Cool Cath- thanks for the recommendation! I can't order any until my next pay-day, or even further down the road, but since all 5 are available for LOW used prices, I may just get them all! They look like larger, lovely books- loaded w/ gorgeous photos!

Janie- it'll be fun to get them maybe around the s ame time you do so we can compare notes!

Cookbook Review of Brook's:

A Dear Friend who’s knees-deep in food projects all over warns about “The Frugal Foodie Cookbook”. KYHeirloomer calls it: “A totally exploitive "cookbook" that takes Jeff Smith's wonderful concepts and aborts them in every way possible. It's officially out this month, and my review will be at cheftalk in October---a review where it's totally panned.”

Thanks for letting us in on this review! Won't waste any time or $$$ on that one!

Thanks for letting us know Kev.

These two will definately be on my to buy list.

Amazon.com: Heirloom Cooking With the Brass Sisters: Recipes You Remember and Love (9781579127848): Marilynn Brass, Sheila Brass, Andy Ryan: Books

Amazon.com: Heirloom Baking with the Brass Sisters: More than 100 Years of Recipes Discovered from Family Cookbooks, Original Journals, Scraps of Paper, and Grandmothers Kitchen (9781579125882): Marilynn Brass, Sheila Brass: Books

I like these three also.
Amazon.com: Country Inn: The Best of Casual Country Cooking (Casual Cuisines of the World) (9780376020420): George Mahaffey, Evan Kleiman: Books

Amazon.com: Diner: The Best of Casual American Cooking (The Casual Cuisines of the World) (9780376020376): Diane Rossen Worthington, Allan Rosenberg: Books

Amazon.com: Comfort Foods: Rachael Ray 30-Minute Meals (0606493000055): Rachael Ray: Books