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| Miss2Missus |
Posted - Aug 02 2009 : 9:53:05 PM
i've been wanting to get a Joy of Cooking cookbook for some time now. The thing is I am a bit overwhelmed! everytime i look at them there are so many editions out now I'm not sure which is best.
The three most common seem to be the 1997, 1931 reprint, and the 75th anniversary.
any ideas?
Karen ^_^
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| Bonnie Ellis |
Posted - Aug 13 2009 : 3:48:58 PM
I have a 1964 copy that i got after we were married in '62. It is dog-eared and stained. I don't know if they are original recipes or not but the knowlege is the same. It's great!
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| Miss2Missus |
Posted - Aug 12 2009 : 3:16:21 PM
thanks for all the info ladies. im glad i know where to turn to.
Karen ^_^
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| anniecat |
Posted - Aug 12 2009 : 09:48:19 AM
I got my first copy in the mid 90's, but really didn't like it...I still have it around here somewhere. A couple years ago I came across an older version, the 1975 edition, at a resale shop for $2 and I love it. Its got post-it note flags all over-lol. |
| City Chick |
Posted - Aug 08 2009 : 09:50:14 AM
I have a copy - I picked it up from the resale shop. It looks like this one - http://www.thejoykitchen.com/history.lasso?tag=1963&menu=two But the dates inside don't match up because it says another reprint was in 1967. So, I'm not sure how old mine is.
If you look at that site, it has some great info about the Joy of cooking books & authors.
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| Carrie W |
Posted - Aug 08 2009 : 08:30:31 AM
I agree with Joanna...I love my Joy of Cooking cookbooks which were a gift to me from my mom when i got my first apartment 20 some years ago. They are filled with common sense teaching about how to cook a roast, the difference between a pot roast and an oven roast, how make successful candy, and all kinds of just basic know how. Its the stuff that used to be passed down from mom to daughter before everything came from a box.
They are my favorites (mine is the two volume set in paperback).
CArrie
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| JojoNH |
Posted - Aug 07 2009 : 07:18:44 AM
It is the "bible" of cookbooks for me! It has reference material in there that you cannot find in a lot of other books. So when a recipe calls for a certain item or method that I am not familiar with, out comes the Joy of Cooking to look it up!
Joanna #566
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| JustAnAllAmericanGirl |
Posted - Aug 07 2009 : 06:58:30 AM
You're brave, I applaud you. I recently ran across a copy (not sure which addition) at a yard sale. Picked it up...put it down. Picked it up...put it down. Debated then realized it would probably just take up space in my kitchen and never get used. That one intimidates me. Would love to hear experiences from others cooking from it for the first time. 
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| Miss2Missus |
Posted - Aug 03 2009 : 1:58:50 PM
do anyone know if the recipes in the 1931 reprint are in the later editions or are they cut out?
Karen ^_^
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| lovelady |
Posted - Aug 03 2009 : 04:20:29 AM
I'm pretty sure mine is the 75th, and it is great. But really, I don't think you can go wrong with any of them. I would probably just get the most up-to-date one if it was a reasonable price. |
