Katrina I was lucky too and got all my mom's cookbooks. All four of my sisters are good cooks and did not want them, their loss. I got one small little red book, no not Mao's, that is a chefs book from the 1800's which gives all sorts of substitutes you can use when supplies are low. Cookbooks are awesome, it is one of the things my wife and i agree on. We have two cabinets full of cookbooks. When we did a remodel we culled a bunch and they went up north to the cabin. One thing I have a bunch of is wild game cookbooks, I also have put together a loose leaf binder of our own favorite recipes.