"Private Collection 2: From the Junior League of Palo Alto"

This cookbook is not only full of what look to be tried-and-true recipes from the 1980's, but it's also full of whimsical little drawings that are adorable! The recipes aren't very complicated or involved, and yet it isn't "simple" food (such as Rabbit In Cream Sauce with Shallots - mmmm, rabbit...). I'm personally looking forward to making the Mushroom and Chive Bisque!

Seriously - I didn't know WHAT I was hoping for with the cookbook exchange, but this really hit the nail on the head. And included with the cookbook was a handwritten letter from my gifter sharing bits and pieces of his life and personality (I love it when I get a letter - so fun to know what's going on in this random other person's head).

So thank you SO MUCH to my awesome gifter! Whenever I make the Chocolate Snowballs, just know that I will devour them while thinking of you :-D