Joy of Cooking : The All-Purpose Cookbook

An American household classic, the newly revised and expanded edition of "The Joy of Cooking" is the most essential item one can have in the kitchen. Divided into three parts, "Foods We Eat", "Foods We Heat", and "Foods We Keep", "The Joy of Cooking" contains more than 4,500 recipes with hundreds of them new to this edition, plus an enlarged discussion on herbs, spices, and seasonings, tips on various cooking techniques, canning and preserving advice, and more. 1,000 line drawings.