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FROM:TONI

Shortanswer:Yes!I’vehadtodownsizeand

findhomesforsome 300 cookerybooksand

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Do we still need cookbooks? That’s the

question Yasmin Fahr explored last issue

[p50]. You answered with a resounding YES

FROM: HARRIET ELEY

By a strange coincidence, I had a similar

conversation with a colleague pre-lockdown.

She remarked, “I’d basically given up on cookery

books and just used the internet, but I’d forgotten

how nice it is to flick through an actual cookery

book. I think I’ll start buying them again!”

I was baffled. Give up on cookery books? You

might as well give up on happy memories.

I grew up in a house full of books. Until

I moved out I didn’t realise the true worth of my

mum’s cookery book collection. These last few

weeks in lockdown have brought home how

much we all take simple pleasures for granted.

As I write this letter, I am in my flat in London

when I should be at my mum’s for the Easter

weekend. If everything was normal, there’s

a 99 per cent chance we’d be sat in her kitchen,

taking down the old friends from the shelves and

debating which way to go with the Sunday lamb.

As long as people remain passionate about

good cooking and good eating there will always

be a healthy appetite for good cookery books.

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