You Know One When You See One. How I Fell in Love with Cookbooks as Stories.

Anyone who grew up with a mom or dad obsessed with cooking magazines or recipe books knows exactly what I’m talking about. I’m talking about the parent who’s a full-time cook and part-time recipe hoarder. In my case, that is my mother Mona — a woman who loves to cook, entertain, and never met a recipe she didn’t want to “save for later.”