The bestselling Joy of Cooking—the book Julia Child called “a fundamental resource for any American cook”—now in a revised and updated 75th Anniversary edition, which restores the voice of the original authors and many of the most beloved recipes from past editions and includes quick, healthy recipes for the way we cook today. JOY is a timeless kitchen essential for this generation and the next.
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A St. Louis widow named Irma Rombauer took her life savings and self-published a book called The Joy of Cooking in 1931. Her daughter Marion tested recipes and made the illustrations, and they sold their mother-daughter project from Irma’s apartment.
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Great primary for anyone wanting to learn to cook
The classic cookbook that doesn’t take up shelf space.
Where I turn when approaching something new, such as holidays or dinner parties? Also a great place to look for inspiration.
Great information plus how to cook everything!
Essential for basics.
Very instructive. One of the older cookbook bibles
One of the best cookbooks I have ever owned.
This book has been a wonderful resource to turn to.
1 of the books every home should have.
Unfortunately this classic cookbook STILL isn’t available as a cloth bound book, so within a few short years of frequent use, it falls apart, just like previous editions.
This is my foundational recipe source.
A bible for the kitchen. The go-to for all your cooking needs. The revised edition has been happily updated to the 21st century.
The Joy of Cooking is one of the best kitchen references available, as well as including good recipes, and often several slightly different recipes for a particular dish. If I have an unusual ingredient I can nearly always find information about how to prepare it and recipes that include it. I consider The Joy of Cooking a must have in my kitchen library. A good cookbook for cooks at any level, from the beginner to those with a long lifetime of cooking experience.
What I like about this book besides the recipes, is it explains terminology, descriptions of various meats, poultry, pork and seafood. The recipes are pretty straight forward. This is a good book to have in your reference library.
when you need a recipe for any occasion, event, dinner, baking ideas this is a good starting point to help you along
One of the best cookbooks out there
Classic. A cooking basic
After 30+ years still my go-to-cookbook if I have a question about how to cook a specific dish.
A classic. If you cook, this should be on your bookshelf.
Great recipes for any level of cook. A must have.