The day before the Duckathlon I spend my early
afternoon loitering around in Kitchen Arts & Letters, New York’s resident cookbook store. I told you about
this place last May after my first visit, but I thought it deserved a post all to itself. Just a
few days after reading about a serious
weekend-long book sale at Rabelais Books in Portland, ME I got a
newsletter in my inbox saying KA&L would be having their own! Rejoice!
The sale was confined to a
table in the back of the (not large) store. Because the space given for the
sale was small, books were being brought out from storage in shifts, hence the
loitering. Every cover had a colored sticker in the upper left hand corner and
signs with prices were hanging above the table. Prices ranged from $1 to $10.
I got there an hour after the
sale began and saw some good ones had already been scooped up by shoppers; most
notably A Return to Cooking
by Eric Ripert and Michael Ruhlman. The narrow
space took a bit of maneuvering to make sure you could look through what was
already out but most importantly see what was coming out new. I admit I was
watching the store employees like a hawk waiting to see when they went in the
back and positioning myself as close as possible to where the newbies were
being placed.
by Eric Ripert and Michael Ruhlman. The narrow
space took a bit of maneuvering to make sure you could look through what was
already out but most importantly see what was coming out new. I admit I was
watching the store employees like a hawk waiting to see when they went in the
back and positioning myself as close as possible to where the newbies were
being placed.
