A community mourns the closing of Cook’s Library

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When Lucques and AOC chef Suzanne Goin got the news that Los Angeles landmark Cook’s Library was going to close, she sounded close to tears. ‘Nooo,’ she said, ‘that’s the most horrible thing I’ve heard. Oh, my God, the world is coming to an end.’

If that sounds a little over the top, you probably never went to Cook’s Library. The nearly 20-year-old shop on West 3rd Street near the Beverly Center is one of the few stores in the United States devoted strictly to cookbooks. But for many of its customers, it has been more than a place to pop in and buy a book. It has been a place to connect with a whole community of food lovers that includes well-known chefs, passionate home cooks and even those who are just starting out.

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