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Joy of Cooking by Irma S. Rombauer
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Joy of Cooking (original 1931; edition 1985)

by Irma S. Rombauer

Series: Joy of Cooking (1951-1974)

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This lay-flat paperback format of the 1997 edition is truly an indispensable and beloved reference and recipe source for home cooks concerned about freshness, nutrition, and taste.
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Joy of Cooking [1951-1974] by Irma S. Rombauer (1931)

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What every Mother would give her son when he rented his first apartment. Since I was already in an apartment my senior year, my Mum gave it to me as a graduation gift! I still have it and when I happen to glimpse it among the other cookbooks on the shelves, it makes me smile. ( )
  Huba.Library | Oct 29, 2022 |
A family book passed along from my parent's cookbook collection (hence the rough condition). Later editions had so many typos and mistakes, that they weren't worth owning. We kept these earlier editions which are reliable. The outstanding favourite recipes in my original J of C used the term "Cockaigne" for the best of a category. Alas I gave that older copy away.

The 1964 edition has correct quantities for Brownies Cockaigne (p. 653) and for the Cheese Custard Pie (p. 227). You can check later copies if you want to be certain whether you own a copy with typos:
The butter for Brownies should be ½ cup but some editions have "1½" cups!!
For the Cheese Custard Pie, the correct quantity of milk/cream is 1¾ cups (not just ¾).

There are probably other anomalies from poor copy-editing, but we've not detected such big discrepancies in other recipes. Many recipes have too much sugar so we've long-since evolved our own versions. Good insights from my family when I served an extensively over-sweetened dessert that maybe that was also a typo. It wasn't worth keeping the pretty new hardcover at that time. ( )
  SandyAMcPherson | Nov 7, 2020 |
The most essential, all-encompassing cookbook you will ever own, the Joy of Cooking should be on the shelf of any respectable kitchen. ( )
  smichaelwilson | May 23, 2017 |
Everything I know about cooking food, I learned from this book. ( )
  aulsmith | Apr 20, 2014 |
This wondrous marvel, from 1953, contains more wisdom and useful information than exists in any two or three other books you might name. I have a later copy, and although it has different information, also useful, it's sadly lacking in some of the items that are in this volume. If you have the opportunity to get the older editions, I recommend that you do so. ( )
  Lyndatrue | Dec 28, 2013 |
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Author nameRoleType of authorWork?Status
Irma S. Rombauerprimary authorall editionscalculated
Becker, Marion RombauerAuthormain authorall editionsconfirmed
Hoffmann, GinnieIllustratorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Warner, BeverlyIllustratorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed

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"That which thy fathers have bequeathed to thee,
earn it anew if thou wouldst possess it."
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These appear to be the cookbooks published/printed 1951 thru 1974 including the 1951 and 1964 editions, published up to and including 1974, only the later years with ISBNs. ( some copies however may belong to earlier or later editions but cannot be separated out as they are hidden within small clumps of books automatically combined by LT in the past).

Dates of the various Joy versions are easy to determine by the fabric of the cover. The blue and white plaid cover is present on all pre-1951 Joys. Irma is the sole author. The next version is the blue cover with the verticlal white stripes interspersed with the Joy logo. That is the 1951 version, with Irma's daughter as co-author. The solid greenish-blue covers arrived on the scene in the 60s.
Includes one copy from the Earnest Hemingway Legacy Library with no publication data available, but must be pre 1961, the date of the library list. {combined with 1951- group}
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