I wanna basic cook book for beginners

sadiedoll

My mum bought me 'Just like mother used to make' by Tom Norrington-Davies for christmas and I have to say I refer to it all the time- great recipies that are easy to cook and also easy to adapt.

Delia is always a must as well.

For cheap eats, Caz Clarke's books are great.

trigger2

Another vote for Good Housekeeping here. I also like Jeanette Orrey "The Dinner Lady "(i think it's called) - all traditional foods like casseroles, scones etc. I find the more traditional ones more use than alot of the new trendy ones. Have a look on Amazon & read the reviews, they might help make up your mind.

twink

i have all the easycook magazines razra and i find them very good

Pink.

Hi fizzle,

I'm another fan of Delia's Complete Cookery Course. I've merged your thread with catz thread to keep all the suggestions together. This older thread may help too: What's the best cookery book you have?

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trigger2

twink, I've just treated myself to a subscription to Easy cook. I think it's fab, but i've had problems finding it lately so when I found it last month I subscribed to it (& it was only £10 for the year too)

twink

i find tesco gets the easycook mag in first then asda, next one due out 29th march

Addiscomber

catz747 wrote: »

Hello,
There's a thread about cook books here recommended by people on here from when I asked about a book, the suggestions were really helpful and useful and I can cook a lot more now than I could before. Thanks

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Glad to see that you are still cooking, catz747. How is the freezer?

black-saturn

Delia Smith's How To Boil an Egg is a good one and so are the Mrs Beeton books. Theres also a Heinz book which you can pick up in charity shops or on ebay in which each recipe includes something from the Heinz range.

catz747

Addiscomber wrote: »

Glad to see that you are still cooking, catz747. How is the freezer?

Thanks Addiscomber, the freezer doesn't get much use these days, it's usually half full after a shop and almost empty just before a shop - and it's only little anyway :D

:j

I've also baked a couple of cakes with recipes from this board - a chocolate one, having some tonight and a banana cake I've got a few books on my amazon wishlist for my birthday next month, need to add some more meals to my [STRIKE]repertoi[/STRIKE] [STRIKE]repertois[/STRIKE] menu

anniestar

I agree with a few of the OP's The Dairy Book of Home Cooking is unbeatable. I love Delia and have far too many cook books but that is the one that I could never be without.(Worth it for the Cream of Caukiflower Soup recipe alone!)Seriously its a fantastic book.