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  <title><![CDATA[Joy of Cooking: 1]]></title>
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  <default-description>These revised and enlarged editions are available for the first time ever in mass-market editions, the Joy of Cooking Vol 1: Main Course Dishes and Joy of Cooking Vol 2: Appetizers, Desserts, and Baked Goods feature hundreds of new recipes and cooking tips as well as enduring favorites. For the beginning cook to the seasoned chef, Joy of Cooking shows how to present food correctly and charmingly, from the simplest to the most formal service.</default-description>
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  <original-publication-year type="integer">1931</original-publication-year>
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    <body><![CDATA[This two volume set is the first cookbook that I bought when I moved out of my parents' house. I turn to for answers to basic (and not so basic) cooking questions. We have since replaced it with the 1975 hardcover version but have kept the paperbacks to take with us on camping trips.<br/><br/>The ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/68434370">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[The necessary cookbook for those of us who can't boil an egg on our own. Matter of fact I have had to put a flag on that page.<br/><br/>I used that book so often it was falling apart. So I am now on my second copy.<br/><br/>I think my mother gave it to me when I was in college and always calling...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/73293034">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I actually have the 1967 version, after Irma Rombauer had passed.<br/><br/>This book is a must-have for any kitchen. It tells you everything that our grandmothers knew off the top of their heads: how long to boil an egg, what you can do if you're out of buttermilk. It's a primer for jams, pastry a...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/60876089">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is the go-to all purpose cookbook. This book has answered almost all culinary questions I've encountered.<br/>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I have my grandmother's copy of this book.  It's my standard &quot;go to&quot; for questions on things like &quot;how do I disassemble this cow?&quot; and &quot;what's the traditional method of making béchamel?&quot;   This edition of the cookbook is to the American cook what the Larousse Gastronom...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/67489638">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is such a cool cookbook filled with recipes and advice on all kinds of things from sauces and relishes to deserts, meats, fishes, vegetables, menus, canning directions and calorie charts. The pages of the book I received from my mom are well worn and there are spots on the pages she loved. This...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/27298073">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[The edition is the best to have in your kitchen cookbook collection. The newest edition is ok as a supplement but this is a must have cookbook in everyones kitchen!!]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[my go-to for recipes from grandma's repertoire - biscuits and pie crust, caramels, sauces and meaty classics to turn vegetarian]]></body>
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