What cookbooks would you 'save' ?

NoahsPennilessMummy

Argggh
Have somehow posted this on the wrong thread:eek:

Can someone move it to Old Styloe and spare my blushes:o ta
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thriftlady_2

Boodle wrote: »

I rarely if ever have cooked from them but that isn't why I buy them. I read them for inspiration and enjoyment

Absolutely -me too.

D&DD I have phases of cookery styles too hence the wide range of books. I'm going through a French phase at the moment -not classical French cuisine, more modern quick and easy stuff. But I'll probably swing towards a frugal, basic, wartime style before long and then I'll go all River Cottage which will morph into a scholar cooks phase (Elizabeth David, Jane Grigson) and then I'll get all my Nigel Slaters out followed by Nigella......it's sad really but it keeps me happy if not sane:o :rotfl:

morganlefay

thriftlady, you have cheered me up so much. My list is very like yours, but lots of these books were never bought to be 'kitchen manuals'. I have now decidd to chuck out the true cookbooks which I don't use (Ainsley Harriot's low fat meals' for example - ugh) keep the few I actually cook from in the kitchen (plus my folder of stuff I've copied out over the years), but have a second category of books like Elizabeth David, jane grigson, Eliza Acton, Mrs beeton, Dorothy Hartley which will live upstairs so that I can read them in bed. These will be re-classified as 'food history'...Hooray.

thriftlady_2

morganlefay wrote: »

(Ainsley Harriot's low fat meals' for example - ugh) .

He didn't last long on my bookshelf either:rotfl:

You've reminded me of 4 others I have upstairs. I'd better go and edit my list;)

philb120

My wife seems to collect cookbooks and has filled 4 shelves so far ! The ironic thing is that it is me that tends to do all the good cooking. The ones I have been using most are by Rachel Allen- Bake andanother one whose title I can't remember. I also have a Good Housekeeping- Step by Step Cook Book which I picked up from a charity shop for £4.50. Although it's very recent- 2007, I have used it a few times. I have used Delia- how to cook as well.
I also have just bought HFW- The Meat Book from Ebay- hardback edition for £16 which I can't wait to start using after I have read my Tightwad Gazzette just got from Amazon

thriftlady_2

philb120 wrote: »

I also have just bought HFW- The Meat Book from Ebay- hardback edition for £16 which I can't wait to start using after I have read my Tightwad Gazzette just got from Amazon

Good boy;) another one of my favourite books.

geordie_joe

thriftlady wrote: »

It is probably one I don't like then Can you enlighten us?

The Be-Ro Book.

thriftlady_2

geordie_joe wrote: »

The Be-Ro Book.

No, didn't like that one- full of recipes I already had elsewhere and not a good read which is one of the things I look for in a cookbook.

SunnyGirl

I'm glad that it's not just me that thoroughly enjoys reading cookery books in bed :rotfl: I love one that tells a story too it's like having a meander with a friend. I also love the Tightwad Gazette & still pick it up & read bits that I've forgotten about twice a week The Be-Ro book brings back happy memories of baking with my Mum in the 70's & my kids always look up cake recipes in it even now.

Swan_2

got my list together, I've cooked from most of them, other than the very recently acquired ones, I still need to think about favourites


Indian Cookery – Madhur Jaffrey
A Taste Of India – Madhur Jaffrey
Far Eastern Cookery – Madhur Jaffrey
Eastern Vegetarian Cooking – Madhur Jaffrey
Classic Indian Cookery – Julie Sahni
Classic Indian Vegetarian Cookery – Julie Sahni
India With A Passion – Manju Malhi
Rice Spice & All Things Nice – Reza Mahammed
Indian Restaurant Cookbook – Pat Chapman
Favourite Restaurant Curries – Pat Chapman
Balti Curry Cookbook – Pat Chapman
Taste Of The Raj – Pat Chapman

Thai Restaurant Cookbook – Pat Chapman
Favorite Middle Eastern Recipes – Pat Chapman
A Book Of Middle Eastern Food – Claudia Roden
Chinese Cookery – Ken Hom
Vegetable & Pasta Book – Ken Hom
Wagamama Cookbook
Wagamama Ways With Noodles

Real Food – Nigel Slater
Real Cooking – Nigel Slater
Real Fast Food – Nigel Slater
Real Fast Puddings – Nigel Slater
English Bread & Yeast Cookery – Elizabeth David
A Book Of Mediterranean Food – Elizabeth David
Italian Food – Elizabeth David
Summer Cooking – Elizabeth David
English Food – Jane Grigson
Complete Cookery Course – Delia Smith

The Food Of Sapin & Portugal – Elisabeth Luard
European Peasant Cookery – Elisabeth Luard
Pizza, Calzone & Foccacia – Maxine Clark
Italian Pizza & Savoury Breads – Elizabeth Romer
Feasts – Silvena Rowe
Falling Cloudberries – Tessa Kiros
Ottolenghi, The Cookbook
The Perfect Pickle Book – David Mabey & David Collinson
Fifty Recipes To Stake Your Life On – Charles Campion
Sauce Book – Paul Gayler
Pastry – Michelle Roux
A Celebration Of Soup – Lindsey Bareham
In Praise Of The Potato – Lindsey Bareham

Entertaining With Cranks
The Cranks Cookbook
The Enchanted Broccoli Forest – Mollie Katzen
Moosewood Cookbook – Mollie Katzen
Sundays At Moosewood Restaurant
Vegetarian Kitchen – Sarah Brown

The Complete farmhouse Cookery Course – Yorkshire Television
500 Fabulous Cakes & Bakes
The Scottish & Irish baking Book – Margaret Bates
Muffins Fast & Fantastic – Susan Reimer
Muffin Magic – Susannah Blake
Quick Breads – Linda Collister … bought on spec very cheap in an online sale, the only book I’ve ever had with absolutely nothing I want to cook, so off to the charity shop
What’s Cooking – City Of Dundee Girl Guides
500 Recipes For Sweets & Candies – Marguerite Patten circa 1960-something
Green & Black’s Chocolate Recipes
Ice Cream & Dessert Book – Ben & Jerry
Be-Ro Book circa 1970, kept for sentimental rather than practical reasons
Homecraft Book, Cookery, Laundry, Housewifery first published 1935


Time & Life Foods Of The World –

Africa
American ... I got my favourite Chilli recipe from this one
America, Creole & Acadian
America, The Melting Pot
America, Southern Style
America, Eastern Heartland
America, The Northwest
America, The Great west
America, New England
Caribbean
China
Germany
India
Italy
Latin America
Middle Eastern Cooking
Pacific & Southeast Asia
Provincial France
Quintet Of Cuisines … Switzerland, Belgium, Tunisia, Morocco, Poland, Netherlands … I have 2 of this one, British & American, the different way the recipes are laid out fascinates me
Russian
Scandinavia
Spain & Portugal
Vienna’s Empire
Wines & Spirits


Food In History – Reay Tannahill ... an absolutely wonderful read, I lost my first copy & bought another because I like it so much, I can’t recommend it enough