Joy of Cooking, v. 3.0
A new, 75th-anniversary edition of the culinary classic Joy of Cooking has just been released, and the food world has been aflutter with commentary and reviews. This cookbook has a fascinating history! (Not exactly free of drama and pathos.) I had no idea, as I'd never been a Joy user until recently. (And Ethan Becker, the inheritor of the Rombauer-Becker Joy legacy, lives in Cincinnati.) A couple of weeks ago I picked up a discounted copy at The Book Loft in German Village, as my friend and colleague Tami of Woodhaven Farm fame tells me it's a cook's bible!
Some perspectives:
- "Does the World Need Another 'Joy?' Do You?" in the New York Times
- "New 'Joy of Cooking' Returns to Its Roots", in the Columbus Dispatch
- "Ode to Joy" at Chow.com
- "A Classic is Put to the Test" in the San Francisco Chronicle
posted by Renee @ 10:01 PM
3 Comments:
I saw that in the bookstore this weekend and it made me think of you. Maybe I should buy one too!
- mud
I received one as a gift, and returned it - gasp! Since I already have "How to Cook Everything", I figured, I didn't need "How to Cook Everything two different ways" :)
Plus, it didn't have overnight waffles - shame!
Em, one of the articles I read said that great books like "How to Cook Everything" make "Joy" less of a must-have because they're so similar!
No overnight waffles? The nerve!
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