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  <title><![CDATA[Joy of Cooking]]></title>
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  <default_description>Irma Rombauer collected recipes from friends for the first &lt;i&gt;Joy of Cooking&lt;/i&gt;, and published it herself. For this sixth edition, the &lt;i&gt;All New, All Purpose Joy of Cooking&lt;/i&gt;, Ethan Becker, grandson of Irma and son of Marion Rombauer Becker, worked with Maria Guarnaschelli, senior editor and vice president at Scribner's. Together, they called on top food professionals to produce a &lt;i&gt;Joy&lt;/i&gt; that reflects the way we eat today. &lt;p&gt; Five new chapters satisfy today's love of pasta, pizza, noodles, burritos, grains, and beans, including soy. The roughly 3,000 recipes, most revised from earlier editions, give the food processor and microwave their due. Interest in ethnic flavors, grazing, leaner meats, more fish, and less fat are reflected, and old standbys such as Tuna Noodle Casserole and Fried Chicken are updated. Information on canning, jams, pickles, and preserves is replaced by expanded material on grilling, barbecuing, flavored oils, and vinegars. Also gone is the personal voice of the old &lt;i&gt;Joy&lt;/i&gt;. The new &lt;i&gt;Joy of Cooking&lt;/i&gt; is comprehensive for today's cooks. Time will tell if it remains the long-loved, dog-eared kitchen companion and teacher &lt;i&gt;Joy&lt;/i&gt; has been since 1931.</default_description>
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  <original_publication_year type="integer">1973</original_publication_year>
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      <name><![CDATA[Irma S. Rombauer]]></name>
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  <read_at>Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1991</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[The day I found out my grandmother was dying was the day I got this book.<br/><br/>She was sick and we were both very hopeful that she would get better. She was lying on the couch in the living room and asked me to boil her a potato. I, being 19, had NO idea how to boil a potato! But I did not wan...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/10854795">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[The 1997 edition is infallible. <br/><br/>The pre-1997 editions are good if you want to can or pickle your own veg, cook opossum, and make aspic. <br/><br/>The fifth edition, ie the 75th Anniversary edition shown in the picture above, contains too much retro-inspired nonsense and does not contin...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/17007285">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2001</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I would not consider this my &quot;everyday&quot; cookbook but the <em>The Joy of Cooking</em> is a definite must for anyone that takes their cooking seriously, enjoys spending a bit of time in the kitchen, and needs a good all-purpose reference that covers everything from emergency substitutions to complete...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/7699088">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="5308443">
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  <date_added>Wed Aug 29 14:18:32 -0700 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Aug 29 14:22:54 -0700 2007</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[In their attempt to modernize the book, the authors omitted many recipes and techniques that are still relevant.  Where is Sole Florentine, for heavens sake?  And while not many families routinely can or freeze food as a winter survival strategy, there are still times when I would like to know how t...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5308443">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="45624944">
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  <date_updated>Fri Feb 06 22:09:34 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[All good kitchen require this book.    The older verions are better, but you can't find those to buy mostly, they are passed down in familys beacuse they are just so useful. But this version is still good. Although it reduses the fat in everything and has fewer good recipes for bread that don't requ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/45624944">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="2204019">
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  <date_added>Thu Jun 21 07:19:48 -0700 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Jun 21 07:30:54 -0700 2007</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Started as a project for my church back in the 1930s here in St. Louis, The Joy of Cooking is now an American classic.  It is encyclopedic in scope.  If you just want to know how to boil an egg...it's in there. If a friend brings you rudabaga...there's a recipe for that, eel....there's a recipe for ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2204019">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="4360873">
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  <date_added>Fri Aug 10 09:00:45 -0700 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Aug 10 09:05:45 -0700 2007</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[i love this old 1973 edition rescued from my mom's basement.  the writing style is awesome:  you can hear them chiding you for your awkward kitchen skills.  heavily uses ingredients that are out of fashion now, so that's historically interesting: lots of parsley, livers, anchovies, tarragon.<br/><br/>...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4360873">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="42229926">
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    <body><![CDATA[I inherited this cookbook, an ancient edition, and have treasured it immensely.  At first when I looked through it, all I coud find was things I thought were either icky or dishes I knew I would never make.  like the different editions of this book, I marvel at how things and people change.<br/>My ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/42229926">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="38600154">
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  <read_at>Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1996</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Tue Nov 25 00:45:17 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[The first serious cookbook I've ever owned.  After trolling the early internet for recipes in college, I picked up this little gem and off I went!  So much of what I learned about appropriate preparation of vegetables, basic cuts of meat, the benefits of browning before braising, etc. I learned from...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/38600154">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="68432843">
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  <date_added>Sat Aug 22 05:31:41 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sat Aug 22 05:47:17 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is one of the cookbooks I turn to for answers to basic (and not so basic) cooking questions. It has a very handy conversions section and the best recipe for brownies that I've ever tasted. In spite of having many other cookbooks on our shelves, it is to &quot;Joy&quot; that I turn for chicken s...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/68432843">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="2046885">
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    <name><![CDATA[Kim]]></name>
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  <date_added>Sun Jun 17 01:28:12 -0700 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Jun 17 01:31:14 -0700 2007</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Goodness gracious, this book could be called &quot;The Kitchen Bible&quot;.  It has contains information on anything and everything you could ever want to know about preparing food.  I don't understand how anyone can possibly know this much (I think writing this book would be more difficult than wri...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2046885">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="12498164">
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    <body><![CDATA[I've never looked in the Joy of Cooking and not found what I was looking up. It contains everything I would call my mom to ask and more. Classic.]]></body>
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    <name><![CDATA[Katie]]></name>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is the best cookbook for idiots like myself, who don't know at what temperature to cook a baked potato. ]]></body>
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    <review id="61320165">
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    <body><![CDATA[My major complaint with the &quot;All New&quot; version of The Joy of Cooking, is that there are many recipes that give microwave-only instructions.  I am an old-fashioned girl, I don't own a microwave and even if I did, I prefer slow-cooking, no short-cut, real food.  This version doesn't even offe...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/61320165">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="49758794">
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    <body><![CDATA[It takes a lot of effort for me to experience joy in the kitchen, unless we are talking about sipping coffee.  This is a great cookbook, however, with thorough background information about selecting foods, basic to advanced preparation techniques, and yummy recipes.  This is a classic, for good reas...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/49758794">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="48273208">
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  <date_added>Wed Mar 04 18:30:16 -0800 2009</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[There is just something so awesome about a cookbook that is thorough enough to tell you that you can figure out the freshness of an egg by performing a water test. I love this book for the simple fact that it tells you how to do all the basic simple things (that you don't want to admit you never new...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/48273208">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is not a cookbook.  This is a kitchen bible.  Not only does it have a version of about every single recipe you could ever think of--it also has cocktail recipes, information on dried and fresh ingredients, possible menus (e.g., what to take on a picnic), wines, entertaining... EVERYTHING.  I am...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/60350484">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Jeremy got me this book for Christmas.  I have wanted it for awhile because I want to learn how to cook.  For real cook, not just follow recipes.  It is really cool so far.  I read it before I go to bed.  The print is a little small.  Or I am just gettng old.  I like that it isn't just a cookbook, i...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/41387250">more...</a>]]></body>
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