Excellent classic ( )

No wonder this book is a classic! Irma von Starkloff-Bombauer lived between 1877-1962. ( )

I fell in love with this book as a young woman and still love it today. It has great information on just about anything you will want to bake or cook. It has pages of substitutions to help you out of a pinch if you realize you are out of something. It has a great index that helps you locate what you're interested in easily. I think every young woman that wants to cook or bake should have one! ( )

The new one is not as good. ( )

This book was my mother's gift to me when I got married. It has gotten me through over 30 years of trying to cook, answering questions about how to defrost a frozen turkey to what can be substituted when you don't have the correct spice, etc.

The cover I chose is not that of my edition (1980) but the cover I remember from my childhood, of my mother's copy. I wish I had it. ( )