Comments on: Omnivore Books, San Francisco

By: Bart Van Mulders

Bart Van Mulders — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 11:44:26 +0000

Interesting, one of the things I dream of is to travel the west coast of the States. SF is one of the places I would dream to visit.
I love vintage books! What I really like is to see how some recipes from the past have evolved into the recipes they are today. Last week I made a cheese cake that had a very simple filling, while the recipe I found in the 2008 edition of the same book was much more complicated. I think this is interesting. The cheese cake (made with a recipe from 1975) was simple but very delicious!
Vintage books are cool!

By: George@CulinaryTravels

George@CulinaryTravels — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 11:39:02 +0000

I have a terrible ‘amazon’ habit but nothing compares to a leisurely time in a bookshop leafing through the ‘goodies’, both food related and otherwise.

By: MC

MC — Wed, 27 May 2009 12:47:59 +0000

Provençal cooking! So delicious… There is something magical about second hand bookstores as you never know what kind of a miracle is going to fall into your hands. I am like Susan, I go straight to bread baking books first, then I go to cookbooks. I am running out of shelf space but recipes are really not easy to thumb through on a Kindle…

By: Jeremy

Jeremy — Tue, 26 May 2009 23:00:47 +0000

Hi MC,
Yeah I mentioned it, and I also used to get second hand books at Argosy on 59th, I picked up a great book on Provencale cooking, all my chefs wanted to steal it!!!

By: MC

MC — Tue, 26 May 2009 22:03:40 +0000

Wow, Susan! One more wonderful thing to do on weekends between classes at SFBI… Thank you, I am adding it to the list this minute.
Jeremy, there is a cookbook store in NYC! Check out this link: http://www.kitchenartsandletters.com. It’s on Lexington Avenue, maybe in the upper 80’s or 90’s…

By: Stefanie

Stefanie — Tue, 26 May 2009 20:01:36 +0000

I love this kind of bookstores, too. We have a nice one here in cologne, but sadly for me, the bread baking section is very small
But cookbooks -So much, so different ones. I can never leave without buying some

By: Jeremy

Jeremy — Tue, 26 May 2009 19:07:46 +0000

I don’t see many in NY sad to say!!! BN and Amazon are about it, save kitchen arts and letters which is nice but so pricey!!!
Worlds changing, maybe with the down turn or recession will go back to mom and pop!? Sure hope so!

Jeremy

By: Lien

Lien — Tue, 26 May 2009 13:32:48 +0000

What a wonderful shop… just wished I lived closer by

By: Macie

Macie — Tue, 26 May 2009 13:08:46 +0000

If I’m ever in SF, I will be sure to stop by there! I looove foraging for good books — especially food related ones

By: Caitlin

Caitlin — Tue, 26 May 2009 12:01:05 +0000

Oh yay! I’m headed to San Francisco in 3 (!) weeks (!) and definitely need to stop by there. Too cool!