even as the world moves to hi-tech everything, there is a certain charm to still reading on paper (newspapers, magazines, etc), including cookbooks. i'm with you on this one. while yes, i do resort to using online references often for recipes, there is just something about cookbooks... one of my good friends would tease me, as often times my favorite nighttime readings would be a cookbook or so. by the way, i may have you beat on the cookbooks... i've lost count.