ROMBAUER, Irma S.; Marion Rombauer Becker.
The Joy of Cooking.
“A fundamental resource for any American cook” (Julia Child): Irma Rombauer's The Joy of Cooking; Signed by Irma Rombauer and Marion Rombauer Becker
Indianapolis/ New York: Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1952.
$1,500.00
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Item Number: RRB-147706
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First edition of the 1952 edition of Rombauer's classic work. Octavo, original pictorial cloth, illustrated by Ginnie Hofmann. Boldly signed by both authors on the front free endpaper, "Most cordially. Irma S. Rombauer and Marion R. Becker. Very good in a very good dust jacket. Rare and desirable signed by both authors.
In 1931, Irma Rombauer announced that she intended to turn her personal collection of recipes and cooking techniques into a cookbook. Cooking could no longer remain a private passion for Irma. She had recently been widowed and needed to find a way to support her family. Irma was a celebrated St. Louis hostess who sensed that she was not alone in her need for a no-nonsense, practical resource in the kitchen. So, mustering what assets she had, she self-published The Joy of Cooking: A Compilation of Reliable Recipes with a Casual Culinary Chat. Out of these unlikely circumstances was born the most authoritative cookbook in America, the book your grandmother and mother probably learned to cook from.
The Joy of Cooking.
$1,500.00
In Stock
