What cookbooks would you 'save' ?

frivolous_fay

I don't feel so bad now, I can only count 32 :whistle:

Swan_2

confession time, I binned a cookery book recently

I was given a few books by a friend who was moving home & wanted rid of them, I normally charity shop anything I don't like, but this one I wouldn't wish on anyone

what did it for me was the 'recipe' which suggested adding cubes of corned beef to macaroni cheese _pale_ _pale_ _pale_

brownhandbag

Delia Complete, River cottage Meat Book and Mary Berry's cakes are all I really need/use.......but Jamie O and Hugh FW look good on the shelf

Stephen_Leak

I'd still be lost without the "Cooking for Blokes" trilogy of CFB, Foreign CFB and Flash CFB.

MrsE_2

Just found this thread:j

I would save all my Jamie ones:smileyhea

esmf73

Good Housekeeping Cookery Book
Home and Freezer Digest Cooking for Christmas 1976 (use it every year)
My handwritten book,

that's all!

Belisarius

The Frugal Cook by Fiona Beckett. I got it for my birthday & love it. I have a few frugal cookbooks, but this one is definitely the best ... frugal cooking but with a modern take

Swan_2

MrsE wrote: »

Just found this thread:j

I would save all my Jamie ones:smileyhea

I don't have any Jamie books, I find him absolutely unbearable to watch *shudder* (& not in a good way ) but on the odd occasion he's been on in someone else's house, his food looks good

which book would of his you recommend to start with? bearing in mind I've been cooking from scratch for a very long time (I mean I'm old)


EDIT ... I need to cull my cookbooks, I've got faaar too many & some are rubbish ... like the Wagamama ones, even though they were free they're still shi*e

Rummer

Nigella Lawson How to be a Domestic Goddess. My life would be empty without the banana loaf!

MrsE_2

Swan wrote: »

I don't have any Jamie books, I find him absolutely unbearable to watch *shudder* (& not in a good way ) but on the odd occasion he's been on in someone else's house, his food looks good

which book would of his you recommend to start with? bearing in mind I've been cooking from scratch for a very long time (I mean I'm old)


EDIT ... I need to cull my cookbooks, I've got faaar too many & some are rubbish ... like the Wagamama ones, even though they were free they're still shi*e

You've got an awe inspiring library of cook books, I was drooling when I read your post:D
For new/med cooks I would say the Ministry of Food, possibly the single best cook book to inspire people back to cooking ever. It worked for me (I wasn't a takeaway queen nor did I use TV dinners, but i did use jars & make the same stuff month in month out).

His Jamie's Italy is great if you like Italian food (which I do).

For a more competent cook than Ministry of Food, I would say Jamie's Dinners.

His greatest all round book, "Cook with Jamie".

I've bought the new US road trip one, but I haven't cooked anything yet. Apparently a Ministry of Food 2 (I think its called the Food Revolution is coming out soon too).

I have his naked chefs books too, the only one I don't have is Jamie's Kitchen (I think).