Abstract:
A spice-holding device includes a rectangular book-shaped container having a top, bottom, back cover, front cover, a binding end and an opening end defining an interior volume. The interior volume is partitioned into a plurality of compartments for holding predetermined quantities of preselected spices. The front cover is pivotally attached to the book-shaped container along the binding end so that the front cover is pivotable between an open position exposing the spice-holding compartments in the interior volume and a closed position covering the spices for storage and so that the spice-holding device is self-supporting when holding the spices and placed on its bottom. A method of business for distributing selected spices in a cuisine specific book shaped storage device. A method that includes selecting a specific cuisine, collecting spices useful for preparing the selected specific cuisine and making a book-shaped spice-holding device, including a plurality of compartments for holding small quantities of the selected cuisine-specific spices. The book-shaped spice-holding device is labeled with a cuisine indicator corresponding to the selected, specific cuisine for which the collected spices are useful.

Description:
[0001]    This application is a Divisional of U.S. application Ser. No. 09/1467,689, filed on Dec. 21, 1999. 
     
    
     
       TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION  
         [0002]    The present invention relates to a device for holding a collection of small quantities of spices for a specific cuisine and to a method of providing and marketing cuisine-specific spices, and particular to a self-supporting, spice-holding device in the shape of a book and to a method of marketing spices in a cuisine-specific book shaped holding device and more particular to a plurality of book-shaped spice-holding devices, each of the plurality of holding devices containing small, replaceable quantities of spices and ingredients for use in the preparation of recipes identified within a specific type of cuisine and to a method of doing business including marketing one or more or a combination of several cuisine-specific spice holders with cuisine-specific recipes and also to marketing replacement packages of cuisine-specific spices, herbs and ingredients.  
         BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION  
         [0003]    Prior spice-holding devices have included fixed shelf cupboards for holding self-supporting containers of spices of the users choosing. Previous spice-holding devices have included slidable drawers or compartments in which spices may be filled and/or from which spices may be dispensed. None of the prior devices have provided a book-shaped self-supporting spice-holding device into which small quantities of cuisine-specific spices are provided.  
           [0004]    Also, in the past, spices have been sold in separate containers having separate spices, each spice or herb selected by the user according to the user&#39;s desires. Also in the past, certain combinations of spices and ingredients have been premixed in single packages for creating a specific recipe as, for example, a powdered soup mix, a chili mix, taco mixes, spaghetti sauce mixes, gravy mixes, sauce mixes and the like. Such premixed spice and ingredient combinations most typically are intended for purposes of a single recipe and a single meal preparation. Those premixed spices do not normally provide for convenient modification of the recipe. Such mixes have not been provided in a self-supporting book. Previously, it was not known to collect individual spices that are associated with a particular group of recipes within a type of food preparation or a cuisine, place them in small quantities into a holding device shaped like a book or in one of a group of “volumes” or a set of various cuisine-specific holding devices and to market the spices together with cuisine-specific recipes and further to market replacement packages of spices to refill depleted, old or stale quantities of the cuisine-specific spices.  
         SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION  
         [0005]    The present invention provides a self-supporting book-shaped spice-holding device. The spice-holding “book” is internally partitioned for holding small quantities of a variety of selected herbs and spices for use in preselected, cuisine-specific recipes. The invention further comprises a collection of spice-holding books, each book uniquely constructed to contain small quantities of a variety of selected cuisine-specific herbs and spices. Each book device for holding spices constructed to support itself when placed on a shelf, in a cupboard or on a countertop. Each spice-holding book is separately labeled for the preselected type of cuisine. The spices, herbs and ingredients held in an individual spice-holding device corresponds to the designated type of cuisine and is called for by any of a number of cuisine-specific recipes provided in a pamphlet also held in the book-shaped spice, herb and ingredient-holding device.  
           [0006]    In the preferred embodiment, a collection of individual “books” contain small quantities of a variety of herbs, spices and/or other ingredients that are useful in preparing a particular type of cuisine. The type of cuisine is designated on the outside of the book on the cover and/or on the binding as a particular theme, such as “The American Pantry,” “The American Southern Pantry,” “The Basic Pantry,” “The Cajun Pantry,” “The Children&#39;s Pantry,” “The Chinese Pantry,” “The Greek Pantry, ” “The Indian Pantry,” “The Italian Pantry,” “The Korean Pantry,” “The Mexican Pantry,” “The Thai Pantry,” “The Vietnamese Pantry,” and “Your Pantry” for spices specifically collected according to an individual&#39;s own personal recipes. For example, “The Italian Pantry” may have spices such as oregano, basil, garlic, etc. Also for example, “The Mexican Pantry” may have chili powder, red pepper, garlic, and so on.  
           [0007]    The Applicant has further created a unique and useful method of doing business including collecting, packaging and providing a variety of selected cuisine-specific spices and herbs in an openable book-like structure for holding small quantities of spices and herbs specifically selected for a designated cuisine. The “books” are labeled to facilitate convenient access to a “library” of a variety of different cuisines. Further, the method of doing business, according to other aspects of this invention, may include the additional step of providing replacement small quantities for refilling the depleted quantities of the separate selected spices. Packages of replacement quantities are sized and shaped for placement in the appropriately labeled, spice-holding device, having individual spice-holding compartments in the book-like structure. A complete set of “volumes” or a complete “library” of cuisine-specific spice-holding devices may also be provided. Further, each cuisine-specific spice-holding device is provided with a holder for a cuisine-specific recipe booklet or a set of recipe cards or sheets. A recipe display structure within the spice-holding device is provided for displaying a recipe booklet, card or sheet exposed to view for reading when the cover of the spice-holding device is open on a countertop in a kitchen or on a shelf in the food preparation area. The user has convenient access to the small quantities of spices for preparation of a readable, displayed recipe, preselected and organized according to the specific cuisine. 
       
    
    
     BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS  
       [0008]    The foregoing objects, advantages, and features, as well as other objects and advantages, will become more apparent with reference to the description, claims and drawings below, in which like numerals represent like elements and in which:  
         [0009]    [0009]FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an exterior of a spice-holding device shaped like a book according to one embodiment of the present invention;  
         [0010]    [0010]FIG. 2 is another exterior perspective of a spice-holding device according to the present invention in which the designated cuisine is labeled on the exterior of the book-shaped device distinct from the specific cuisine designated by the label on the book in FIG. 1;  
         [0011]    [0011]FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a open spice-holding device according to the embodiment of FIG. 1 in which a partitioned interior structure of the book-shaped spice-holding device may be more fully understood;  
         [0012]    [0012]FIG. 4 is a schematic depiction of a collection or set of a variety or a plurality of “volumes” of specifically selected, different, cuisine-specific spice-holding devices conveniently arranged for storage like books on a shelf, according to one aspect of the present invention;  
         [0013]    [0013]FIG. 5 is a diagrammatic depiction of a device, self-supported in use and others self-supported stored on a shelf;  
         [0014]    [0014]FIG. 6 is a schematic flow diagram of a method of doing business for providing predetermined quantities of selected spices in book-shaped spice-holding devices and pre-sized packages of fresh herbs and spices to replenish depleted quantities or to replace old or stale spices with fresh spices;  
         [0015]    [0015]FIG. 7 is an open perspective view of another embodiment of a spice-holding device, according to an alternative design of the present invention in which the book-shaped construction includes a cover hinged to a compartmentalized rectangular box-shaped container;  
         [0016]    [0016]FIG. 8 is a schematic open view of a spice-holding device, according to another embodiment of the present invention, that is convenient to use and economical to produce, in which the book-shaped construction is a vacuum-formed plastic structure and further demonstrating a recipe-holding structure, according to one alternative aspect of the present invention;  
         [0017]    [0017]FIG. 9 is a detailed, enlarged partial cross-sectional view of a recipe-holding clip, according to the embodiment depicted in FIG. 8.  
     
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS  
       [0018]    [0018]FIGS. 1 and 2 show front perspective views of the exterior of spice-holding devices  10   a  and  10   b  constructed and having a book-like structure. The construction includes a container  12 , preferably a rectangular box shaped container corresponding to the shape of a book with a cover  14 . The container is defined by a top  16 , end  18 , a binding end  20 , a bottom  22  and a back  24 . Cover  14  is preferably attached along the binding end  20  along a pivot connection  28  so that the cover  14  may be opened and closed at opening  26 . The front  30  of cover  14  is preferably provided with at least one print field, including a cuisine descriptor print field  34  at which the specific type of cuisine for which the enclosed collection of herbs and spices, or other ingredients are appropriately indicated with print or an attached label. Cuisine-specific recipes can also be included according to the specific cuisine. Also additional print fields such as a trademark field  32  and a source information print field  36  may be provided, all arranged preferably similar to covers of printed books, thereby mimicking a printed book. There is also a print descriptor field  38  along the binding also for designating a specific cuisine. In the embodiments shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, additional details are shown. FIG. 1 depicts a spice-holding container specifically designated for “The Mexican Pantry,” both in descriptor field  34  and also in binding descriptor field  38 . A trademark for a particular supplier of the spice-holding container is set forth, as for example, “SpiceKits™” in trademark field  32 .  
         [0019]    In FIG. 2, the descriptor “The Italian Pantry,” is provided in the descriptor field  34   b,  thereby indicating that spices, herbs and ingredients specifically useful for cooking Italian cuisine are enclosed within the spice-holding device  10   b.  Similarly, “The Italian Pantry” is also indicated as the printed cuisine descriptor in binding descriptor field  38   b.  In each case, the additional information in fields  36  and  36   b,  FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, set forth an indicator of “authorship,” for example, “From Sherrill&#39;s Kitchen” that can be useful for purposes of trademark and/or trade dress source of origin indicator for the unique spice-holding device. The “authorship” print field  36  further facilitates mimicking a “book” with a spice-holding device  10 .  
         [0020]    [0020]FIG. 3 depicts a schematic perspective view of the spice-holding device  10   b  of FIG. 2 showing container  12  divided into a plurality of compartments  40 . In this particular embodiment there are sixteen separate compartments  40   a - p  for holding sixteen separate herbs, spices or ingredients specifically designed for Italian recipes. The total number of compartments  40  and spices held therein may be varied without departing from the invention as claimed. Also, the opened cover  14  has a removably secured recipe book and in this case, an Italian recipe book corresponding to “The Italian Pantry” as designed on the front of the cover at field  34   b  as well as on the binding of the spice-holding device at field  38   b.  The recipe book  44  may be secured with a holding device  46 , such as a strap, an elastic band, or an envelope into which the recipe book  44  may be removably secured. As an alternative to a recipe booklet  44  recipe sheets or cards  45 , selected and collected to match the specifically indicated cuisine may be provided in the cuisine-specific spice holder. Also depicted are resilient supports or clips  48  and  50  secured to inside cover  42  for holding the recipe book  44 , or alternatively, for holding recipe cards  45 , in a opened, displayed position so that a user may view the recipe at the same time that the compartments  40   a - p,  and the cuisine-specific spices held therein, may be accessed.  
         [0021]    By way of example for FIGS. 2 and 3, in which the spice-holding device  10   b  is designated as “The Italian Pantry,” the recipe booklet  44  may include Italian recipes and the spice-holding compartments  40   a - p  are filled with individual containers holding quantities of spices selected to be specifically useful for cooking Italian cuisine. In particular, the spices are selected to be useful for the Italian recipes set forth in booklet  44  (or, alternatively in recipe cards or sheets  45 ) provided with the spice-holding device  10   b.  For example, the following spices may be selected and then collected and packaged as being Italian cuisine-specific for filling compartments  40   a - p  of spice-holding device  10   b  as follows: basil, bay leaf, cayenne, cinnamon, fennel, garlic powder, marjoram, nutmeg, oregano, red pepper flakes, rosemary, saffron, sage, tarragon, thyme and white pepper.  
         [0022]    As will be explained more fully below, the spices, herbs or ingredients are selected primarily according to the specific cuisine. Also, preferably, the quantities and package sizes are selected according to the expected quantities to be used. A plurality of compartment sizes are provided in the cuisine-specific spice-holding device so that different package sizes of commonly used herbs and spices for that cuisine are easily held in approximately sized compartments. Thus, the invention provides packaged quantities commensurate with the quantities likely to be used for recipes among that cuisine. Thus, for example, in “The Italian Pantry” spice-holding device  10   b,  the quantity of garlic powder and oregano advantageously will be large compared to the quantities of nutmeg or thyme.  
         [0023]    [0023]FIG. 4 is a schematic perspective view of a plurality of spice-holding devices, constructed in the shape of books, to provide a set of “volumes” or a “library” of spice-holding devices  10   a - h  in which  10   a,  for example, may be “The Mexican Pantry,” as in FIG. 1, 10 b  would be “The Italian Pantry,” as in FIG. 2, 10 c  might be “The Mediterranean Pantry,” featuring herbs and spices for use in preparing Mediterranean cuisine. Additional spice-holding devices could also be provided in the set. For example,  10   d  may be “A Child&#39;s Pantry,” containing ingredients associated with foods children love to eat or recipes suitable for a child to cook or prepare,  10   e  may be “The Cajun Pantry,” with the herbs and spices selected to provide ingredients for cooking Cajun cuisine. Also,  10   g  might be “The Basic Pantry,” for types of herbs and spices that might be selected as being basic or common cuisine, and  10   h  may be a spice-holding device that is provided to allow the user to select and fill the device with herbs and spices useful in their own personal favorites or family recipes. The specific cuisine might be appropriately designated as “Your Pantry” or “My Pantry” and might even be individually customized as “Bill&#39;s Pantry,” “Jane&#39;s Pantry” or “The Jones&#39; Pantry.” 
         [0024]    [0024]FIG. 5 depicts a spice-holding device  10   c  opened on a counter in a kitchen (the kitchen shown in phantom lines for demonstration purposes only) with the remainder of the set  52  shown positioned on a shelf  58  conveniently stored as one might store other recipe books. The inventive spice holders provide both the recipes and the spices to prepare them for specific cuisines. It will be understood that the spice-holding devices in the form of a book-like structure might also be stored within a cabinet such as cabinet  60  or otherwise self-supported on the counter  56  or elsewhere, depending upon personal preferences and the arrangement of an individual&#39;s kitchen. A convenient and unique aspect of the spice-holding devices is that they are self-supporting, both in storage, as shown on storage shelf  58 , and also they are self-supporting on the countertop, or other food preparation surface, for use in a opened position, simultaneously providing access to spice compartments  40  and also displaying a recipe booklet  44  held open by display support clips  48  and  50 .  
         [0025]    [0025]FIG. 6 is a schematic flow diagram of a method of doing business for providing predetermined quantities of selected spices in spice-holding, book-shaped devices and for providing pre-sized packages of fresh herbs and spices to replenish depleted quantities or to replace old or stale spices with fresh spices. It is seen that this method of doing business includes the step of establishing cuisine-specific spice lists schematically depicted as step  64  in the process flow chart FIG. 6. Examples of some of the specific cuisines that could be selected may include “The Basic Pantry,” “The Cajun Pantry,” “The Child&#39;s Pantry,” “The Indian Pantry,” “The Italian Pantry,” “The Mexican Pantry” and “The Mediterranean Pantry.” Step  64  schematically indicates a step of establishing a list of cuisine-specific spices that is to be performed for each of the selected cuisines to be indicated according to the invention. By way of examples only, step  61 , for establishing a cuisine, step  64 , for selecting cuisine-specific spices and step  68 , for collecting the spices, may be accomplished using the cuisine and cuisine-specific spice lists as follows:  
         [0026]    “The Basic Pantry” spice list might be established to include basil, bay leaf, chili powder, cayenne, cumin, curry, garlic salt, nutmeg, oregano, paprika, rosemary, salt, tarragon, thyme, cinnamon and black pepper.  
         [0027]    The list of cuisine-specific spices for “The Cajun Pantry” may include basil, bay leaf, cayenne, chili powder, cinnamon, garlic powder, gumbo file, nutmeg, oregano, paprika, red pepper flakes, rosemary, sage, sea salt, thyme and white pepper.  
         [0028]    The list for “The Child&#39;s Pantry” might, for example, include baking powder, baking soda, basil, black pepper, cake sprinkles, cinnamon, cumin, food coloring, nutmeg, oregano, red pepper flakes and salt.  
         [0029]    The list of spices established for “The Indian Pantry” may include, for example, allspice, anise, cardamon, cayenne, cinnamon, ground cloves, coriander, cumin, curry, garam masala, garlic powder, ginger, mustard seed, nutmeg, red pepper flakes and turmeric.  
         [0030]    An example of a list of cuisine-specific spices that might be established for “The Italian Pantry” could include basil, bay leaf, cayenne, cinnamon, fennel, garlic powder, marjoram, nutmeg, oregano, red pepper flakes, rosemary, saffron, sage, tarragon, thyme and white pepper.  
         [0031]    As example of a list of cuisine-specific spices that might be established for “The Mexican Pantry” could include anise, bay leaf, cayenne, chili powder, ground cloves, coriander, garlic powder, marjoram, mint, nutmeg, oregano, paprika, red pepper flakes, thyme, cinnamon, ancho and black peppercorns.  
         [0032]    Establishing the list of cuisine-specific spices for “The Mediterranean Pantry” might include establishing a list including basil, bay leaf, black peppercorns, chervil, cumin, fennel, ginger, marjoram, mint, nutmeg, oregano, paprika, red pepper flakes, rosemary, saffron, sage and thyme.  
         [0033]    While the foregoing are given as examples for performing the certain steps of the invention, it will be understood that other spices, according to a particular set of recipes considered to be categorized within one of any number of specified cuisines, might also be included as an additional herb or spice or as alternatives to any one of the foregoing examples of spices for establishing lists. It will further be understood that other types of cuisine, such as German food, Polish food, Chinese food, Japanese food, Thai food, Korean food, Vietnamese food, American Southern cooking, or possibly the specific cuisines might be categorized, not according to ethnicity or region of origin, but rather according to the type of dish, such as “The Dessert Pantry,” “The Hors D&#39;oeuvre Pantry,” “Main Dishes,” “Side Dishes,” “Finger Food” or other logical categorizations for which such cuisine-specific herbs, spices and ingredients might be selected, listed, collected and usefully and beneficially provided in a single spice-holding device constructed in a book-like, self-supporting structure. For such other types of cuisine, the establishment of the cuisine in a step  61 , establishing cuisine-specific spice lists in step  64 , and collecting the cuisine-specific spices in step  68 , will be advantageously performed according to the invention.  
         [0034]    Steps  61  and  64  may be further beneficially facilitated by collecting cuisine-specific recipes in a step  63  and referring to such cuisine-specific recipes for establishing the cuisine-specific spice list in step  64 . A step  68  indicates the collection of selected herbs and spices corresponding to the cuisine-specific spice list. Step  60  depicts a step for making the spice-holding device. In various embodiments, as depicted, the spice-holding device will have a predetermined number of compartments that might be as few as 5-10 and might be as many as 20-30 or more. Preferably, the number of compartments will be in a range of between 10-20. The book-like spice holder  10  may advantageously be constructed of a size corresponding to what might be considered within a range of sizes for normal hard back books as, for example, a rectangular spice-holding device might be between about 5″-12″ wide and between about 7″-14″ tall, and between about ¾″-2½″ deep to correspond to a “typical” book size and shape. It has been found, for example, that a spice-holding device having a width of between about 7″-8″, a height of between about 8″-10″ and a depth of between about 1″-2″ can be conveniently partitioned to include between about 14-18 compartments, having a variety of sizes. Advantageously, the variety of compartment sizes are designed for holding quantities of spices corresponding to different usages, depending upon the specific cuisine for which the spice-holding device is to be designated. According to a further optional aspect of the invention, each compartment of a cuisine-specific spice-holding device may be constructed and appropriately designated with a print or a label for the particular herb or spice to be held in that compartment.  
         [0035]    Another aspect of the method of doing business is the packaging of selected herbs and spices schematically depicted as step  68  in FIG. 6. The herbs and spices are packaged, preferably according to the variety of sizes of compartments, that correspond to the compartment sizes of the spice-holding device  10 . The spice-holding devices  10  are filled with the packaged selected herbs and spices, with larger packages placed in larger compartments and with smaller packages placed in smaller compartments, according to expected usage, as determined from the collected recipes or otherwise according to the characteristic usage or strength of flavoring of a particular herb or spice. The spice-holding devices are filled and marked with the appropriate specific cuisine designation in steps  70 ,  72  or  74 , as representative examples of the process. Additional designated specific cuisines will require additional steps (not shown) that are equivalent to steps  70 ,  72  and  74  of filling container compartments with selected and packaged herbs and spices and appropriately labeling the filled spice-holding devices with the specific cuisine for which the selected herbs and spices have been provided. Another step of the process includes providing, as by selling, each specific cuisine-specific spice-holding device as schematically represented by steps  80 ,  82  or  84 . The step of selling, of course, entails the corresponding receipt of value to the seller, schematically represented as reverse flow “$” at  86 ,  88  or  90 .  
         [0036]    An enhancement of the method of providing spices under the unique process according to another aspect of the present invention further includes the concept that an individual user will use herbs and spices. The depleted herbs and spices will need to be replaced. Various herbs and spices may be depleted faster than others. Also, over time, certain herbs and spices might become stale or lose their potency, such that replacement of various selected individual herbs or spices might be appropriate. The time period for replacement might be recommended or “programmed” at specific time intervals according to the type of spice that has been packaged. This natural process of use, depletion, deterioration or programmed replacement gives rise to the inventive process step of selling the prepackaged selected individual quantities of herbs and spices for each of the cuisine-specific spice-holding containers. Thus, the natural consequence of the occurrence of use, depletion, deterioration or programmed replacement, as schematically depicted at  92 ,  94  or  96 , results in the beneficial method of doing business process steps of collecting packaged herbs and spices, as in step  68  and of providing such packaged herbs and spices, for resale at steps  98 ,  100  or  102 , depending upon the cuisine. This results in revenue or reverse flow “$,” to the provider of the spices schematically depicted at  104 ,  106  or  108 . Thus revenue is generated not only in the sale of cuisine-specific spice-holding containers, i.e., the manufacturing process at  60  and sales steps of  80 ,  82  or  84 , but also the packaging process  68  further generates revenue  104 ,  106  or  108  at selling steps  98 ,  100  or  102 , so that the combined revenues from the spice-holding containers schematically represented at  110  and the revenue from packaging and sales of replacement spices schematically represented at  112  are collected by the operator of the business process at step  114 . With this inventive method of doing business, the consumer advantageously obtains convenient and freshly replaceable cuisine-specific spices in an easily stored and reusable, cuisine-specific spice-holding device. The provider of the process advantageously obtains initial revenue and ongoing revenue for providing cuisine-specific spice-holding devices, spices and recipes.  
         [0037]    [0037]FIG. 7 is an alternative embodiment of a spice-holding device  10   e  according to the present invention and, in particular, for purposes of demonstration only, a Cajun cuisine spice holder is depicted. The construction includes a cover  14  hinged to the container  12  at hinges  120   a, b  and  c.  The book-like spice holder  10   e  of FIG. 7 may, for example, be comprised of a cardboard or wooden container  12  and a thin, cardboard or wooden cover  14  appropriately connected with hinges  120   a - c  made of plastic, metal or other suitable materials. Alternatively, the structure of container  12   e  and cover  14   e  might be plastic or even a lightweight metal with appropriate hinge construction of plastic or metal. In this embodiment, an alternative recipe-holding structure comprising a flexible or elastic strap  122  is also depicted that could serve both to hold the recipe booklet or recipe sheets or cards in place for storage and also to hold the recipe booklet open in a self-supported manner for reading the recipe. The flexible strap  122 , might advantageously be either transparent or sufficiently thin so that the recipe booklet might be moved appropriately for reading all the instructions and ingredients.  
         [0038]    In another alternative preferred embodiment, a spice-holding device  10   g  according to FIG. 8 might be a vacuum-formed plastic closable structure in which the partitioned compartments  40  are formed within a container portion  12   g,  as with a hollow, molded projection  124  projecting and integrally formed with a back cover  24   g.  The front cover  14   g  is constructed of a cover plate  128 , preferably having an engagement ridge  130  formed and sized for engaging the exterior of molded projection  124  to hold the structure in a closed position when ridge  130  is moved toward and pressed around projection  124 . The binding edge  20  may also be a suitably rigid yet resiliently flexible plastic material forming a hinge  132  or two hinges, as with hinge creases  132  and  134 , indented or molded thereinto. Such an integrally formed spice-holding device provides convenient and durable opening and closing of the spice-holding device  10   g.  The technology for forming these types of vacuum-formed closure devices for other uses has been known particularly in connection with video and audio tape cassette holding devices. However, the present invention for holding cuisine-specific spices will uniquely entail certain modifications, including the formation of a plurality of individual compartments and also desirably and advantageously providing a deeper structure than might typically be considered appropriate for holding video tapes and cassettes, which structures typically require depths of only approximating less than ¾″. The spice-holding compartments will advantageously be in the range of about ¾″-2½″ deep. Also, depicted in FIG. 8 are attached recipe book display support clips  48  and  50 .  
         [0039]    [0039]FIG. 9 shows a partial cutaway cross-section of the attached clip  48 . The clips  48  and  50  might be flexible, metallic items, such as thin, spring steel secured with a fastener  136 . The fastener  136  might be a plastic, welded attachment device or a plastic or metal rivet or threaded fastener. Similarly, clips  48  and  50  might be constructed of a resilient plastic material that might be fused or welded directly at points  136  and  138  to the plastic structure of the vacuum-formed embodiment of the spice-holding device  10   g.  While the details of clips  48  and  50  are shown in FIG. 9 in combination with the vacuum-formed embodiment of spice holder  10   g  it will be understood that similar recipe display clips also may be appropriately attached to other describe structures for spice-holding devices  10 .  
         [0040]    Other alterations and modifications of the invention will likewise become apparent to those of ordinary skill in the art upon reading the present disclosure, and it is intended that the scope of the invention disclosed herein be limited only by the broadest interpretation of the appended claims to which the inventors are legally entitled.