The joy of cooking : a compilation of reliable recipes / with an occasional culinary chat, by Irma S. Rombauer; illustrations by Marion Rombauer Becker.

Author
Rombauer, Irma S., 1877-1962 [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Indianapolis, New York : Bobbs-Merrill Co., [1943]
Description
884 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

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Notes
  • Includes index.
  • Princeton copy 1 Materials inserted at front include a handwritten letter from Irma S. Rombauer, publisher correspondence, a carbon copy of a letter from Julian Street to an unknown correspondent named “David,” and two of Street’s "Table Talk" columns.
  • Princeton copy 1 Previously owned by author Julian Street.
Contents
  • Cocktails
  • Canapés and sandwiches
  • Hors d'oeuvres
  • Soups
  • Luncheon and supper dishes
  • Soufflés
  • Fish
  • Vegetables
  • Meat
  • Poultry and game
  • Salads
  • Breads
  • Pies
  • Cakes
  • Puddings and desserts
  • Ice cream, ices, and frozen desserts
  • Jellies, jams, preserves and marmalades
  • Pickles
  • Canning
  • Candies and confections
  • Beverages
  • Herbs
  • Invalid and convalescent cookery
  • Recipes and suggestions for left-over foods
  • Health chart
  • Vitamin chart
  • Calorie chart
  • Table setting
  • Sugarless and sugar saving recipes for cakes, cookies and desserts
  • Meat stretching, meat substitutes and supplementary dishes
  • Menus
  • Helpful hints
  • Definition of cooking terms
  • Table of equivalents
  • Table of proportions
  • Table of weights and measures
  • Foreign measurements
  • Average can sizes
  • Index.
Source acquisition
Princeton copy 1 Gift; Patricia Kuhlman; 2025.
LCCN
43009122
OCLC
1732530
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