Joy of Cooking: All About Pies and Tarts

by Irma S. Rombauer, Marion Rombauer Becker, Ethan Becker

Offers recipes and how-to guidelines for every major variety, including fruit, single-crust, cream, chiffon, custard, chocolate, and savory pies and tarts, in a collection complemented by easy crust preparation instructions. 50,000 first printing.

Genres: Cookbooks, Nonfiction, Cooking

128 pages, Hardcover

First published September 10, 2002

About the author

In 1931, a St. Louis widow named Irma von Starkloff Rombauer took her life savings and self-published a book called The Joy of Cooking. Her daughter, Marion, tested recipes and made the illustrations, and they sold their mother-daughter project from Irma's apartment.

Reviews

[Love of Hopeless Causes · Rating 2 out of 5]

Pretty much useless-once you go vegan, except as an overview.
"It's the Current Year. You are a vegan aren't you?" asked the failed vegan.
"No, I'm just trying not to eat soy," said the male reviewer.
"Still useless then, what with the whole soy/butter lock down situation."
"I just use the internet if I need a recipe."

[Rose Ann · Rating 3 out of 5]

If you need the absolute bare-bones basics on how to make a pie, this is the book for you.

[Joy Keil · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fabulous book! We keep getting this from the library to try new recipes from it (and to repeat other ones!)