OUR STORY THE GOODS PANTRY SHOP EVENTS SERVICES CONTACT BLOG E-Newsletter 03.03.21 For the Love of the Cookbook Welcome to the Table Bookshelves continue to have a moment, am I right? If anything emerged from obscurity in 2020 it was the bookshelf. Wait, did you expect to open a newsletter filled with recipes for decadent chocolate glazed tarts and crème brûlée, and celebrations of pink? Ok, you wouldn’t have been that off-base. We do love a dessert that requires setting something ablaze – there are plenty of torches, ramekins, and Valrhona chocolate in stock, along with a fabulous selection of fondue pots if we do say so ourselves. Sorry, I digress. Back to the bookshelf. One cannot help but notice the plethora of bookshelves having their day in the sun (ahem, in the Zoom-o-sphere). Currently, I have two favorites; Eddie Glaude, Jr. and Eugene Robinson. Professor Glaude turns his books outwards so the viewer can easily make their reading lists – and Mr. Robinson splits his background; books on one side and the work of his amazing artist of a wife on the other. Bookshelves are a declaration of our interests, shelter to the stories we wish to remember, or for those of us who buy books and never get around to reading them, aspirational podiums? One might think in this world requiring technology to connect and communicate that the book would lose its power over us. Before the onset of Covid, it was feared by some that the cookbook might even find itself in the same place as the yellow Sony walkman and telegraph – made obsolete by apps, food blogs, YouTube, and the like. MORE SHARE THIS POST ON: Facebook Twitter Google Plus Bitters Books for Cooks Cookbook cooking Covid Creme Brûlée Eddie Glaude Eugene Robinson Fat Tuesday fondue Jr. mardi gras Mosquito Supper Club Pancakes Valentine's Day Valrhona Chocolate Posts navigation PREVIOUS POST Black History, Heritage, Culture, and Foodways are American History CONTACT MEET OUR TEAM MEDIA 812.339.2200 115 N. College Avenue | Bloomington, IN 47404 Shop Hours Monday - Saturday 10 AM - 6 PM Sunday 11 AM - 4 PM © 2021 Goods for Cooks