New T-Shirt! "Lost Restaurants of Santa Cruz County"

Our new t-shirt comes in three sizes: Medium, Large or X-Large.

Uni-sex, 100% Cotton, Hanes Beefy T, and locally produced.

Order one for yourself and a friend! $20 each

Gift wrapping available.

  "Lost Restaurants of Santa Cruz County" T-Shirt 100% Cotton    

Written by Liz Pollock — February 19, 2020

"Lost Restaurants of Santa Cruz County" - By Liz Pollock.

Lost Restaurants of Santa Cruz County. By Liz Pollock. Mt. Pleasant, SC: The History Press, 2020. One in the series American Palate. 8vo. Signed by author at title. 160pp., profusely illust., biblio., index. Color illust. wraps. Brand New.

It will be shipped as soon as possible!

                  Lost Restaurants of Santa Cruz County

Written by Liz Pollock — November 16, 2019

Happy New Year!

Happy 2018!

Wishing you all the very best!

Written by Liz Pollock — December 27, 2017

All Veterans receive a 10% discount!

Food Service/Culinary Specialists in the Military receive a 10% discount!

We appreciate your service and we want to help you build a great library of cookbooks!

Call (831) 251-9218 for more information...

Written by Liz Pollock — February 01, 2017

Support Your Local Bookstores! Call us first!

The future of both the brick and mortar and online bookstores concerns me and I hope that you continue to show support for locally owned and operated bookstores. If we don’t carry a title or have it in stock at the moment, let us order it for you from our likewise independent colleagues - we network all the time, or we will order it from the publisher directly, rather than fall back on the knee jerk conglomerate Megabookstore, you know, the one that's run by robots.  

Too often I am hearing that a book (purchased through the Megabookstore) having been described as "Good" has instead arrived in a very different condition. So buyers beware and call us first!  We have more than 35 years of experience and know that bibliography and cataloguing policies are important, and a truthful and fair description of a collectible book is something to be proud of.  

These days, people are looking for "sustainable seafood" and "local produce", so treat yourself to locally bought books as well, because booksellers want to be “sustainable” too!  We live and work in the neighborhood and in your community.

Just like regularly visiting the library, make it a habit of going to your local bookshop; it's a real and personal experience that will last you your whole life.

Written by Liz Pollock — June 05, 2016

Coming May 14 - "Julia Child: A Well-Thumbed Checklist of Books and Ephemera."

      I hope to see you there!

      

Written by Liz Pollock — April 21, 2016

Cookbooks in Victorian England

We are now gathering together cookbooks published during 19th Century Victorian England.  Featured are recipes for preparing the food and drink available during that time, with much discussion about Domestic Service.  Also newly acquired are interesting Trade Catalogues for the types of cast-iron stoves used in both city and country households. The engraving represented here is from Mrs. [Maria Eliza] Rundell's A New System of Domestic Cookery, ca. 1800's.  You will also find listed many scholarly books written about this period, well-written and well-researched.  For more information call (831) 251-9218

Written by Liz Pollock — April 13, 2016

Happy St. Patrick's Day! James Beard's Recipe for Corned Beef!

You will find the best recipe for Corned Beef, and other classic dishes in his book, James Beard's American Cookery.  Published in 1972, reprinted many times, with illustrations by Earl Thollander.  Includes a recipe for "New England Boiled Dinner" with carrots, potatoes, turnips, and cabbage; plus (for any leftovers) his delicious recipe for "Corned Beef Hash."  To order, (831) 251-9218

Written by Liz Pollock — March 14, 2016