Trying to find a cookbook for purchase online

March 9, 2006 7:12 AM

Please help me find a copy of this cookbook. My amazon and google-fu fail me on this one.

It's called "Kitchen Comforts: Recipes to Feed Body and Soul" by Gay T. Boassy. ISBN: 1-897115-07-5 and the publisher is Simple Dream Publishing. I've been tasked with finding copies for purchase and it doesn't seem I can find them anywhere. Any help is appreciated!

posted by genial to Grab Bag (12 answers total)

Are you absolutely positive that it's not this book?

Kitchen Komforts: Fabulous Comfort Food Recipes and Inspiring Short Stories to Nourish the Body and Soul
(ISBN: 1581823827)
by Lulu Roman

I had to ask because the names are so similar. Otherwise... I'm coming up empty...
posted by machinecraig at 7:21 AM on March 9, 2006

Response by poster: No, I actually have the book in front of me, but my boss wants a copy so I thought I'd test the knowledge of the ask metafilter hivemind.
posted by genial at 7:31 AM on March 9, 2006

Wow, you have the book in front of you and it's *not* the Lulu Roman book? What year was it published? There are other Gay T. Boassy books at Bookfinder.com, biblio.com, alibris.com, etc., but no results for "Kithcen Comforts" or that ISBN at all. At this point, your best bet is probably using the contact info for the publisher and ordering directly from them. If it's not there, this page lists a phone number in Canada:
Simple Dream Publishing [phone]
posted by mediareport at 7:40 AM on March 9, 2006

Huh. I searched the Library of Congress for that ISBN and nothing came up. I also searched there for all books by that author, Boassy, and no recipe books came up.

I think I found a phone number for Simple Dream Publishing, though: 514-939-1873 (Canada). Give 'em a ring?

On preview, jinx.
posted by Gator at 7:43 AM on March 9, 2006

I did find this, indicating that the book does, apparently, exist, though.
posted by Gator at 7:44 AM on March 9, 2006

I found it in a high school library, though I know that's no help. Here's kind of a link to the page I found.

I'm going to keep looking. That page isn't really working as well as I'd like.
posted by bDiddy at 7:44 AM on March 9, 2006

Damn preview!
posted by bDiddy at 7:45 AM on March 9, 2006

I found the author by doing a Zaba Search. If you can't rouse the people at Simple Dream, you could always look her up and call her directly.
posted by yellowcandy at 8:26 AM on March 9, 2006

According to the Library and Archives Canada Simple Dream Publishing did not use that ISBN. Here is the record:

1. Simple Dream Publishing Inc.

1280 St-Marc St., PH1
Montréal, QC
H3H 2G1
Telephone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
E-mail: [e-mail]
ISBN Prefix: 0-9733161 ; 0-9733324
Date of registration: 2003-04-25
Date of last contact: 2004-06-14

Here are their records on Gay Talbott Boassy as author (he has other records as illustrator):

1 Littauer, Florence, 1928-. A letter is a gift forever : the charm and tradition of a handwritten note / Florence Littauer with Tammy Bennett and Rose Sweet ; artwork by Gay Talbott Boassy. -- Eugene, Or. : Harvest House Publishers, c2001.
2 A romantic treasury of love : sweet words to win the heart / Victorian overlays by Gay Talbott Boassy. -- Eugene, Or. : Harvest House Publishers, c1999.
3 Boassy, Gay Talbott, 1957-. A is for always my friend / paintings by Gay Talbott Boassy. -- Eugene, Or. : Harvest House, c2000.
4 Boassy, Gay Talbott, 1957-. Bear hugs : a friend is a gift to cherish : art / by Gay Talbott Boassy. -- Eugene, Or. : Harvest House Publishers, c2002.
5 Appel, Dee. Good friends sip together through thick and thin / written by Dee Appel ; illustrated by Gay Talbott Boassy. -- Sisters, OR : Blue Cottage Gifts, c2001.
6 Best wishes / art by Gay Talbott Boassy. -- Sisters, Or. : Blue Cottage Gifts, c2001.
7 Good cheer / art by Gay Talbott Boassy. -- Sisters, Or. : Blue Cottage Gifts, c2001.
8 The key to my heart / art by Gay Talbott Boassy. -- Eugene, Or. : Harvest House Publishers, c2000.
posted by caddis at 8:57 AM on March 9, 2006

Also, that ISBN appears to come from South Africa or Zimbabwe, not Canada.
posted by caddis at 9:38 AM on March 9, 2006

Try calling this shop. I'm sure you'll get lots of good background from this thread but I think this one might be beyond the internet.

Bonnie Slotnick Cookbooks of New York. I'm guessing this has a kids focus and she specializes in kids cookbooks among other things.

Alternately, per Gator, sneak into the Liberty Elementary library and steal their copy. No, but seriously, that's bad karma nobody wants.
posted by nanojath at 9:44 AM on March 9, 2006

Response by poster: Thanks for all the great information. I have already emailed the publishers so maybe I'll here from them. The strange thing is that this book is not old at all, printed just last year. And as a couple people have noted, a google search shows one lone library with a copy of it. Strange....Thanks to all for your searching though!
posted by genial at 11:58 AM on March 9, 2006