Joy Of Cooking by Rombauer, Irma S. / Becker, Marion Rombauer - 1981

Indianapolis, Indiana: The Bobbs-Merrill Company. Fine in Very Good Dust Jacket. 1981. 1975 Edition: Twenty-Fifth Printing. Hard Cover. 014412: Bookjacket/dustjacket now protected by a New Brodart Mylar Cover. Dustjacket is complete but has some small edge cuts or creases. Scarce, Out Of Print, Book. Boards and pages are clean, unmarked (no marking or writing found on any pages), brightly colored, tightly bound, and sharp cornered. It also still has the original two red ribbon bookmarks attached. Boards are White with Gilt Embossed Lettering on front and spine. Blue decorated front and back endpapers, including symbols definitions chart. "Divided into three parts, Foods We Eat, Foods We Heat and Foods We Keep, Joy now contains more than 4500 recipes, many hundreds of them new to this edition -- the first full revision in twelve years. All the enduring favorites will still be found. In the chapter on Brunch, Lunch and Supper Dishes there are also interesting suggestions for using convenience and leftover foods. Through its more than 1000 practical, delightful drawings by Ginnie Hofmann and Ikki Matsumoto, Joy shows how to present food correctly and charmingly, from the simplest to the most formal service; how to prepare ingredients with classic tools and techniques; and how to preserve safely the results of your canning and freezing.": B&W Illustrations: 6.75 x 9.5 in.: 915 pages .