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Joy of Cooking (Hardcover)

by Irma S. Rombauer (Author), Marion Rombauer Becker (Author)
4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (87 customer reviews)
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Since its first private printing in 1931, The Joy of Cooking has been teaching Americans how to cook. Craig Claiborne calls it "a masterpiece of clarity" and Julia Child says it's the one book she'd keep if she could only have one English title on the shelf. The nearly 5,000 recipes are handily organized by meal and ingredient, and no cooking instruction goes unexplained, so you can finally understand the difference between poaching and braising. The book includes nutritional information as well as an extremely helpful list of measures and equivalents. You'll find a version of every recipe your mother ever cooked, along with straightforward instructions for cooking more exotic specialties such as turtles and muskrats.


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James Beard

The classic work, which covers the entire gamut of kitchen procedures and is easy to use.



Cecily Brownstone

Important as is the information in this encyclopedic cookbook, it's the imprint of Irma Rombauer's and Marion Rombauer Becker's personalities that makes Joy of Cooking the best loved cookbook to come out of these United States.



Julia Child

...it is definitely number one on my list...the one book of all cookbooks in English that I would have on my shelf -- if I could have but one.



Craig Claiborne

The finest basic cookbook available. It is a masterpiece of clarity.

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Best All-purpose Cookbook, Jun 6 2003
By Zachary Gochenour (Baltimore, MD USA) - See all my reviews
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The Joy of Cooking (this original, authentic version) is an indisposable book, a titan among cookbooks for sure. If glowing reviews from world-famous chefs is not enough, just listen to us novices. This book will not teach you every fundamental about cooking (learn from your mother) but it will teach you how to cook and how to understand cooking. This is one cookbook that is more than recipes: its the art and science of cooking.

The thousands of recipes are mostly things you've seen before (lemonade and baked chicken) and some you probably haven't (see Baked Brains in the Beef section). It covers the use of most any ingredient you will see in cooking any dish - vegetable, poultry, or meat - and it will show you how to properly apply heat, add seasonings, and most importantly, how to modify the recipe. Diagrams are few (they aren't generally helpful in my opinion) and explanations can sometimes be short, but the book covers a lot of territory. That said, it is best not to consider the the "only" cookbook - rather, it should be the central one. Complement it with a cooking encyclopedia and a collection of cookbooks from specific regions or styles for a complete cooking set.

No shelf of cookbooks is complete without this book; I would be lost without it. Also, this makes an excellent wedding or birthday gift. Avoid the spiral-bound version, the book needs to be hardcover and well bound because of constant use in the combat zone (kitchen).

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2.0 out of 5 stars don't get the comb edition, Nov 2 2003
By ringo (California) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Joy Of Cooking Comb Bound Edition (Plastic Comb)
Having worn out the large paperback edition of this cookbook, and being perpetually annoyed at the small edition's inability to stay open to the recipe I'm cooking, I was thrilled to find a comb edition of this book. (A cookbook that lays flat on the table - what a great idea!).

Unfortunately, this great concept is completely undermined by a lousy execution. The paper in this book is dark and grainy, smoother than pulp paper, but just as unreadable. The text isn't in the large and easy-to-read font we know and love in the original book, but rather in a cramped and heavy typeface. The pages are so flimsy that I'm afraid to flip through the book for fear that I'll tear one out.

The cooking information all seems to be faithfully reproduced. But definitely not the joy.

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5.0 out of 5 stars If you only want one cookbook..., Jun 3 2004
By "tootsdonovan" (Boston, MA) - See all my reviews
This is it. A little pretensious in spots but exhaustive. The definitive cook's cookbook but also very usable for novices. Timeless, painstakenly accurate and indespensible.
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