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...find that recipe, with its characteristic boldface ingredients, in the brand-new Joy of Cooking (Scribner; 1,136 pages; $30) published this week, just in time for the looming holiday feasts. But there are some 2,600 others, all but a handful of them original or extensively revised versions of the recipes that have catered to American tastes for more than 60 years...
...first question facing Scribner and its parent Simon & Schuster--the big fish that had swallowed an earlier, smaller-fry publisher of Joy--was how to get Ethan Becker on board for the new project. An advance payment of more than a million dollars provided a satisfactory answer for all the parties involved. Ethan is hence listed on the cover and title page along with Irma and Marion as the author of the Joy of Cooking. But how many verses, people in publishing and in the intensely competitive world of chefs and cookbook writers wondered, often loudly, did Ethan really sing...
...features a famously reclusive author named Bill Gray who finally goes public, with unhappy consequences. Now DeLillo, not a recluse but visibly wary in the presence of cameras and interviewers, stands braced to face a lot of both during a seven-city tour to promote his new novel, Underworld (Scribner; 827 pages; $27.50). "My publisher has worked very hard on this book," he says, explaining his willingness to go on the road. "I do feel I'm entering some self-replicating white space, where the distinction between working and living has been erased." Reminded of what happened--of what...
...tell-all." South will help Patti LaBelle, who was been known to rustle up a mean meal on the road, dish out her culinary secrets next year. Even a reed-thin celebrity who was never seen in an apron will do. Or at least her cook will. Scribner's most recent deal is with Jackie Onassis' chef of 25 years, Marta Sgubin, whose book will also be coming out next year. One celeb with a full menu is Sarah Ferguson, whose cookbook will reach stores in January. But don't bother salivating over such dishes as Pear-Port Quickbread, Roast...
...Adjusted for inflation Adapted from MONEY; Who Has How Much and Why by Andrew Hacker; published by Scribner; (c) 1997 by Andrew Hacker. All rights reserved...