Oh my! I did a day trip up to Greensboro to buy a framed Bob Timberlake print early last year and discovered the used bookstore McKay Books & CDs. I bought a ton of cookbooks. Not sure where those are right this very moment….but, on a trip to Winston-Salem last year, I found that there is a McKay’s Books there as well.
My husband was with me for this trip through the store, so I had to chose sparingly and with caution.
I love, love, love the cookbooks I found. Plus, I can’t believe the variety that they had…there were some well-traveled cookbooks in there.
The Seasonal Palette (NC’s Taste Full Magazine). These were recipes inspired by Bob Timberlake and when I opened the cover…boom…Bob Timberlake autograph!
Not Afraid of Flavor: Recipes from Magnolia Grill (Ben and Karen Barker). These two chefs met at culinary school. Rick is a chef and his wife, Karen, is a pastry chef. Both are equally celebrated with a James Beard Award and Bon Appetit’s Best Pastry Chef Award respectively.
If memory serves, I believe Karen Barker recently passed away. So this cookbook is a great legacy for her vision. And as I began flipping through…boom…autographs!
Now it is inscribed to someone named Lee, but I’m thinking this is an important cookbook to pick up.
How many times have I written about my trips to Hilton Head and the island’s amazing thrift stores? Look what I found:
Twice Treasured Recipes (The Bargain Box).
Who knew The Bargain Box compiled and published their own cookbook? It’s on the grounds of The First Presbyterian Church since being started in the mid-1960s. So, I guess it could have recipes from the church members? I’ve been going to Hilton Head for a long, long time and never knew about this cookbook. And here I find it in Winston-Salem?! Plus, this is a first edition!
Lastly, I came across this beautiful cookbook:
Christ Church Frederica Cookbook (St. Simons Island, Georgia). I love the watercolor of the church and trees. I think it’s wonderful when a congregation can get an artist to do a watercolor of the front of the church and landscape. What an amazing way to celebrate (and fundraise) with a gorgeous watercolor print on the wall. That could even turn into a heirloom piece to hand down generation after generation.
And it was the bargain of the bunch at $1.
So, next time I’m in Greensboro or Winston-Salem, I’ll have to swing by and visit McKay Books!