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Fish Pies and French Fries by *the* Gill Holcombe

Katgoddess
Katgoddess Posts: 1,821 Forumite
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edited 2 August 2009 at 12:25PM in Old style MoneySaving
Has anyone brought/read this book? Her first book How To Feed Your Whole Family is my bible so I'll probably buy it anyway, but just curious if anyone has used it yet?

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Vegetables-Something-Affordable-Everyday-Family-friendly/dp/1905862334/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top

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  • ooooohhhh i hadn';t seen that, but i will be getting it! ty for the heads up Kat

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  • Reverbe
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    Thanks Kat. I knew she was doing a new one but hadnt heard anything about it.
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  • pollyskettle
    pollyskettle Posts: 2,163 Forumite
    Thank you. I've just bought both books as I've been meaning to buy How to Feed Your Family.......... for a while, so I took the plunge and bought both. :)
    "A cat can have kittens in the oven, but that don't make them biscuits." - Mary Cooper
    "Have nothing in your house that you do not know to be useful or believe to be beautiful" - William Morris
    Plus ca change, plus c'est la meme chose.
  • kaz2004
    kaz2004 Posts: 32 Forumite
    Hi, I am a serial lurker on all things Oldstyle. I have been too nervous to post BUT have both books.

    Fish Pies and French Fries is great. There are some crossover recipes but not that many. Pacific Pie is in both for example.

    It talks about store cupboard basics in Chapter 1.
    Chapter 2 is a huge section called Mood Food, which is then broken down into sub categories:
    Classics
    Comfort Food
    Curry
    Cool Dinners
    Credit Crunch Cuisine
    Kid's Favourites

    Chapter 3 - Loose Ends
    Chapter 4 - Dinner Party Menus
    Chapter 5 - Something Sweet
    Chapter 6 - Weekly menus (although not costed as in How to Feed Yor Family)

    I hope this helps, I am addicted to these books. They are "real" cooking for a family.

    Cheers!
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  • pollyskettle
    pollyskettle Posts: 2,163 Forumite
    My books have *just* arrived (literally - haven't even opened package yet lol)
    "A cat can have kittens in the oven, but that don't make them biscuits." - Mary Cooper
    "Have nothing in your house that you do not know to be useful or believe to be beautiful" - William Morris
    Plus ca change, plus c'est la meme chose.
  • Boomdocker
    Boomdocker Posts: 1,201 Forumite
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    Just to add that this is on sale at 'The Works' currently for 99p from a rrp of £9.99. Bought a copy yesterday in Southend and it has some really nice recipes in, much prefer it to the other book of hers. Thought I would share as its a great little find. :beer:
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