The first edition of The Joy of Cooking,1931 It is the most popular and best-selling cookbook in American history, with nearly 18 million copies sold.It is the only cookbook to be included in the New York Public Library’s list of 150 Influential Books of the Century.The original edition was privately published by the author in an edition of 3000 copies and was illustrated by the author’s daughter, Marion Rombauer Becker, who also designed the spectacular dust jacket featuring St. Martha of Bethany, the patron saint of cooking, taking up a mop to fend off the dragon Tarasque.The author marketed the book herself, selling...
The Books in Julia Child’s Kitchen
In 2001 Julia Child gave her kitchen to the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History.The kitchen, designed by her husband Paul, was where millions of Americans watched as Child worked her culinary magic on her incredibly popular public-television series. The kitchen bookshelfChristine Klepper, a Museum Studies graduate student at The George Washington University, has been spending some time in the kitchen working with the books. Her recent post on the blog of the National Museum of American History, What's on Julia Child's bookshelf, recounts her experience:My assignment in the kitchen was to complete object condition reports on all 27 books on...
Dinner Is Served: New Book Provides Entrée to Cannibalism
‘I sautéed the steak of Bernd, with salt, pepper, garlic and nutmeg. I had it with Princess croquettes, Brussels sprouts and a green pepper sauce” Fresh on the, ahem, heels of Julia & Julie, the new movie by Nora Ephron about Julia Child and her worshipful acolyte-blogger, Julie Powell, comes a new book about the cuisine that dare not speak its name. Master this sort of cooking and the only thing you’ll actually be serving is a prison sentence.Those who enjoy Bernd Steak well done will salivate over An Intellectual History of Cannibalism by political scientist at the University of...