My husband’s niece got married last week, across the country from us and we couldn’t attend. She didn’t have much of a wish list in terms of registry, as her husband’s culture doesn’t know that tangible and tacky fact of American society, so we went off the menu.
We would never give cash, though others did. Both of their families love to cook and I know that they were already given knives. So I gave them two of my favorite cookbooks. I always give an out-of-print edition of James Beard’s Theory and Practice of Good Cooking to any bride/groom I know and love.
I added Julia Child’s The Way To Cook, to round it out and provide photos for some classic French recipes and others.
They got a new place to live, and are looking for furniture this weekend to make their new house a home. I hope they have a shelf for two cookbooks they’ll have for a lifetime. Here’s to promoting young love, Dee
Cooking with Dee 
??? Feeling a day late & a dollar short – say WHAT???
Margie’s folks, Tommy and Mary’s daughter. And Margie went to Boston and tried French Onion Soup and mussels! Imagine that. But they sold 3/4 of the herd last weekend because of drought. One bull left. Joe saw that the drought would continue and did what he had to do. Folks were impressed at what he sold, know that he knows cattle in what to buy and what to raise. You can raise and buy and sell cattle but you live and die on your reputation, and Joe has a good one. d
Gosh, there’s quite a difference between a NIECE & a COUSIN; you nearly gave me a heart attack! (don’t worry, I talked to J Sat night)
Sorry, I think of her as a niece. All these cousins, I’m not used to a family of 60+! We used to have a nuclear family of six for Thanksgiving.