card catalog
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After a day of reviewing cookbooks and recipes from competent, contemporary cooks, I find myself scrolling toward something stranger: accounts that operate like a digital card catalog of retro culinary horror and delight.
From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2025
"We show that there is basically a card catalog available," Heath added.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 25, 2023
There is an old card catalog Offill lugged home one day as a present for her husband, and a chalkboard marking planting dates for his sugar snap peas and baby bok choy.
From New York Times ● Feb. 5, 2020
Students—at least those in the mortal world—attend Baxter High, a school that time forgot where there are still chalkboards, rows of classic desks, and a library complete with card catalog.
From Slate ● Nov. 21, 2018
He moved into the rotunda and did a quick card catalog search on one of the desktop computers.
From "Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library" by Chris Grabenstein
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