On the kitchen area bookshelves...

Added note:  Always in the basket are the cookbooks from which I am researching recipes at the moment.

I was asked what books are in the kitchen bookshelves.  I figured a little show is easier than tell at the moment.  These are the cookbooks in my 30+ years of collecting.  I gave my gourmet style cookbooks to the library for their sales long ago...

Oh, that red bookshelf was in my husband's room when he grew up.  I think it amusing that it is painted red as that is not a color his family ever decorated with.  So it had to be used when it came to be in his bedroom. Perhaps the shelf knew it was coming to me someday?  ;)

I'd say three-fourths of these books were purchased used, some were gifts, and only a few did I pay full price.

These pics do not show absolutely every cookbook... but most of them.