A Brief History of the Joy

• 1931: First Joy of Cooking, self-published.

• 1936: First revision.

• 1943: Second revision.

  • 1946: Reprint of 1943 edition (with World War II rationing information deleted)

• 1951: Third revision. Irma Rombauer and Marion Rombauer Becker.

• 1962: Fourth revision.

• 1975: Fifth revision.

• 1997: Sixth revision. Irma Rombauer, Marion Rombauer Becker, and Ethan Becker.

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