When the senior editor of Food & Wine magazine raves about the culinary knowledge and rare cookbook selection of Don and Samantha Hoyt Lindgren, the owners of this still newish shop on Middle Street — well, who are we to argue? We might never be in the market for the first American edition of The Savoy Cocktail Book (price: $350), but we know where to find one. Rabelais carries more than 1,200 titles, proving that its motto, "thought for food," is no boast."
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