I wanna basic cook book for beginners

sexki11en

Delia is my bible for cooking meat but for variety I found Jamie's Ministry of Food cookbook a great one. There's only one or two recipes in there that didn't appeal to us and everything we've done (most of them now) were superb.

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angeltreats

I've recommended Jamie's Ministry of Food to countless people and bought it as a present for a few friends. It's full of recipes for things you'll actually want to eat, and doesn't assume you have much prior knowledge or a kitchen full of expensive ingredients/specialist equipment.

Also the Good Housekeeping Step By Step Cookbook is great for someone starting out and it really does have a recipe for everything.

squeaky

Hiya

This thread has some help too:- I wanna basic cook book

I'll add your query to it shortly. Good luck

richardw

There also plenty of videos online to help you develop skills and techniques http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/content/knowhow/videos/browse

LondonDreamer

If I was to keep only one cookbook, it would be Jamie's Ministry of Food as a few others have already suggested. Everything is simple, tends to be a bit healthier than normal (e.g. the fish pie doesn't have a creamy sauce) and everything I've made from it is absolutely delicious.

Having the fish pie tonight, in fact. :money:

Mrs_Arcanum

Cook Step by Step is pretty good (my son uses this a lot but it is really aimed at adults) and even better value from one of the Book People or similar office things that go round.

Other than that the latest Good Housekeeping is a must. Though I still have my original as well, as some recipes are not kept in newer editions.

Nimeth

I've found Delia's How to Cook to be a good starting point too.

Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall is also good for basics. River Cottage Family is good for basic as are most of his other River Cottage books.

smunchkinp

I've a couple of books of Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall but use mainly the internet and a 10p school workbook to write down the ones i like.
Read the reviews on recipes online, theres usually someone who's added something to make it a little bit tastier

As for the Good Housekeeping Guide, Thats an excellent reference to get you started, unless of course yours happens to be as old as mine. (1930's i think) well mine does explain how to start a car by turning the handle correctly.

meritaten

smunchkinp wrote: »

I've a couple of books of Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall but use mainly the internet and a 10p school workbook to write down the ones i like.
Read the reviews on recipes online, theres usually someone who's added something to make it a little bit tastier

As for the Good Housekeeping Guide, Thats an excellent reference to get you started, unless of course yours happens to be as old as mine. (1930's i think) well mine does explain how to start a car by turning the handle correctly.

There were still a few around when I was a child in the 1950s. I honestly thought they were clockwork, like my toys!