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This might not be considered a classic cookbook, but the first cookbook I ever bought was called The Peanuts Cookbook. I bought it from my school book list when I was 10 years old, in 1970. It was a paperback, with a pink and green cover.
I would love to have a copy now, and I always search for it at thrift stores and book sales. So far I haven't been able to find one, but I keep looking.
I think I recently mentioned this in another thread. Myra Waldo's "Round the World Cookbook" has provided me with more really outstanding recipes than all other cookbooks I've ever seen put together. It's not useful as a basic cookbook, but is wonderfully expansive beyond the basics.
I would put "Fanny Farmer" and "Joy of Cooking" at the top for basic cookbooks. Julee Rosso's "New Basics" is a very, very good cookbook for someone who doesn't already have established cooking skills.
Also, reading Adele Davis will carry you beyond the step-by-step into the common sense of cooking, which is important.
This is the original French edition. If your French reading ability is adequate I adjure you to get this rather than the English edition. Food is better in French.
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