Purchase
The James Beard Cookbook
James Beard
Marlowe & Company
February 2002
On Sale: February 19, 2002
480 pages ISBN: 1569245347 EAN: 9781569245347 Paperback (reprint)
Add to Wish List
Cookbooks
Beard intended The James Beard Cookbook
to have mass-market
appeal to “those who are just beginning to
cook and say they
don’t even know how to boil water, and second,
those who have
been trying to cook for a while and wonder why
their meals don’t
taste like mother’s cooking or the food in
good restaurants.”
It was the first trade paperback cookbook
(meaning it began life
as a paperback) ever published in the United
States. Craig Claiborne’s
New York Times review of the book
described its author as
a “kitchen wizard.” Given the good press,
helpful content,
and the price tag—75 cents—it’s no surprise it
became a classic. Today, you’ll need to shell
out a bit more,
but no one seems to mind. The cookbook,
according to Beard’s
longtime friend and editor, John Ferrone, has
been Beard’s
best seller.
Comments
No comments posted.
Registered users may leave comments.
Log in or register now!
|