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The joy of the ‘Joy of Cooking,’ circa 1962
This posted is rated NV: Not for Vegetarians. A friend in the book-publishing industry was dining at our house last week and rhapsodizing about old Joy of Cooking editions, particularly the illustrations from the '60s. Lo and behold, on my shelf was a 1962 edition my father had given me. The book opens with an epigram from Goethe's Faust: "That which
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