Coquus Libris
Book Collecting is an Obsession
Cook-books have always intrigued and seduced me. When I was still a dilettante in the kitchen they held my attention, even the dull ones, from cover to cover, the way crime and murder stories did
Cookbooks, Collected and Considered
Favorites, oddities, and discoveries from a lifetime of collecting cookbooks—exploring the people, stories, and culinary history between their covers.
My Love Affair with Mabel Claire
April 3, 2026
So, who was Mabel Claire? How could someone whose cookbooks seem ubiquitous in the 1930s be so lost from history?
