Sharon Bramcamp Hohmann of Sunnyvale, center, found a treasure at a 优蜜传媒 second-hand store with her daughters, Karen Evans, left, and Cathy Vance: a family cookbook much like her own.
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Dan, left, and Tim Hay, with their mother鈥檚 beloved (and illustrated) cookbook.
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Betty Hay died in 2002 at age 91.
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The well loved, well used cookbook. Cover art by Betty Hay.
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Front page of Main Dishes section.
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Sharon Bramcamp Hohmann of Sunnyvale, center, found a treasure at a 优蜜传媒 second-hand store with her daughters, Karen Evans, left, and Cathy Vance: a family cookbook much like her own.
My father had a collection of hard-bound classics in his library that would impress Ron Burgundy. The complete works of Charles Dickens, Plato, Socrates, Miguel de Cervantes, Carl Sandburg鈥檚 four-volume biography of Lincoln. They were so immaculately preserved, I can only assume Dad handled them, literally, with white gloves.
As best I can remember, my mother, in contrast, owned only a few 鈥渋mportant鈥 books, and unlike everything else in our home, some of them were a mess. One in particular stands out in my memory, anyway: Pages stained with Crisco grease and gritty flour residue, handwritten additions scrawled in the outer margins, used envelopes with scribbled notes tucked randomly throughout.
Robert Price is an Emmy-winning reporter for KGET-TV. His column appears here Sundays; the views expressed are his own. Reach him at rprice661@gmail.com or via Twitter: @stubblebuzz.