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The 1997 Joy of Cooking
By Marion Rombauer Becker, Ethan Becker, Irma S. Rombauer
Scribner - 1997
As an American living in China, it can be difficult to source ingredients in the same way that most cookbooks and websites expect. Besides the fact that The Joy of Cooking will teach you how to boil water if you don't know how and take you all the way to using ice cubes in your pie crusts for a flakier texture, this book really provides a resource for me unavailable most other places. An example: I recently wanted to do a roast chicken. Here in Beijing a whole chicken is no problem. However, a whole chicken properly plucked with gizzards removed and wrapped in butcher paper? You're joking. Book taught me how to singe off remaining feathers, pluck and wash the bird, etc (the butcher thought I was nuts for giving him back the feet and head). This book is my bible.