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disorganized, but just ask the staff and
they'll help you locate the topic you
need—as well as others you never knew
you needed. Prices can be high, but not
prohibitive when you know you'll never
find that particular rare book anywhere
else ever again.
(
&
626/296-1638;
www.cookbooksjj.com;
closed Sun-Mon).
(
Los Angeles International (11 miles/
17km).
L
$$
Artists' Inn & Cottage Bed &
Breakfast,
1038 Magnolia St,. South Pasa-
dena (
&
888/799-5668
or 626/799-5668;
www.artistsinns.com). $
Saga Motor
Hotel,
1633 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena
(
&
800/793-7242
or 626/795-0431; www.
thesagamotorhotel.com).
The Cook's Library,
8373 W. Third
St., West Hollywood (
&
323/655-3141;
www.cookslibrary.com; closed Sun).
Cook
Books,
1388 E. Washington Blvd., Pasadena
Cookbooks & Kitchenware
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Cookbook Store
Northern Star
Toronto, Ontario
Since the Cookbook Store first opened in
1983, this spunky independent bookstore
downtown has become a de rigueur stop
for culinary luminaries visiting Canada—
everyone from Martha Stewart to Jamie
Oliver, from Gordon Ramsay to Nigella
Lawson—as well as local food and wine
experts. Besides book signings, the shop
hosts regular wine tastings and other
foodie events, such as an evening where
customers can bring in their old cook-
books and find out if they're valuable.
The Cookbook Store definitely func-
tions as home base for local foodies, and
the engaging staff seems to know every-
thing about the Toronto food scene. (Chat
long enough and you may get some great
restaurant recommendations from them.)
Though the store is fairly small, it has up to
6,000 titles in stock, including both British
editions of cookbooks that haven't been
Americanized and U.S. books that aren't
readily available in overseas markets.
While you're here, it's only a block's
walk to the nearest branch of
Kitchen
Stuff Plus,
at 703 Yonge St. (
&
416/944-
2718
), which sells quality bake ware, pots
and pans, knives, and kitchen gadgets at
discount prices.
850 Yonge St. (
&
416/920-2665;
www.
cook-book.com).
(
Toronto International (28km/17
miles).
L
$$$
Le Royal Meridien King
Edward,
37 King St. E (
&
800/543-4300
or 416/863-9700; www.starwoodhotels.
com). $$
The Drake Hotel,
1150 Queen
St. W (
&
416/531-5042;
www.thedrake
hotel.ca).
