[Maximilian]

Irma Rombauer quoted it in an older edition of her classic cookbook The Joy of Cooking.

I've never read Martin Chuzzlewit, but I have heard that the older editions of "The Joy of Cooking" are worth searching for and are much more entertaining than the later editions.

[AnAmericanMother]

Oh, yes. Mrs. Irma was the best. My dad has the first edition, I have the second. Her daughter Irma Becker was not bad, but the son has completely rewritten the book to make it all trendy and nouvelle and lo-cal. Completely lost both the charming, chatty tone and the good reliable recipes.