At L.A.´s only cookbook shop, a former fine-dining chef draws chefs, home cooks and crowds
(LA Times Auto Racing)

For people who love food and cooking, certain spaces are sanctuaries. We gravitate to cramped kitchen corners rather than dining room tables and to seats near a restaurant´s stoves, as if drawn to the warmth of the fire. Aisles filled with cookbooks are another kind of oasis - quieter and cooler...