At the Estate Sale with Rosie

Long-time friends know that I am endlessly amused by finding In the Kitchen with Rosie at thrift stores, garage sales, and - as of yesterday - at an estate sale. EVERYONE wanted it when it was published. No one wants it now ....

Wordless Wednesday with Rosie

My first sighting of it in Toledo ... ;)

Still in the Thrift Shops with Rosie

Still playing the game of searching for copies of this book at thrift shops ... ;) For the history of this perverse little amusement of mine, click here.

Wordless Wednesday - More Amusement at the Thrift Shop

Long-time followers know I always smirk when I see copies of this book languishing on thrift store shelves.  (Here's a previous post about it.)  So many bought the book, so many have discarded it ....

Go check 'em out on AnnArbor.com:
Yesterday: Moroccan Bread Salad
Today: Vegetable-Stuffed Baked Yellow Squash

In the Thrift Shops with Rosie

Remember when all the lemmings who follow Oprah's every move bought the cookbook that her personal chef, Rosie Daley, had written: In the Kitchen with Rosie???

Well, 'twould seem that no one wants the book any more. No matter which thrift shop I go into -- PTO Thrift Shop, Ann Arbor Thrift Shop, Value World, St. Vincent de Paul Store, The Re-Use Center -- I inevitably find a copy. The sampling offered below represents just the past few weeks' worth of trolling:








No profound observations to offer here -- it's just become a game for me to find a copy of the book at each secondhand store, so I thought I'd share my warped sense of amusement ... ;)