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Monday, May 09, 2011

Eat like a superhero

Whoa: somebody from the site Branded in the 80s dug up a copy of DC Comics' Super Heroes Super Healthy Cookbook, a mini cookbook that appeared in the July 1981 issue of Woman's Day. Doesn't the mere sight of those Vegetable Robots make you want to have a party and serve 'em to all your friends?

Labels: Comics, Magazines, Old Books

Tuesday, September 21, 2010

Looking to waste some time?

Have I got the iTunes app for you: several "classic" Choose Your Own Adventure titles have been launched recently as interactive reading experiences for the iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad.

Even as a child, I hated CYOA books (they aggravated my OCD, which forced me to constantly backtrack and read every potential outcome), but I suppose this news will warm the hearts of the (inexplicably) vast numbers of people who actually experience '80s nostalgia.

Labels: Old Books, Series, Technology

Wednesday, April 01, 2009

This not an April Fools' joke.

...but it might as well be:

Some lucky Slashfood writer picked this charming 1974 cookbook up at a New Jersey booksale, and I am so jealous.

Labels: Cookbooks, gross, Oh, Old Books

Friday, January 16, 2009

So wrong...

Behold! A new (to me, at least) Edward Gorey-illustrated book: the cheerfully inappropriate-looking 1965 faux etiquette guide The Recently Deflowered Girl: The Right Thing To Say on Every Dubious Occasion:

And my birthday is next week, too!

Labels: Edward Gorey, Old Books

Tuesday, November 27, 2007

Whoa.

Is it wrong that I totally want this? I mean, it's not like I'm eager to smell like "old English novels, Russian and Moroccan leather bindings, and a soupçon of wood polish", (plus, in my experience, libraries tend to smell like mildew, sweat, and the ghosts of cigarettes past), but that packaging sings to my very soul.

Labels: Old Books, Shopping