When is the last time you bought a cookbook?
By snowy
@snowy22315 (169893)
United States
November 16, 2017 2:39pm CST
I honestly haven't bought any cookbooks for ages, one because I have several as in maybe 15, and two because I get almost all my recipes online. However, I went to Ollie's Outlet in Fredericksburg the other day and saw a huge Weight Watchers cookbook for 3.99. It is one of those cool picture cookbooks. I am going back up there on Saturday and will purchase it. Do you buy cookbooks or rely on old recipes and online recipes?
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@thislittlepennyearns (58134)
• Defuniak Springs, Florida
16 Nov 17
I ordered one on Amazon earlier this week and got one at the thrift store last week.
I always check the thrift store.
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@snowy22315 (169893)
• United States
16 Nov 17
Yes, I am sure they have many. Ollie's OUtlet is like Big Lots..one step above the thriftshop. I suppose stuff goes there if they can't sell it!
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@thislittlepennyearns (58134)
• Defuniak Springs, Florida
16 Nov 17
@snowy22315 like Bealls and dirt cheap here. Or Dollar tree. We get all kind of weird books but I've found some good ones too
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@snowy22315 (169893)
• United States
16 Nov 17
@thislittlepennyearns one time, although this was several years ago I found an Oprah Winfrey cookbook and fitness guide at Dollar Tree, and a bookstore at the mall had the same one for 26 bucks!
@AmbiePam (85441)
• United States
16 Nov 17
It is funny you mention it. My dad's wife and I were just talking about all the cookbooks we had. Most were my late mom's, and she was going through some of them looking for recipes. Oddly, we found a Twinkie cookbook. We have no idea where it came from because neither she nor my mom ever ate them, and it isn't something we'd buy.
I usually look online recipes nowadays, but my favorite cookbook is one that my mom's old church put together and distributed that had all of the recipes from the members of the church.
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@snowy22315 (169893)
• United States
16 Nov 17
I have a cookbook that has old fashioned recipes I mean real old fashioned like from maybe the 19th and 18th century that came from a church group I think. One of the recipes supposedly belonged to Martha Washington!
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@snowy22315 (169893)
• United States
16 Nov 17
I actually have a Better Homes and Gardens cookbook that belonged to my grandmother. It is kind of neat because it has some of her writing on the recipes.
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@JudyEv (325654)
• Rockingham, Australia
16 Nov 17
We get our recipes mostly off the net now but I do have quite a collection of cookbooks. I love the pictures in them and get all enthused till I start reading the ingredients needed and processes involved. It's very fortunate that Vince likes cooking! 
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@snowy22315 (169893)
• United States
17 Nov 17
Yes, they always sound exciting until you look at the process. I think I am going to make some cheesecake cookies for Christmas though. They look so festive!
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@kobesbuddy (74528)
• East Tawas, Michigan
16 Nov 17
The last cookbook, my daughter bought me, about five years ago. It's a gluten-free cookbook. I have so many cookbooks, but enjoy the old recipes I've made for so many years. At times, I get a new recipe online.
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@snowy22315 (169893)
• United States
16 Nov 17
I rarely make anything gluten free...but a flourless chocolate cake is awesome. Have you made that?
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@snowy22315 (169893)
• United States
16 Nov 17
@kobesbuddy Oh that is too bad! I guess you would need a low sugar flourless chocolate cake!
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@kobesbuddy (74528)
• East Tawas, Michigan
16 Nov 17
@snowy22315 No, I have diabetes and celiac disease. So desserts and gluten, aren't good choices.
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@m_audrey6788 (58485)
• Germany
16 Nov 17
I received some from my relatives as birthday gifts but never buy for me 
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@snowy22315 (169893)
• United States
16 Nov 17
I do not buy them on a regular basis, but I have purchased them. Sometimes they are to benfeft a civic group or something.
@snowy22315 (169893)
• United States
17 Nov 17
I don't think I ever received one as a gift. All the ones I have I bought somewhere along the line.
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@BelleStarr (61047)
• United States
17 Nov 17
I love Ollies', every time I go there I big one or two cookbooks, the prices are just so darn good.
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@snowy22315 (169893)
• United States
17 Nov 17
Yes, they do have s nice book section. Even though I don't need any more cookbooks they hadmone on recipiesbwith ramen that looked intriguing.
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@snowy22315 (169893)
• United States
17 Nov 17
@BelleStarr I have a friend who collects them, and another one, a former nutritionist who writes them. I am going to have to look on Amazon because I think some of them are available on there.
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@BelleStarr (61047)
• United States
17 Nov 17
@snowy22315 I have like zero resistance when it comes to cookbooks lol
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@1creekgirl (40506)
• United States
17 Nov 17
I love to look through cook books, but love recipes on line also. I wrote a post yesterday (I think) about making a book of all my recipes that I actually cook.
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@1creekgirl (40506)
• United States
17 Nov 17
@snowy22315 Actually, I already did!
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@Marilynda1225 (79678)
• United States
16 Nov 17
I have so many cookbooks that I don't need another one. But, I do like to search for new recipes online. Hope you enjoy the cookbook when you get it
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@snowy22315 (169893)
• United States
17 Nov 17
I think I will...some of the recipes look more involved than I want to get, but I am sure I will have fun with it.
@ilocosboy (45157)
• Philippines
17 Nov 17
Two years ago, I guess that's when, two years ago.
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@snowy22315 (169893)
• United States
17 Nov 17
Yeah, with the internet, they just don't seem to be something that people are buying often anymore.
@Happy2BeMe (99399)
• Canada
16 Nov 17
I havent bought one in ages but if I seen one for a good price i would pick it up.
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@snowy22315 (169893)
• United States
17 Nov 17
Yes, it was defintely for a good price. I can tell people just aren't buying cookbooks much since it wasn't expensive at all.
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@snowy22315 (169893)
• United States
17 Nov 17
@Happy2BeMe You may find some of them have come down in price.
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@Happy2BeMe (99399)
• Canada
17 Nov 17
@snowy22315 Some of them can be very expensive though. I do buy them sometimes for gifts.
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@LovingMyBabies (85127)
• Valdosta, Georgia
16 Nov 17
I don't think I have ever bought one. I find recipe's on Pinterest mostly.
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@snowy22315 (169893)
• United States
16 Nov 17
Yeah, I would say I look online almost all the time..but cookbooks are cool and fun. I like to look at them sometimes.
@andriaperry (116860)
• Anniston, Alabama
17 Nov 17
I have plenty and I make up my own recipes.
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@JohnRoberts (109857)
• Los Angeles, California
16 Nov 17
I have never bought one in my life. But there's an old one lying around.
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