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On 22 Nov 2004 03:38:40 GMT, (Naomi Darvell) wrote:

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>Louis Cohen wrote:
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>>The Joy of Cooking is encyclopedic, but very bland.
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>The original Joy of Cooking was weird. It could make for fun reading,
>especially the comments before the recipes. For a diet salad dressing: "No, it
>isn't particularly good, but it can be eaten by the bulging with a clear
>conscience." (Quote may not be exact, but I lost my copy.) Some of the recipes
>were good and others were crap.
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>Naomi D.

if the quote is not exact, it's damned close. irma was a pistol, all
right.

your pal,
blake