nuh uh. Cookbooks ARE literature. I discovered this awhile back and I've been on a mission to get paid to write "Reading the Cookbook" or some cultural studies approach to lit. I will also analyze the use of cookbooks and craft a method for gauging the best recipes using my ex-mother-in-laws tip when she gave me her old cookbooks. She said in a low, conspiratorial voice, "NOw, sweetie, I never told any of my others daughter-in-laws, but I'll tell you. I worked as a maid in other people's kitchens for years before I got married. You can tell what the most used recipes are by locating the pages that stick together." :)
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