a cooking book

This appears to be a compilation of recipes. The writing is very familiar, making it appear more of a personal collection than a professional book. Many of the recipes have become illegible due to various reasons, such as water stains, ink smudges and some being coated by dried bits of food. One page near the end has been ripped out.

It is a cooking book.
It weighs half a pound.

You identify a cooking book.
It weighs eleven ounces, and it is worth about one celeb.
Its keywords are book and cooking.