And right he was to be scandalized!! It's un-American for a kitchen to be without that book. I asked for a copy of the new edition (and so did SIL)... we each gave each other copies! Teehee. Great book. *GREAT* book!
Bah! I've had my trusty "Mississippi Cookbook", which we'd received as a wedding gift in 1975. Hadn't really missed "Joy of Cooking". ;o) He got me the older edition because the newer one didn't have the Vegetable Casserole/Pot Pie recipe that he'd made last Christmas, and that I liked a lot.