354483 Tue Dec 26 19:48:33 -0800 2006 20 29 Not About Food 0 2129562 I have too many cookbooks and need to clear my shelves! Do you have an idea of where I can recycle them? Do you want them? Most of Saveur 2003 (plus a few) Most of Gourmet 2004 (plus a couple) I just want to get rid of 'em (for the price of shipping, if required). Thanks -- MLezak Tue Dec 26 19:48:33 -0800 2006 62017 mlezak 1 2129591 I once hit the motherlode when I drove to the library to put my books in the night drop. Someone had left all of their old cooking magazines out in front. There were over 5 years worth of Martha Stewart, and several years each of Gourmet and Bon Appetit. I put all of them in my car. After I looked through them I took them to my office and put them in the lunch room. Martha Stewart disappeared within minutes. All the rest were gone within a couple of hours. But, bottom line, your local library may be a good place to start. Tue Dec 26 20:02:25 -0800 2006 2129562 13794 SilverlakeGirl 1 2129593 or take them to a used bookstore...where people like me will buy them and love them forever!! Tue Dec 26 20:03:46 -0800 2006 2129562 50431 chef chicklet 1 2129610 Or to a local hospital, a lot of them have lending libraries or a book cart they take around to patients. Tue Dec 26 20:13:07 -0800 2006 2129562 60959 bkath 2 2130491 Lord, I cannot think of a worse torture to read about wonderful food while having to eat hospital food. Wed Dec 27 03:45:19 -0800 2006 2129610 10642 bryan 1 2129755 I keep my Saveurs and the Dec. issues of Gourmet. The rest get recycyled. With so much available on line I just can't see justifying the real estate to keep much else. Tue Dec 26 21:26:03 -0800 2006 2129562 10285 Candy 1 2129806 Sell them on Ebay...people spend a buch to get a whole year of a collection. http://www.shoplateda.com Tue Dec 26 21:44:37 -0800 2006 2129562 11854 LaLa 2 2135614 The first issue of Saveur brought me $175 on ebay this year. Fri Dec 29 01:34:38 -0800 2006 2129806 17282 missclaudy 1 2129893 With online resources these days, older cooking magazines aren't for serious cooks. But after spending several hours in a large hospital waiting room, these kinds of reading material are far more entertaining than news magazines that are a couple of months out of date. Tue Dec 26 22:19:05 -0800 2006 2129562 10855 nosh 2 2130065 Sorry Nosh I am disagreeing with you. I consider myself to be a serious cook. If what you say is true, than why are there so many libraries. These magazines can be used as another resource, and I also like the advantage of having many options to choose from when doing research rather than limiting myself to the internet. Tue Dec 26 23:38:34 -0800 2006 2129893 50431 chef chicklet 1 2129952 Take them to a culinary school or Home Ec teacher! Tue Dec 26 22:41:35 -0800 2006 2129562 36312 HillJ 2 2130416 I second! Any culinary school would welcome the "donation" of the mags. Eager culinary students love looking at back issues of things, and they get used so much it's nice to get "fresh" copies. Wed Dec 27 02:55:43 -0800 2006 2129952 16301 Non Cognomina 1 2130149 Our recycling center has a place to leave magazines/books. My food ones disappear quickly. Wed Dec 27 00:23:02 -0800 2006 2129562 11995 pikawicca 1 2130175 Use another great internet resource freecycle.org. http://www.freecycle.org/ Join your local group read the rules of the road and post an offer of the magazines. Someone will come and get them and love them. I wait until I have one of those small shopping bags that just fits a typical magazine and post a bag full. Wed Dec 27 00:36:44 -0800 2006 2129562 21331 BostonZest 1 2130577 i work in special ed. middle school and high school--we use simple ideas for cooking in our class to start showing the students life skills cooking is a big life skill Wed Dec 27 04:34:29 -0800 2006 2129562 62133 clemmons 1 2130877 Thanks for all the ideas -- I also posted this on Craig's List and got a nibble! Had that not worked, I would have started making phone calls to cooking schools and the like -- but I'm trying to make this as easy as possible (on me!). Miriam Wed Dec 27 13:09:54 -0800 2006 2129562 62017 mlezak 1 2133420 Sell them on eBay. There is a customer out there for everything. Thu Dec 28 09:01:33 -0800 2006 2129562 10838 Fleur 1 2136239 Lots of great ideas - here's one more: freecycle.org If you're in an area with a freecycle group, you can join, then post a note on what you're trying to recycle. There's sure to be someone who wants what you don't. Anne Fri Dec 29 07:49:20 -0800 2006 2129562 12541 AnneInMpls 2 2142825 Great tip. Thanks for posting. Mon Jan 01 04:02:45 -0800 2007 2136239 16301 Non Cognomina 1 2143589 Don't let them be torn to shreds. Give them to a library, used book store, or sell them. I want them, but my husband would shit if I brought more food magazines into the house. (I made him cut back on his daffy duck collecting). We also have 3 cats now, which is why I cannot go into PetSmart (alone) anymore. Mon Jan 01 19:28:13 -0800 2007 2129562 11408 melly 1 2679076 After checking with my local library information desk, I got a referral to the American Merchant Marine Library in Oakland, CA. It was delighted to get magazines of any type to have on board ships to help pass the time. If you're on a coast, you may be able to find a similar place. Not all public libraries accept magazines, so you need to check. One wanted only a certain year of Bon Appetit that it didn't already have, and it didn't want copies to which it did not already subscribe. Wed Jun 20 17:02:44 -0700 2007 2129562 106787 DL1