The Joy of Cooking, Irma S. Rombauer, Copyright 1936, Bobbs-Merrill Co. Hardcover
Joy of Cooking, often known as "The Joy of Cooking", is one of the United States most published cookbooks. It has been in print continuously since 1936 and has sold more than 18 million copies.
Born to German immigrants in 1877, Irma Starkoff was born and grew up in St. Louis, Missouri.
She married Edgar Rombauer, a lawyer, during 1899. Edgar committed suicide after a severe bout of depression during 1930, widowing Irma at 52, and leaving her with $6,000 in life savings.
Rombauer children encouraged her to compile her recipes and thoughts on cooking to help her cope with her loss.
Rombauer spent much of the summer of 1930 creating the first drafts that would later become The Joy of Cooking.
The 1936 edition differed from other commercial cookbooks of the era by it's retention of the authors folksy comments and anecdotes and it's layout the recipes. Instead of listing ingredients for a dish at the top with preparation directions following, the recipes in Joy (1936) were presented by narratives with the ingredients indicated as the need for them occurred, each placed in boldface on a new indented line thus preserving a conversational style throughout the recipe.
Irma Rombauer died in 1962 at age 84. By then she was a national celebrity.
Today the book she self published as a Depression era widow is considered a kind of bible of American cooking.
The book is in good vintage condition with minor edge wear due to use and age. The pages are without rips, tears, or markings. The spine is intact and strong but the outer jacket is torn as seen in pictures
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