I, too, recently gave away 15 cookbooks. Dennis' PCA can't boil water without a disaster, so I thought she would make better use of them than I have over the past two years.

I kept:
Joy of Cooking, Part one and two
A James Beard cookbook - I have had it so long, it's torn in half and the covers are missing, so I can't tell you which one it is.
Sundays at the Moosewood Restaurant for my vegetarian cravings
6 assorted specialty cookbooks - Thai, Indian, etc.

At one time I owned 12 books on baking bread. That was a lifetime ago.
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