Peas help us find a missing cookbook
November 18, 2008 9:39 AM Subscribe
Peas help me find a vegetarian cookbook my daughter loves that has been sold and can't be remembered.
Here we are with a "please help me find a certain book" question, but this might be off the wall.
Here's the story: our little 22-month-old Toddler Writer loves to shop with us at local book store. With her granddad in-tow, she always finds this small vegetarian cookbook with peas on the cover. "Peas ... book," she says. She's enamored because she loves peas, mushy, but they are peas.
So, this goes on for a few weeks; she finds the book without problems. But jump to this past weekend: the book has been sold! Oh, no! Cue my daughter saying, "No....book...no book." We look around and can't find it. Sadly, the book store won't help much without us remembering the name of the book or the author.
And that's where you come in, dear MetaFilter users. Please help us find this book she loves!
The details:
1. Vegetarian cook book
2. Peas on the cover, but in a close-up/macro way, like peering into a pea pod.
3. It might have read something like XXX number of vegetarian recipes.
4. Size-wise, its more tall than wide. I'd say 10 inches tall by 5 inches wide.
5. Length, its not too long. Figure 100 pages or so.
6. The copy we've seen is hardbound with a glossy-like cover.
7. No author details that we can remember.
And if you think this is too hard to help with, just imagine saying no when a little girl like this asks for a cookbook she loves.
Here we are with a "please help me find a certain book" question, but this might be off the wall.
Here's the story: our little 22-month-old Toddler Writer loves to shop with us at local book store. With her granddad in-tow, she always finds this small vegetarian cookbook with peas on the cover. "Peas ... book," she says. She's enamored because she loves peas, mushy, but they are peas.
So, this goes on for a few weeks; she finds the book without problems. But jump to this past weekend: the book has been sold! Oh, no! Cue my daughter saying, "No....book...no book." We look around and can't find it. Sadly, the book store won't help much without us remembering the name of the book or the author.
And that's where you come in, dear MetaFilter users. Please help us find this book she loves!
The details:
1. Vegetarian cook book
2. Peas on the cover, but in a close-up/macro way, like peering into a pea pod.
3. It might have read something like XXX number of vegetarian recipes.
4. Size-wise, its more tall than wide. I'd say 10 inches tall by 5 inches wide.
5. Length, its not too long. Figure 100 pages or so.
6. The copy we've seen is hardbound with a glossy-like cover.
7. No author details that we can remember.
And if you think this is too hard to help with, just imagine saying no when a little girl like this asks for a cookbook she loves.
Response by poster: headnsouth: No, it's not geared toward kids. It's in the general population of your typical cookbook for adults. But a good question/detail I wouldn't thought of to share in this search.
posted by fijiwriter at 10:02 AM on November 18, 2008
posted by fijiwriter at 10:02 AM on November 18, 2008
Best answer: 100 Best Vegetarian Recipes by Carol Gelles
posted by booknerd at 10:08 AM on November 18, 2008 [1 favorite]
posted by booknerd at 10:08 AM on November 18, 2008 [1 favorite]
I've never seen it before, but found it in the second or third page of Amazon results after searching for hardcover cookbooks with keywords "vegetarian" and "recipes".
posted by booknerd at 10:09 AM on November 18, 2008
posted by booknerd at 10:09 AM on November 18, 2008
Sorry, same one as booknerd. One day I'll learn to preview.
posted by advicepig at 10:10 AM on November 18, 2008
posted by advicepig at 10:10 AM on November 18, 2008
Response by poster: booknerd and advicepig FTW!
Seriously, I'm in shock...that's exactly it.
posted by fijiwriter at 10:15 AM on November 18, 2008
Seriously, I'm in shock...that's exactly it.
posted by fijiwriter at 10:15 AM on November 18, 2008
Oh, and I had the very same methodology as booknerd and more time than things to do today.
posted by advicepig at 10:24 AM on November 18, 2008
posted by advicepig at 10:24 AM on November 18, 2008
Now that this thread is over, I have to say, the emotional blackmail of posting pictures of your little girl to make sure that all of MeFi wants to answer your question is positively machiavellian. I'm going to use her for all my future Ask.Mes.
"Should I have my cat declawed? Before you answer, think about my kitten scratching this adorable little girl."
"Is this guy a jerk, should I DTMFA? He made this charming tot cry."
"Where can I -- and this cherubic little child -- go for fantastic Dim Sum in San Francisco?"
posted by jacquilynne at 11:10 AM on November 18, 2008 [15 favorites]
"Should I have my cat declawed? Before you answer, think about my kitten scratching this adorable little girl."
"Is this guy a jerk, should I DTMFA? He made this charming tot cry."
"Where can I -- and this cherubic little child -- go for fantastic Dim Sum in San Francisco?"
posted by jacquilynne at 11:10 AM on November 18, 2008 [15 favorites]
This thread is closed to new comments.
posted by headnsouth at 9:50 AM on November 18, 2008