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it appears that the various printings in the image above don't correspond to the edition numbers. the 9th book in the image is from 1975 (the one I have) whereas the 9th edition came out in 2019 and included recipes from the great-grandson of Irma Rombauer who wrote the 1936 one

I can’t think of a book that embodies American cuisine better than

while every 'foodie' clamors for their own copy of npc i have always recommended 'joy ...' (the 'about' sections are worth their weight in gold), coupled with mcgee's 'on food and cooking' to those asking after a starting point. the recipe for success is technique and product knowledge over recipes.

I have the seventh edition, with an inscription from my grandmother. Aside from a local women’s social group cookbook from where my family is originally from, this was my first real cookbook when I moved to my first apartment.

I’ve always thought that its second title could have been The Joy of Cross Indexing. There were recipes that had so many references to other recipes that it was like an analog model for HyperCard. Still, I managed to learn a lot from it.

Also, a lot of people think that generation's 'make do' skills came from living through the depression, some of it did but people really needed to get creative during rationing which did not just stop immediately after the war.

I have this ridiculous 1980s book MICROWAVE COOKERY which has this vibe. it's horrible lol