On Sun, 4 Jun 2006 12:38:07 -0700, "Kent" > wrote:

>I'm sure this has been asked many times before, but now and then one must
>search for what is new, and what people think.
>When I want to find a recipe I sit in front of our 300+ cookbooks , and I
>almost always reach for the Rombauers' "Joy of Cooking", 1975 edition,
>before anything else.

Me too (1964 edition). My paperback copy is in three sections now, and
most of the pages are food-stained.

Jo Anne