i was looking at the books on the shelf the other day - probably between 20 and 30 - but since I cook infrequently, that's more than I probably need. I did decide not to get rid of the cookbooks but instead to throw out the old cooking magazines that I was also keeping.

I use search engines when I'm looking for ideas for specific things, like broiling the mahi mahi or swordfish I had the other day.