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"  Name: Bonnie Slotnick Cookbooks Business: Show and source for out-of-print and antiquarian cookbooks Location: New York City; bonnieslotnickbooks@earthlink.net; (212) 989-8962 Inspiration: Personal cookbook collections: &amp;quot;You never know what you&amp;#039;ll find.&amp;quot; Passion and instinct define Bonnie Slotnick&amp;#039;s entrepreneurial life. &amp;quot;If asked as a teenager if I wanted to own a bookstore, I&amp;#039;d have said yes,&amp;quot; recalls Bonnie, a longtime collector of vintage cookbooks and illustrated recipe booklets. And yet, when she opened her shop in October 1997, after careers as a freelance artist and a cookbook editor, &amp;quot;I didn&amp;#039;t have a business plan.&amp;quot; She did find a store space, and then spent $4,000 to fix it up. Fortune further smiled on her when a month later she was written up in The New York Times. Her reputation was established: &amp;quot;I knew I made it when General Mills and Pillsbury started giving out my name as a source for their cookbooks.&amp;quot; She also carries books on housekeeping and etiquette. &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;m in the most expensive city in the country,&amp;quot; says Bonnie. &amp;quot;Everything is expensive. Sometimes I barely make a profit. But if you are as happy as I am, it doesn&amp;#039;t really matter.&amp;quot; This autumn, Bonnie Slotnick celebrates her 10th year in business. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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