cookbooks are diversified, available in every language imaginable and showcase cultural cooking and eating habits like no other printed media can.
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