General Purpose, Anthologies

There have been a quite a number of excellent general purpose cookbooks published over the years, and we will try to offer them here. Two milestone books, the so-called Fannie Farmer Cookbook, and the Joy of Cooking, deserve special attention. Both are still in print in updated versions and most of the older editions are still popular. Certain editions of the Betty Crocker's Cookbook also continue to be popular.

A good history of the various editions of Joy of Cooking is on Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Joy_of_Cooking.

A word of caution: This category of cookbook invites passions fueled by familiarity, nostalgia and generational prejudice. We have seen mothers and daughters have words over whether the "light blue" Joy of Cooking is better than the later "white" cover edition. We have seen someone roll their eyes and argue when their mother said that The Settlement Cookbook will be found on the bookshelf of every Jewish-American household. Forewarned is forearmed.

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A Concise Encyclopedia of Gastronomy (Collected) (1952) by André L. Simon, Harcourt, Brace and Co., first 1952 American edition of the author's writings originally written for his International Food & Wine...	$25.00 Add:
A Little Cook Book for a Little Girl (1917) by Caroline French Benton, Page and Company, 1917 impression of 1905 publication. Hardback, with decorative Arts & Crafts illustrated front cover, no...	$20.00 Add:
A New Book of Cookery (by Fannie Farmer, 1915) by Fannie Merritt Farmer, Little, Brown and Company, 440 pages plus commercial ads in back, 1915 printing of the original 1912 edition. Title page...	$30.00 Add:
A New Way to Cook - The Art of Low-Calorie Cooking by Sally Schneider, Artisan Books, first printing, 2001. Hardback with DJ. A heavyweight with 739 pages. The author, a James Beard Award winner for...	$12.00 Add:
A Treasury of Great Recipes (First Printing) by Mary and Vincent Price, Ampersand Press, first edition, 1965. Hardback. no DJ as issued, copper and tan padded leatherette covers with gold...	$48.00 Add:
Amy Vanderbilt's Complete Cookbook (Drawings by Andy Warhol) by Amy Vanderbilt, Doubleday, 1961. Hardback, with DJ, 811 pages. Best known for her tome on etiquette, which is still in print, Vanderbilt in her...	$10.00 Add:
Better Homes and Gardens Junior Cook Book by the editors of Better Homes and Gardens, 1963 revised edition of the 1955 publication. Hardback (not ring-bound), 77 pages, no DJ, pictorial...	$10.00 Add:
Better Homes and Gardens New Cook Book (1953 facsimile) by The Taste Testing Staff, Meredith Publishing, 2005. Hardback, five-ring binder, no DJ as issued, 416 pages. The Big Red Plaid. This cookbook, an...	$50.00
Better Homes and Gardens New Cook Book 1989 by Jennifer Darling, et al, editors, 1989 tenth edition, 472 pages. Hardback, ring-bound, 472 pages. . The Big Gingham Plaid, with 1,300 recipes and...	$14.00 Add:
Betty Crocker Recipe Card Library (The Big Red Box) by the Betty Crocker kitchen staff, Golden Press, 1971. Tomato-red plastic case with 648 recipe cards (27 recipes in 24 categories) plus index &...	$35.00 Add: