Vintage New York Times Heritage Cook Book Cookbook 1972

The New York Times Heritage Cookbook, 1972, by Jean Hewitt. Illustrated hardcover book with dust jacket, 804 pages, published by G. P. Putnam's Sons. A very good plus first edition in a good plus dust jacket. Black cloth, embossed boards, red endpapers. Illustrated throughout with drawings and color photos. 7 3/4 x 9 1/2 inches tall. According to Google Books, this cookbook includes "more than 2,100 authentic heirloom recipes from regional America." The recipes are organized by region (Northeast, South, Midwest, Mountain/Northern Plains, Southwest and Northwest) and indicate which state they are from. The recipes are accompanied by occasional color photos and line drawings. The cookbook was written by Jean Hewitt, a British-American food writer who worked as an assistant to Craig Claiborne, managed the NYT test kitchen and authored a number of cookbooks. According to Wikipedia, she spent five years travelling around the U.S. collecting recipes for this book!