KLS wrote:
> On Fri, 22 Feb 2008 04:50:37 GMT, jt august > wrote:
>
>> I am currently seeking copies of every major rev of JoC. I have the 65,
>> 70's and the current versions, and I will eventually inherit the mid
>> 50's update, leaving me to just track down an original text (as printed
>>from inception to the mid 50's), if I have my revision dates correct.
>
> Ha! I have the 1965 and the 1978 versions, thanks to my mother and
> grandmother, and I do like the recipes there. I have no plans to buy
> the latest version (what is it, 2002?) as all I've heard is that the
> recipes are flavor free, anathema to my definition of the joy of
> cooking.

I have a reprint of a very early one - I'm not near that bookshelf at
the moment, so I can't say what year it was. A fairly small book,
though, and (IIRC) just Irma Rombauer listed as author.