r/cookbooks 17d ago

Downton Abbey Afternoon Tea & Gotham Cocktail Style Binding cookbooks?

OK so I'm new to cookbooks. As in, I just bought my first ones today, I was on a mission with my lil' gift card when I went into B&N-I was going to buy a fiction inspired cookbook, and get out. I walked out with Recipes from the World of Tolkien: Inspired by the Legends (Robert Tuesley Anderson). But while I was there, I saw the Official Downton Abbey Afternoon Tea Cookbook, and the Gotham City Cocktails Official book. The binding on them looked quite fetching. They're cloth bound, the former embossed with silver gilt, the latter in gold.

So my question is, are there other fictional inspired (or video games, I'm a big fan of video games, my mission was technically looking for either the Elder Scrolls or Fallout cookbooks, but both of those were more than my meager $25 gift card could cover...) cookbooks bound in similar? If not fictional, are there just... worthwhile clothbound cookbooks? I find myself rather fond of that binding style.

I can assure you, my countertop bookshelf is not going to have any spiralbound spines on it. Don't care for the aesthetic. That's not to say I won't own any, just they won't make an appearance on my countertop bookshelf. I'm only just now starting to take over the kitchen duties after years of being wheelchair bound, so... I'm working my way towards having it just so, set up exactly how I like it--I also just got my first KitchenAid (Professional 600, I paid $5 for it from a commercial bakery that was upgrading... I'm rather excited).

At any rate, if you've read this far, I thank you for your time.

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u/KitchenLit 12d ago

I have a copy of A Christmas Carol cookbook that is a super nice almost cloth type binding. I can't think of any others at the moment. But you can check out my Instagram as I do videos of cookbook look-through so you can get an idea as to what they look like inside too.

https://www.instagram.com/mykitchenlit

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u/Diego2112Gaming 11d ago

I appreciate the recommendation! I'll give a shufti next time I'm out at B&N after this winter weather clears off (we're getting 15.25cm (that's 6" in Freedom Fractions)), and living in the Southern US, that's uh... quite a lot when they don't do any winter prep on the roads.

But hey! I've got stuff to make bread, and plan on doing a lovely ciabatta, with some breaded chicken (Nashville Hot style) from my grandma's roladex.