The Joy of Cooking; A Compilation of Reliable Recipes with an Occasional Culinary Chat
London: J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd., 1957. Hardcover. 902 pages. 22 x 15 cm. After the suicide of her husband in 1930, Irma Rombauer cobbled together a cookbook, illustrated by her daughter Marion. By 1936 the Bobbs-Merrill Company agreed to publish the expanded version, keeping the narrative style later known as the "action method", in which ingredients are called for within the recipe. This Revised, British Edition of The Joy of Cooking includes additional chapters on Pressure Cooking, Deep Freezing, and the Electric Blender. Presentation on front free end paper: "To Mrs. Gordine (?) With every good wish from Gladys & Hedley Atkins, Christmas 1960" - (Sir Hedley John Barnard Atkins 1905-1983) Boards and interior crisp and clean, dust wrapper foxed with closed tears to spine. Covered in protective mylar. Blue illustrated cloth covered boards. Near fine, in good dust wrapper. Item #3502
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