Aharpo.296 net.cooks utcsrgv!utzoo!decvax!ucbvax!mhtsa!harpo!mmp Fri Feb 5 12:50:03 1982 Joy of Cooking I'd also like to recommend "The Joy of Cooking" as an excellent general- purpose cookbook. Besides having a ton of recipes, there is a descriptive section on just about anything edible that you can think of. And, while a lot of the recipes aren't all that imaginative, they're a great place to start. Michelle Peetz harpo!mmp ----------------------------------------------------------------- gopher://quux.org/ conversion by John Goerzen of http://communication.ucsd.edu/A-News/ This Usenet Oldnews Archive article may be copied and distributed freely, provided: 1. There is no money collected for the text(s) of the articles. 2. The following notice remains appended to each copy: The Usenet Oldnews Archive: Compilation Copyright (C) 1981, 1996 Bruce Jones, Henry Spencer, David Wiseman.