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Can anybody recommend a cookery book for my son?
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Olliebeak
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For years my son (now 34) lived with his girlfriend - a chef - who did all the cooking. They have now split up and he is having to take an interest in learning to cook. He has a breadmaker and uses it regularly and has recently bought himself a slow-cooker, a food processor and a v-slicer (mr gadget-man!).
He has asked me for a decent basic cookery book for a Christmas present and I'm wondering if anybody on here can recommend one that is useful for a fella. I don't want one that would be too patronising - but good plain no-nonsense instructions. He isn't over adventurous with his tastebuds (refuses pointblank to even contemplate putting sweetcorn into his mouth
). He remembers me having a Mrs Beetons Book of Household Management and Cookery (bought in 1972 when I first got married and didn't know how to boil an egg without burning the pan) and thinks something like that would be useful - but he wouldn't be interested in all that etiquette/household management stuff that was in it.
All ideas gratefully received - especially from our male OS'ers.
Many thanks - Ollie
He has asked me for a decent basic cookery book for a Christmas present and I'm wondering if anybody on here can recommend one that is useful for a fella. I don't want one that would be too patronising - but good plain no-nonsense instructions. He isn't over adventurous with his tastebuds (refuses pointblank to even contemplate putting sweetcorn into his mouth
). He remembers me having a Mrs Beetons Book of Household Management and Cookery (bought in 1972 when I first got married and didn't know how to boil an egg without burning the pan) and thinks something like that would be useful - but he wouldn't be interested in all that etiquette/household management stuff that was in it.All ideas gratefully received - especially from our male OS'ers.
Many thanks - Ollie
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Hi, I have PM youDoing voluntary work overseas for as long as it takes .......
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"How to boil an egg" written by Jan Arkless, available from Amazon at £3.99. It really is basic. Assumes you know nothing at all! Which I found great when I first moved out to live on my own in the big old world.:T0
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When my son left home I gave him Delia Smiths Complete Cookery Course, it soon became his cookery bible! It has everything from basics like pancakes to dinner party food.Dum Spiro Spero0
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TBH - Google - I have a lappy in the kitchen and it's great for impromptu cookoffs!
That said for a "real" book then Delia (also on line) and for real interest any of the river cottage books by Hugh F-W.
I love my Nigella books - How to Eat is a good one but it may be "out of his league" for now.
I am looking fwd to getting The Good Granny Cookbook: Traditional Favourites for Modern Families and have just noticed it's by Hugh F-W's wife!!!
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If he'd been younger I would have said Sam Stern's cooking up a storm plus his 2 follow up books, which are really written for teens, but Delia is probably the best choice for someone olderMortgage, we're getting there with the end in sight £6587 07/23, otherwise free of the debt thanks to MSE help!0
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Ive just bought these for my brother for Xmas
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Cooking-Blokes-Duncan-Anderson/dp/0751515639
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Foreign-Cooking-Blokes-Duncan-Anderson/dp/0751520780/ref=pd_sim_b_img_1/203-9142740-5055930
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Flash-Cooking-Blokes-Duncan-Anderson/dp/075152722X/ref=pd_sim_b_img_1
I bought them as a three pack from Studio Cards for £8.99 but they do look fantasticJune Grocery Challenge 270.80/250July Grocery Challenge 0/3000 -
I'm looking for something similar for my brother, and thinking of a Good Housekeeping Step by Step one. My own Good Housekeeping Cookbook is falling apart from use, and I would say it's the only cookery book where every single recipe I have tried has worked.
Another possibility would be a Mary Berry Step by Step one, which I have bought as a gift in the past, and was very much appreciated.
The Delia books are also excellent.It is never too late to become what you were always intended to be0 -
The Dairy Book of Home Cookery, although I am not sure where to get it:o0
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Nigel Slater's "Real Fast Food" is a great book. It's full of really easy recipes that can be put together from storecupboard ingredients in less than 20minutes. It would be a good one for days when he can't be bothered with too much cooking. I've bought it for several 'non-cooks' who have loved it.0
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these little books are fantastic.
Ive picked up a couple for myself in charity shops, and we bought them for a gift for a similar type of guy to your son,
they are funny, very quick and super simple. http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/search-handle-url?%5Fencoding=UTF8&search-type=ss&index=books-uk&field-author=Ziggy%20Zen:beer: Well aint funny how its the little things in life that mean the most? Not where you live, the car you drive or the price tag on your clothes.
Theres no dollar sign on piece of mind
This Ive come to know...
So if you agree have a drink with me, raise your glasses for a toast :beer:0
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