... the best basic cookbook I've seen since the Joy of Cooking. In fact, I think it is easier to use... (Peggy Katalinich, Minneapolis Star)

{HISTORY}

Originally conceived in 1965, the two-volume set of The Doubleday Cookbook would take an entire ten years to complete before it was ready to hit bookstore shelves.  Co-authored by Jean Anderson and Elaine Hanna, editorial colleagues at Ladies Home Journal, the cookbook was an immediate bestseller upon release. Named Best Basic Cookbook in 1975 as well as the Tastemaker Cookbook-of-the Year, it was praised for its wide variety of thoroughly tested recipes and wide variety of information pertaining to cooking and kitchens. Reaching icon status in record time, The Doubleday Cookbook is now considered a classic and has sold over one million copies since it first debuted. 

Covering a range of cuisine from homey American favorites and heirloom recipes to exotic cuisines from around the world, this two-volume set also features practical kitchen/cooking advice, beautiful food photography, and lots of interesting charts and diagrams and situational information. Intended as a primer for any home cook, regardless of experience level, these two books cover all the basics like how to make coffee and chop vegetables to more complicated and exotic meal prep like making (and folding) homemade wontons, sauteeing calf brains and frying frog legs. Reliable, informative and trusted, The Doubleday Cookbook has been helping home cooks put delicious food on the table for over 40 years. 

{SPECIAL FEATURES}

- 1975 edition

- 2 volume set spanning 1500 pages and 5,000 recipes 

- Chock-full of interesting information, some of our favorites include How to Choose the Proper Soup Bowl and Spoon, the Party Punch Chart; Suggested Menus, Ideal foods for the larder, the Quick Alphabet of Sausages, Herb and Spice charts, equipment lists needed for the beginning kitchen, the intermediate kitchen and the gourmet kitchen

- Interesting recipes include: Herbed Lamb Loaf, Quenelles, Homemade Corned Beef Hash, Portuguese Green Soup, Andalusian Gazpacho, Beef Boreks, Potage Saint Germain, malted milkshakes, Brandied Beans, Orange Sweet Potato Stuffing, Homemade Pasta Dough, Grits and Gruyere Fritters, Nesselrode Sauce, Berry Chiffon Pie, Refrigerator Ice Cream, Viennese Fruit Flan and a host of European Cookie recipes

- Illustrated throughout with black and white line drawings

{CONDITION}

In beautiful vintage condition. Apart from light wear on both dust jackets, these books look practically brand new. There are no spots, stains or notations. The spine is tight and all pages are clean and bright. The dust jackets are intact and bear just a bit of edge-wear along the top and bottom of spine. 

{SIZE}

Each cookbook measures 5.75" inches (width) x 8.5" inches (length) x 2" inches (thickness). Combined this set weighs 4.9lbs

{FOR THE COLLECTOR}

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