I, with a French first name and a German professional last name (Oppenheimer), am the current-day embodiment of a line of food-conscience ancestors. My grandfather from Strausburg, Alsace Lorraine, was a Matre'D married to a great cook, Nanna, from Pennsylvania Amish country. Nanny's son, who lived with us and did some of the cooking, had been a natural cook in the US Air Force, And, one of my father's brothers was a New England baker for 60 years, Not surprisingly, none of them ever wrote a cookbook, and maybe never read one.

On the other hand, I was a food writer for local NYC newspapers for many years and accumulated somewhere between 700 and a thousand cookbooks. That is only the tip of my resources iceberg, In NYC I have access to fabulous libraries, the internet, and several bookstores that specialize in cookbooks. Lucky me!

Now, as a retired daily writer but still freelancing, and after having traveled to all the major continents of the world, I want to share my accumulated food and cultural knowledge. (My family and friends are urging me to write a book.)

Helium suggested a collaborative for people interested in the time, place and cultural impact on food. So, here you have it; an "All About Cookbooks Collaborative".

Jeanne Oppenheimer-Davis

My passion is ...

writing

I know too much about ...

living,eating and travel

My parents always told me ...

Do what you enjoy

My childhood ambition ...

See the world

My favorite memory ...

Touring new countries

Why I write ...

For pleasure

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

Ann Perry and biographies

My first job ...

Selling in 5 & 10 store

My best moment ...

Too many to list

My inspiration ...

My friends

Hobbies & Games > Antiques & Collecting Reflections: Collections that are important to me

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The Joy of Collecting
There is much joy in being a collector. The size and value of your collection are only a small part of the joy and satisfaction a collection (or collections) can give you. At the personal level there are real intellectual stimulations, knowledge and pleasures of accomplishment to be derived from collections.

Newspaper, TV and internet newsletter articles may be about art or antique collections worth millions of dollars. But, they are about only a tiny fraction of collectors and collections. The mass majority of collectors collect things that are not high value anti...

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