Hi Di and Jaw Jaw,

I have gobs of loose recipes too, not to mention that the recipe box I received at a wedding recipe shower back in the 70's has all but give up the ghost... I keep it together with rubber bands! So most times, a few of those recipes are out of the box, as well.

I need to get some sort of 3 ring binder and start over...

Meanwhile, Georgia, you are right, elephant does trump raccoon.

Wanted to jump back into this conversation, as I read an interesting column in the Chicago Trib Food column today: A list of the top cook books all cooks "should" have. Yikes, I've been "getting by" all these years with only 2 of those books in my personal possession.

Here's the link. The columnist wants to know what books we readers think are missing from the list. Here 'tis:

Chicago Tribune List of Top Cook Books We Can't Live Without

Anne