Cookbook
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A cookbook or cookery book is a culinary reference work that contains a collection of recipes and instructions for food preparation. Cookbooks serve as comprehensive guides that may include cooking te
Eliza Smith's The Compleat Housewife, 1727
Apicius, De re coquinaria, an early collection of Roman recipes
18th-century recipes for biscuits from a private collection of recipes
Norwegian immigrant cookbook in Norwegian, published in the United States in 1899
Joy of Cooking
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Joy of Cooking, often known as "The Joy of Cooking", is one of the United States' most-published cookbooks. It has been in print continuously since 1936 and has sold more than 20 million copies. It wa
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…Such books were written primarily for housewives and occasionally domestic servants as opposed to professional cooks, and at times books such as The Joy of Cooking (United States), La bonne cuisine de Madame E. Saint-Ange (France), The Art of Cookery (UK, U.S.), Il cucchiaio d'argento (Italy), and A Gift to Young…
Cover of 1975 edition
Editions of (The) Joy of Cooking, from the 1st printing in 1931 (top left) to the most recent edition, published in 2019
Well-worn copies of the book from the library of Julia Child on display at the National Museum of American History