My Cookbook Passion is a color panorama of historic cookbooks and recipes with the stories of how such books came into being. Chapters include: "Entertaining is Fun"; "Reach for the Stars" on celebrities; "Inns & Farms"; books on food publishers like Barrows & Co; and a list of famous chefs and their restaurants, most now gone from the scene. There are even hints about becoming a discerning cookbook collector.

Pamela Kure Grogan worked for twenty years as Store Manager at Williams Sonoma and at Sur La Table kitchen stores. She also served as Food Editor for an online food company. Today, Pamela is an active 'passionate baker' with her fan-followed social media sites, kitchen a'stir, and now www.cookbookpassion.com

Author S.P. Grogan is a best-selling author specializing in historical fiction. He lives in Las Vegas with wife Pamela. His career included stints as a high school and college editor, a newspaper reporter, founder and editor of an underground hippie newspaper, and editor & publisher of an entertainment industry magazine. His life experiences include being an entrepreneurial businessman. He is well known for his best-selling Quest Mystery ™ series Vegas Die and Captain Cooked. His writings include historical fiction themes, With Revenge Comes Terror and Atomic Dreams at the Red Tiki Lounge.

CHAPTER ONE - Basic Ingredients CHAPTER TWO - Reach for the Stars… CHAPTER THREE - Publishing Houses: Barrows CHAPTER FOUR - More Barrows Mixed Drinks CHAPTER FIVE - International CHAPTER SIX - Men at Work CHAPTER SEVEN - Inns & Farms CHAPTER EIGHT - Publishers: Farm Journal CHAPTER NINE - Reservations Preferred CHAPTER TEN - Jovial Ghosts of Dining CHAPTER ELEVEN - Super American Chefs CHAPTER TWELVE - Bottoms Up CHAPTER THIRTEEN - Entertainment is Fun! CHAPTER FOURTEEN -Social Studies CHAPTER FIFTEEN - Tradition CHAPTER SIXTEEN - Return to the Stars CHAPTER SEVENTEEN - Final Musings Parts One, Two & Three Recipe Index