Every home in America seems to have a copy of “The Joy of Cooking.” At a time when cookbooks mostly had fancy recipes by famous gourmets, this was the first cookbook for Middle America, written by an ...

If you are one of many who have a torn and tattered, sauce-splattered copy of the iconic "Joy of Cooking" cookbook, then do we have good news for you. According to a new press release, "Joy of Cooking ...

Fourth-generation Joy of Cooking coauthor John Becker didn’t actually grow up in Cincinnati—but his grandmother, Marion Rombauer Becker, and his father, Ethan Becker, past authors of the cookbook, did ...

From the Joy of Cooking (1975 edition). This dish is sometimes called Country Captain Chicken. Ralph Cox won his girlfriend's lasting affections by making it for her on their second date. Cox and ...

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