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August 2018 Cookbook of the Month VOTING
Caitlin McGrath
Jul 16, 201804:01 PM
Welcome to the voting thread for our August 2018 COTM. This time, a total of 30 different books were nominated, but two titles emerged with the most nominations, and it is between those that we will choose. To see how we got here, check out the nomination thread: https://www.chowhound.com/post...
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