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Title: The New Joy of Cooking by Irma S. Rombauer, Ethan Becker, Marion Rombauer Becker ISBN: 0-684-81870-1 Publisher: Scribner Pub. Date: 05 November, 1997 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $35.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.87 (165 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Side by Side Comparison
Comment: I have owned the 1975 edition of the Joy of Cooking since it was published, and have had a love/hate relationship with it ever since. It is the encyclopedia I consult when I want to know about a new herb, a cooking method, or for equivalents and substitutions. But sadly, for all it's thousand plus recipes, I found very few I could really use. Just look up the recipe for a "roast beef sandwich", and you'll see what I mean. The closest thing to a basic beef stew is "Beef Stew Gaston" which starts out whith salt pork. I was not going to cook with salt pork in 1975, and I'm sure glad it has been left out of the new edition. I really like the new edition. It is the one I wish I had when I was starting out. Some of the criticisms I have read here are unfounded. Like the one claiming there is no entry for "potatoes" in the index. There are nearly two columns! Perhaps it is the fault of the type face, which I agree is a little more difficult to read. But then, I now need reading glasses to read just about anything these days. The only recommendations I would give to earn that last star: Make the ingredients bolder so they stand out. And please be sure it will hold up to many years of use.
Rating: 2
Summary: The wew Joy is no longer a treasured kitchen companion.
Comment: The "New Joy" should be entitled something other than "Joy," because it is, in fact, a collection of recipes and editorials by various chefs and food writers - many of whom are unfamiliar names to most readers. Chapters (i.e. subjects) are inconsistant. Contributors have been left to their own vices regarding personal preferences, culinary abilities and writing skills without the publisher's provision any standard direction or format. Thus, some subjects are well covered but many are not. This has(will) produce a sense of unreliability for those readers who are looking for home-style American table food. [ What good is a dictionary if the user is unable to consistantly find the words being saught? ] All of the dog-eared past editions of "Joy" were dedicated to home cookery not what's the latest food fads in America's restaurants. The recipes found in a book called "Joy. . ." should reflect what Americian families are eating - not what some bureaucrat thinks we should be eating! Because this is a new edition of Joy of Cooking many will buy it, put it on a back shelf and cook tonight's dinner using recipes from earlier editions.
Rating: 5
Summary: Good Enough For Catering
Comment: I use alot of the recipes for my lunch catering and get great reviews. I sometimes add or modify to my own intuition and most all the time everything turns out. I have been told the meatloaf is a favorite. I just process the ingrediants and crumble up bacon on the top with a bit more ketchup. Its amazing! This book is really great! I have tried the recipe for the beef dip and that turned out super. I used fresh thyme worked into the meat. I find that fresh herbs or Penzy's spices work making the meal something special. I even like the section on brewing tea. I have made one that was really really good.
Lisa Nary
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Title: Better Homes and Gardens New Cook Book (Better Homes and Gardens Test Kitchen) by Jennifer Darling, Better Homes and Gardens ISBN: 0696212900 Publisher: Meredith Books Pub. Date: September, 2002 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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Title: The New Basics Cookbook by Julee Rosso, Sheila Lukins ISBN: 0894803417 Publisher: Workman Publishing Company Pub. Date: October, 1989 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: How to Cook Everything: Simple Recipes for Great Food by Mark Bittman ISBN: 0028610105 Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Pub. Date: 14 August, 1998 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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Title: The Fannie Farmer Cookbook : Anniversary by Marion Cunningham, Fannie Farmer Cookbook Corporation, Archibald Candy Corporation, Lauren Jarrett ISBN: 0679450815 Publisher: Knopf Pub. Date: 09 September, 1996 List Price(USD): $30.00 |
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Title: Essentials of Classic Italian Cooking by Marcella Hazan ISBN: 039458404X Publisher: Knopf Pub. Date: 27 October, 1992 List Price(USD): $30.00 |
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