Help me buy a Christmas Present

OK. I'm starting to think about Christmas gifts. There's one person who has just started to get into cooking, and I want to get them a nice basic cookbook. I'm thinking either Julia Child's The Way To Cook--my own Bible--or The Joy of Cooking, which a number of other people have recommended.

Which do people prefer? Or, do you have another standard cookbook that you prefer.

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Submitted by Jeffrey Langstraat on 3 December 2005 - 7:11pm.
Holidays | Recipes

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You can't go wrong with Joy of Cooking

Submitted by Sour Duck on 4 December 2005 - 1:56am.

My two cents: you cannot go wrong with "The Joy of Cooking." My mom has had hers for years, and it was well loved and well used.

(I'm sure Julia Child's "The Way to Cook" is excellent as well, I just haven't had any experience with it.)

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