Editing Joy of Cooking (section)

=== Third edition (1943/1946) ===

In 1939, Rombauer published ''Streamlined Cooking'', a collection of recipes that could be prepared in less than 30 minutes, with an emphasis on use of canned and frozen foods. This book was not a commercial success,<ref name=Mendelsohn />{{rp|166–169}} but many of the recipes it contained became part of a new edition of ''Joy of Cooking'' published during 1943. This edition also included material intended to help readers deal with wartime rationing restrictions, including alternatives to butter in some recipes.<ref name=Acorn>{{cite book|last=Becker|first=Marion Rombauer|title=Little Acorn|year=1966|publisher=Bobbs-Merrill|asin=B0018O4N82|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JhQJAQAAMAAJ|access-date=2020-10-26|archive-date=2021-05-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210527160940/https://books.google.com/books?id=JhQJAQAAMAAJ|url-status=live}}</ref> Sales of this edition were phenomenal: from 1943 through 1946 a total of 617,782 copies were sold, surpassing sales of ''Joy of Cooking's'' principal competitor, [[Fannie Farmer]]'s ''[[Boston Cooking-School Cook Book]]''.<ref name=Mendelsohn />{{rp|172}}

During 1946, a minor revision of the 1943 edition was published. While substantially the same as its predecessor, the 1946 revision omitted the material related to wartime rationing and incorporated additional recipes from ''Streamlined Cooking''.<ref name=listing />