r/cookbooks • u/Embarrassed_Mode_149 • 6d ago

Why has A Very Serious Cookbook become so valuable?

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I have a copy of A Very Serious Cookbook, Contra/WildAir sitting on myself. It actually is one of my favorite books I own... I just saw it is listed on amazon for like $1200. Why is this?

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