First off, let me say, I love this idea! Due to my love of good food and cooking, I have quite the collection of cookbooks. There are, of course, a few that don’t get much use. We all have our favourites we gravitate to. Thus, there are cookbooks collecting a bit of dust that are great. Case in point, the two Nigella Lawson cookbooks that were a gift, but sit virtually unused. Due to space limitations, I’m not really in a position to add to my collection, but a Cookbook Swap, this idea in one word is ‘brilliant’! So that’s what the Vancouver Farmers Market has organized. For 4 weekends starting this Saturday, June 15th, you can bring your cookbooks, hard or soft cover as well as cooking magazines, to swap with others. Here’s how it works: Bring your books and/or magazines to the Appraiser’s Tent, there they will assign them one of 4 levels.
Red: $31 + hardcovers and big softcovers ( 2 yellows or 3 blues = 1 red) or $10 cash
Yellow: $16 – $30 large softcovers/sm-med hardcovers ( 2 blue tickets = 1 yellow) or $5 cash
Blue: softcover and small hardcover – $0-$15 value or $3 cash
Green: magazines (5 magazines = 1 yellow) $1 cash
You can swap your books throughout the day on June 15th or you can retain your coupons for future cookbook swaps which are scheduled for June 22, July 13 and July 20 at Trout Lake. You don’t need a cookbook to participate though, just bring cash. They, of course, welcome any donations of unwanted cookbooks for sale should you have any you are willing to part with. The Cookbook Swap is a fundraiser for the Vancouver Farmers Market. Market runs from 9:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
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