Book · 1975 · Cooking
Joy of Cooking
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The Joy of Cooking chuck had a recommendation that if you feed a trap possum or if you trap a possum alive feed it milk and cereals for 10 days.
The best things said about it
And even though I'm a nobody even though nobody's ever heard of me and I'm a brown person and brown people don't write General cookbooks the only General cookbooks that exist are The Joy of Cooking by a white lady.
The joy of cooking with ian we're not really calling it that i don't think we can no it's like 100 year old book oh okay a cookbook yeah that's not fair the joy of cooking.
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Why people recommend it
Joy of Cooking by Irma S. Rombauer and Marion Rombauer Becker is an enduring culinary staple and one of the most widely recognized general cookbooks in history. On an episode of Stuff You Should Know, Josh Clark mentioned the classic volume while discussing traditional methods of preparing possum for meals, referencing the book's specific advice on feeding a trapped animal. Separately, during an appearance on Freakonomics Radio, Samin Nosrat pointed to the cookbook while addressing the broader issue of diversity in culinary literature, noting that despite being a cookbook written by white women, it remains one of the few general authorities in the field. Additionally, on Timcast IRL, the hosts discussed the century-old book while bantering about an upcoming cooking show segment. Across these different podcast appearances, the culinary guide emerged not just as a manual for home cooking, but as a cultural touchstone representing both traditional American home economics and the historical lack of representation among authors of mainstream comprehensive cookbooks. Its enduring presence in popular discourse highlights its massive footprint in the culinary world across generations of home cooks.
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Josh Clark The Joy of Cooking chuck had a recommendation that if you feed a trap possum or if you trap a possum alive… 1
“The Joy of Cooking chuck had a recommendation that if you feed a trap possum or if you trap a possum alive feed it milk and cereals for 10 days”
Samin Nosrat and even though I'm a nobody even though nobody's ever heard of me and I'm a brown person and brown people… 1
“and even though I'm a nobody even though nobody's ever heard of me and I'm a brown person and brown people don't write General cookbooks the only General cookbooks that exist are The Joy of Cooking by a white lady”
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“the joy of cooking with ian we're not really calling it that i don't think we can no it's like 100 year old book oh okay a cookbook yeah that's not fair the joy of cooking”
