Ideal Bookshelf 102: Cooking by Jane Mount

Hi collectors! It's Sara on our second-to-last-new edition day of the holiday season. That means Christmas is *right* around the corner. Can you believe it?! It's so soon! There's much too much going on here in the meantime, so I'm going to make a list for you (and check it twice):

1. Friday, December 17th (this Friday!) is the LAST DAY to order your prints and have them shipped by USPS in time to get them under your tree.

2. Tomorrow (Thursday!) we'll wrap up our weeks-long run of new editions with a pair of photographs from William Wegman. I promise: witty, charming and smart the works will be. Keep a close eye on this Colbert Report clip for a sneak peek at one of the photos we'll be offering.

3. As I mentioned yesterday, we kicked off a contest on Twitter this morning with our friends @SeriousEats. If you're not already, follow @20x200 and @SeriousEats and chirp these words to win one of Jane's 11"x14" prints and a cookbook: "My fave book on this shelf @20x200 is... [name of book]"! We'll randomly select one of you and announce the winner tomorrow (Thursday!) on Twitter.

4. All this brings us to today's edition, If you're savvy, you spotted Ideal Bookshelf 102: Cooking by Jane Mount this morning. But don't wait to win one, snap up your print as I think they're sure to go. Jane's painted this shelf chock-full of culinary classics: Barefoot Contessa At Home, The Silver Spoon, Ad Hoc at Home, La Patisserie est un jeu d'enfants, The Joy of Cooking, The Essentials of Classic Italian Cooking, How to Cook Everything, A New Way to Cook, Beard on Bread, The Art of Simple Food, Jamie at Home, Off the Shelf, The Moosewood Cookbook, Tartine, El Libro De Doña Petrona, Cooking By Hand, Cooking in Switzerland and Mastering the Art of French Cooking.

5. And finally, I'll send you off with a little bit about Ms. Mount. As you might know, she's especially near and dear to us at JBP so it's with much inspired pride that I tell you this: This year, she took a leap. As an artist, she took the leap, forgoing regular paychecks to make art full-time. It's a really big deal—super exciting and yes, again, inspiring. But it's also a lot of hard work. While she's painting day and night to make it happen, you too can do your part to help more artists make a living making art. With every print you give and get, you're helping artists do what they do best.