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A word about eggplant

October 3, 2006October 15, 2006 brigidalversonLeave a comment

(One more scan from the Betty Crocker New Boys and Girls Cook Book) I used to see eggplant in the supermarket when I was…

Betty Crocker’s New Boys and Girls Cook Book (annotated edition)

October 3, 2006October 3, 2006 brigidalverson37

I got this book as a birthday present when I was 7 or 8 from my good friend Steve Stasheff (I suspect his mother…

About the books

October 1, 2006October 4, 2006 brigidalversonLeave a comment

My dad once said that if our family had a motto, it would be “Good food, good books, good conversation.” Those do seem to…

Dear Sir;

October 1, 2006October 12, 2008 brigidalversonLeave a comment

This is a little book with a drab green cover, and it’s the 18th printing, so it must have been popular in its day…

Doctor’s Orders

October 1, 2006October 1, 2006 brigidalverson1

My aunt sent me this picture from Ireland last week, along with a note saying that it hung for years in the dispensary (doctor’s…

Don’t throw this away!

September 24, 2006October 2, 2006 brigidalversonLeave a comment

When we were cleaning out my parents’ house, my sister ran across a paperback novel, the sort of thing that normally we would have…

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