OBSESSIVES: COOKBOOKS




OBSESSIVES on CHOW.com show

Summary: Nach Waxman is owner of one of the largest food bookstores in the country, Kitchen Arts & Letters, in Manhattan. From his perch behind the counter, he sees customers-famous chefs, not-famous line cooks, and civilians alike-streaming in to peruse his bountiful, unusual collection. Waxman shows us the basement, where he's got some truly rare books. And he shares an unlikely bookstore success story: beating Barnes & Noble.