Is the new Joy of Cooking worth it? (I didn't much care for the last edition.)

[shaun-in-to]

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[nan]

Here is a short review from Epi--I'll check for one from CI

Edit: nothing in CI.
You might enjoy the reviews at Amazon. com, just enter "Joy Of Cooking 2006" in search

http://www.epicurious.com/features/cookbooks/collections/best_2006

 

[mistral]

This review sounds like the new edition may be the best of both. . .

I thought the last edition was a little too "Hoity-toity", if you know what I mean.

I really like my old edition that I bought back in the early to mid 80s. It covered all sorts of stuff and the commentary was down to earth, interesting and amusing.

The newer edition (was it by a Rombauer son?) just was too updated and not half as fun or imformative, at least to me. I gotta be amused/interested to be impressed with a cook book and the newer edition just didn't float my boat.

The newer editon just seemed to lack the soul or heart of the older edition.

And when I read the rather long blurb about it from Jessica's Biscuit, it makes me want to buy it right now!

http://www.ecookbooks.com/products.html?affiliateID=16283&item=09612

 

[daricem]

The last edition was too limited (no preserving section) and other odd (more)

decisions on what to retain/drop....
The "new" edition looks MUCH better, tho.
I always remember looking at a mid-century editon of Joy for a mushroom sauce....
The recipe said
"take one can cream of mushroom soup"
And I silently SCREAMED..."if I had a can of soup , I wouldn;t be looking for a recipe".
Joy has had many reincarnations...it is really a window into culinary history and trends.

 

[tammyarcadia-ca]

I've only had it a couple of weeks but have thoroughly enjoyed (and referred)

to it-I feel its a kind of cookbook for the ages, that every chef should have!