The Joy of Cooking
by Irma S. Rombauer, Marion Rombauer Becker, Ethan Becker · Irma S. Rombauer
American kitchen reference with roughly 4,500 recipes plus sections on technique, ingredients and equipment. Recipe headnotes explain why steps work, so a cook can adapt dishes and handle unfamiliar ingredients without following instructions blindly.
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