Thanks to everyone in this group for advice over the ages regarding
cookbooks. I'll bet that you are all scratching your heads trying to
remember my questions about it, now.


In any event.. I have some kitchen experience (and i can feed myself
successfully), but I have a lot to learn, starting with the
fundamentals. The Internet is a great resource for some things (like
solid state electronics or computer programming) but not so good for
others (such as cooking, sewing, etc). I felt a comprehensive book
was in order, but there are thousands to choose from.

Thanks to rec.food.cooking, i was able to whittle it down to the two
books I really need to have- A 1975 or previous edition of Joy Of
Cooking and the Better Homes And Gardens New Cookbook. I set off to a
local used book store, and found a brand new copy of BHaG right away.
Looks like it's never been opened.

The real treasure though, is a mildly tattered and stained 1964
printing of Joy of Cooking. I needed help to find it, because it is a
pale green and i was looking for white and red. It was also in the
wrong section, but the elderly bookstore lady knew precisely where it
was when I said "I was looking for Joy of Cooking". She seemed
intrigued that I was checking to see what edition it was. She also
pulled out an immaculate 1973 reprint of the same edition, but I chose
the 1964 printing over it. The 1973 looked like it belonged in a
bookstore, this one looked like it belonged in a kitchen. Surely this
will be one of the best $5.98s i've spent in awhile.

Thanks to all!

-J

phaeton wrote:

The real treasure though, is a mildly tattered and stained 1964
printing of Joy of Cooking. I needed help to find it, because it is a
pale green and i was looking for white and red. It was also in the
wrong section, but the elderly bookstore lady knew precisely where it
was when I said "I was looking for Joy of Cooking". She seemed
intrigued that I was checking to see what edition it was. She also
pulled out an immaculate 1973 reprint of the same edition, but I chose
the 1964 printing over it. The 1973 looked like it belonged in a
bookstore, this one looked like it belonged in a kitchen. Surely this
will be one of the best $5.98s i've spent in awhile.

Truly a book one can sit down and read like a good novel. I've never
seen one as old as yours, but I hope it is as wonderful as my 1975
edition. Happy reading and cooking!

On Tue 13 May 2008 08:43:12p, Goomba38 told us...

phaeton wrote:

The real treasure though, is a mildly tattered and stained 1964
printing of Joy of Cooking. I needed help to find it, because it is a
pale green and i was looking for white and red. It was also in the
wrong section, but the elderly bookstore lady knew precisely where it
was when I said "I was looking for Joy of Cooking". She seemed
intrigued that I was checking to see what edition it was. She also
pulled out an immaculate 1973 reprint of the same edition, but I chose
the 1964 printing over it. The 1973 looked like it belonged in a
bookstore, this one looked like it belonged in a kitchen. Surely this
will be one of the best $5.98s i've spent in awhile.

Truly a book one can sit down and read like a good novel. I've never
seen one as old as yours, but I hope it is as wonderful as my 1975
edition. Happy reading and cooking!


I have teh 1964 edition, too, and really enjoy it.

--
Wayne Boatwright
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"Wayne Boatwright" wrote in message
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On Tue 13 May 2008 08:43:12p, Goomba38 told us...

phaeton wrote:

The real treasure though, is a mildly tattered and stained 1964
printing of Joy of Cooking. I needed help to find it, because it is a
pale green and i was looking for white and red. It was also in the
wrong section, but the elderly bookstore lady knew precisely where it
was when I said "I was looking for Joy of Cooking". She seemed
intrigued that I was checking to see what edition it was. She also
pulled out an immaculate 1973 reprint of the same edition, but I chose
the 1964 printing over it. The 1973 looked like it belonged in a
bookstore, this one looked like it belonged in a kitchen. Surely this
will be one of the best $5.98s i've spent in awhile.

Truly a book one can sit down and read like a good novel. I've never
seen one as old as yours, but I hope it is as wonderful as my 1975
edition. Happy reading and cooking!


I have teh 1964 edition, too, and really enjoy it.

--
Wayne Boatwright
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Countdown till Memorial Day
1wks 5dys 3hrs 5mins
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I buy stamps by mail. It works okay
until I run out of stamps. --George Carlin
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So do I. It tells us how ancient we are. I also rely on the 1961 edition of
the Larousse Gastronomique, and Julia Child's Vol I and Vol II published in
the sixties. Let's hear it for geezer power.

Kent

Let's hear it for geezer power.



Might as well. I'll probably be in geezer territory before i know
it :-(

-J

Wayne Boatwright wrote in

I have teh 1964 edition, too, and really enjoy it.

1962 JOC here. Bought it about a month ago.

On Wed 14 May 2008 03:30:11a, sandi told us...

Wayne Boatwright wrote in

I have teh 1964 edition, too, and really enjoy it.

1962 JOC here. Bought it about a month ago.



I've had my 1964 JOC since the early 1970s. I actually refer to it quite a
bit, apart from reading it from time to time.

--
Wayne Boatwright
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Wayne Boatwright wrote:
On Tue 13 May 2008 08:43:12p, Goomba38 told us...

phaeton wrote:

The real treasure though, is a mildly tattered and stained 1964
printing of Joy of Cooking. I needed help to find it, because it is a
pale green and i was looking for white and red. It was also in the
wrong section, but the elderly bookstore lady knew precisely where it
was when I said "I was looking for Joy of Cooking". She seemed
intrigued that I was checking to see what edition it was. She also
pulled out an immaculate 1973 reprint of the same edition, but I chose
the 1964 printing over it. The 1973 looked like it belonged in a
bookstore, this one looked like it belonged in a kitchen. Surely this
will be one of the best $5.98s i've spent in awhile.
Truly a book one can sit down and read like a good novel. I've never
seen one as old as yours, but I hope it is as wonderful as my 1975
edition. Happy reading and cooking!


I have teh 1964 edition, too, and really enjoy it.

Same here. I'm rather partial to that edition.

--
Jean B.

On 2008-05-14, sandi wrote:
Wayne Boatwright wrote in

I have teh 1964 edition, too, and really enjoy it.

1962 JOC here. Bought it about a month ago.

I ran across a '64 JOC in a thrift shop. I like the 60s JOCs. They have
the en papillote instructions. I think I'll go back and buy it. Can never
have too many JOCs.

nb

notbob wrote on Wed, 14 May 2008 13:00:33 GMT:

On 2008-05-14, sandi wrote:
Wayne Boatwright wrote in

I have teh 1964 edition, too, and really enjoy it.

1962 JOC here. Bought it about a month ago.

I ran across a '64 JOC in a thrift shop. I like the 60s JOCs.
They have the en papillote instructions. I think I'll go back
and buy it. Can never have too many JOCs.

My daughter decamped with "The People's Republic of China
Cookbook" by Nobuko Sakamoto but I was able to buy a copy in
almost new condition for $10 via Amazon. My wife liked the
original copy so much that she used to xerox the recipes she
liked and use the copies instead of the original book.

--

James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

E-mail, with obvious alterations:
not.jim.silverton.at.verizon.not

On Wed, 14 May 2008 14:06:11 GMT, "James Silverton"
wrote:

notbob wrote on Wed, 14 May 2008 13:00:33 GMT:

On 2008-05-14, sandi wrote:
Wayne Boatwright wrote in

I have teh 1964 edition, too, and really enjoy it.

1962 JOC here. Bought it about a month ago.

I ran across a '64 JOC in a thrift shop. I like the 60s JOCs.
They have the en papillote instructions. I think I'll go back
and buy it. Can never have too many JOCs.

My daughter decamped with "The People's Republic of China
Cookbook" by Nobuko Sakamoto but I was able to buy a copy in
almost new condition for $10 via Amazon. My wife liked the
original copy so much that she used to xerox the recipes she
liked and use the copies instead of the original book.


Check here next time:

http://search.a1books.com/cgi-bin/mk...E= 0394733800

Kent wrote:

Truly a book one can sit down and read like a good novel. I've never
seen one as old as yours, but I hope it is as wonderful as my 1975
edition. Happy reading and cooking!

I have teh 1964 edition, too, and really enjoy it.

--
Wayne Boatwright

So do I. It tells us how ancient we are. I also rely on the 1961 edition of
the Larousse Gastronomique, and Julia Child's Vol I and Vol II published in
the sixties. Let's hear it for geezer power.

Kent

I got my 1975 Edition as a teenager in 1979... I hope I'm not geezer
material yet?? worries

Goomba38 wrote:
Kent wrote:

Truly a book one can sit down and read like a good novel. I've
never seen one as old as yours, but I hope it is as wonderful as
my 1975 edition. Happy reading and cooking!

I have teh 1964 edition, too, and really enjoy it.

--
Wayne Boatwright

So do I. It tells us how ancient we are. I also rely on the 1961
edition of the Larousse Gastronomique, and Julia Child's Vol I and
Vol II published in the sixties. Let's hear it for geezer power.

Kent

I got my 1975 Edition as a teenager in 1979... I hope I'm not geezer
material yet?? worries

LOL Not quite!

On Tue 13 May 2008 10:10:37p, Kent told us...


"Wayne Boatwright" wrote in message
3.184...
On Tue 13 May 2008 08:43:12p, Goomba38 told us...

phaeton wrote:

The real treasure though, is a mildly tattered and stained 1964
printing of Joy of Cooking. I needed help to find it, because it is
a pale green and i was looking for white and red. It was also in the
wrong section, but the elderly bookstore lady knew precisely where it
was when I said "I was looking for Joy of Cooking". She seemed
intrigued that I was checking to see what edition it was. She also
pulled out an immaculate 1973 reprint of the same edition, but I
chose the 1964 printing over it. The 1973 looked like it belonged in
a bookstore, this one looked like it belonged in a kitchen. Surely
this will be one of the best $5.98s i've spent in awhile.

Truly a book one can sit down and read like a good novel. I've never
seen one as old as yours, but I hope it is as wonderful as my 1975
edition. Happy reading and cooking!


I have teh 1964 edition, too, and really enjoy it.

--
Wayne Boatwright
-------------------------------------------
Tuesday, 05(V)/13(XIII)/08(MMVIII)
-------------------------------------------
Countdown till Memorial Day
1wks 5dys 3hrs 5mins
-------------------------------------------
I buy stamps by mail. It works okay
until I run out of stamps. --George Carlin
-------------------------------------------


So do I. It tells us how ancient we are. I also rely on the 1961 edition
of the Larousse Gastronomique, and Julia Child's Vol I and Vol II
published in the sixties. Let's hear it for geezer power.

Kent

I have those very same books, too, Kent. Geezers Unite!



--
Wayne Boatwright
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'There is no snooze button on a cat
who wants breakfast.' Unknown
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On Wed 14 May 2008 08:57:10a, Goomba38 told us...

Kent wrote:

Truly a book one can sit down and read like a good novel. I've never
seen one as old as yours, but I hope it is as wonderful as my 1975
edition. Happy reading and cooking!

I have teh 1964 edition, too, and really enjoy it.

--
Wayne Boatwright

So do I. It tells us how ancient we are. I also rely on the 1961
edition of the Larousse Gastronomique, and Julia Child's Vol I and Vol
II published in the sixties. Let's hear it for geezer power.

Kent

I got my 1975 Edition as a teenager in 1979... I hope I'm not geezer
material yet?? worries

Did no one tell you that if you're not a teenager, you're a geezer? :-)

--
Wayne Boatwright
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Hubble Telescope Scientists
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