{"id":8237,"date":"2010-09-10T06:00:30","date_gmt":"2010-09-10T12:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs2.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/?p=8237"},"modified":"2010-08-27T08:11:47","modified_gmt":"2010-08-27T14:11:47","slug":"the-cookbook-collector","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/the-cookbook-collector\/","title":{"rendered":"The Cookbook Collector"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/search.prairiecat.info\/?itemid=|library\/marc\/PALS-unicorn|2267123\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-8243\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/The-Cookbook-Collector.jpg?resize=253%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"253\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/The-Cookbook-Collector.jpg?resize=253%2C300&amp;ssl=1 253w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/The-Cookbook-Collector.jpg?w=325&amp;ssl=1 325w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 253px) 100vw, 253px\" \/><\/a>The title of <strong><em><a href=\"http:\/\/search.prairiecat.info\/?itemid=|library\/marc\/PALS-unicorn|2267123\" target=\"_blank\">The Cookbook Collector<\/a><\/em><\/strong> by Allegra Goodman is indicative of the book&#8217;s style. The cookbooks in question aren&#8217;t introduced until well into the story, and is just one of several plotlines. The book has been compared to Jane Austen&#8217;s<strong><em> <a href=\"http:\/\/search.prairiecat.info\/?itemid=|library\/marc\/PALS-unicorn|2070314\" target=\"_blank\">Sense and Sensibility<\/a><\/em><\/strong> but I get a Dicken&#8217;s vibe, myself. There is an abundance of characters; many of them quite eccentric. There is also a sense that, in this book and for these characters, morality is an actual consideration in how they conduct themselves and the choices they make.<\/p>\n<p>Two sisters are contrasts in lifestyle and general philosophy. Jess, the younger sister, is a free spirit, environmentalist, and perennial student.\u00a0 Emily is the CEO of a computer startup company (this being the late &#8217;90&#8217;s and San Francisco).<\/p>\n<p>Romantic tension abounds between Jess and her boss, the owner of a used and rare book store; they argue about everything &#8211; \u00a0books, authors and\u00a0whether books should be collected and owned or shared (via the public library system!). The dialogue between these two is witty and erudite, but not pompous.<\/p>\n<p>Book lovers, library users and patrons of book stores, will all find something in <strong><em><a href=\"http:\/\/search.prairiecat.info\/?itemid=|library\/marc\/PALS-unicorn|2267123\" target=\"_blank\">The Cookbook Collector<\/a><\/em><\/strong> to chew on.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The title of The Cookbook Collector by Allegra Goodman is indicative of the book&#8217;s style. The cookbooks in question aren&#8217;t introduced until well into the story, and is just one of several plotlines. The book has been compared to Jane Austen&#8217;s Sense and Sensibility but I get a Dicken&#8217;s vibe,<a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/the-cookbook-collector\/\">[Read more]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[10,8],"tags":[3252,1330,186,476,139,391],"class_list":["post-8237","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-books","category-staff-picks","tag-books","tag-collecting","tag-cookbooks","tag-family-drama","tag-libraries","tag-sisters"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pd0CXx-28R","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8237","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8237"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8237\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8274,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8237\/revisions\/8274"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8237"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8237"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8237"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}