Can anyone recommend a cookery book?

big5

My OH's most recent cookbook purchases are the Masterchef Kitchen Bible and Mexican Food Made Simple.

One of our most used recipe books is this Winter recipe collection - only a fiver and we liked it so much we went back and bought a couple more copies to give as gifts.

skintscotslass

Another vote for The Silver Spoon and Nigella's Kitchen or Feast

Sally_A

How about a years subscription to BBC Good Food, or if they like more complicated stuff Olive magazine. There are some good subscription deals, and often the buyer can get a free introductory pressie.

(Word to the wise - the majority of these recipes are available on line about a month after publication).

lostinrates

Sally_A wrote: »

How about a years subscription to BBC Good Food, or if they like more complicated stuff Olive magazine. There are some good subscription deals, and often the buyer can get a free introductory pressie.

(Word to the wise - the majority of these recipes are available on line about a month after publication).

or, on this theme, if they have a shared second language a subscription to a food magazine from that country? I love cucina italiana...and buy second hand ones as well as new ones when in italy, and have been toying with a subscription to a french magazine for a year.....its nice to have a different cultural look at food and seasons.

peachyprice

Sally_A wrote: »

How about a years subscription to BBC Good Food, or if they like more complicated stuff Olive magazine. There are some good subscription deals, and often the buyer can get a free introductory pressie.

(Word to the wise - the majority of these recipes are available on line about a month after publication).

Ooh, I'm liking this idea, I've just subscribed to GF myself

lostinrates wrote: »

or, on this theme, if they have a shared second language a subscription to a food magazine from that country? I love cucina italiana...and buy second hand ones as well as new ones when in italy, and have been toying with a subscription to a french magazine for a year.....its nice to have a different cultural look at food and seasons.

It doesn't really work when one is English and the other is Scottish, nice idea though.

I used to enjoy Italian newspapers and mags when I was travelling there (too many moons ago, how I miss those days)

AdmiralX

peachyprice wrote: »

something with a good selection of starters and mains would be good. Any ideas?

You can choose regional cooking like French, Italian, Mediterranean, Chinese, Spanish, Greek, (where you can find ingredients easily here or by categories like vegetarian, fish cooking, meat cooking.

lostinrates

peachyprice wrote: »

It doesn't really work when one is English and the other is Scottish, nice idea though.
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ok, I've thought and thought but I can't work out why the nationality scot or english means no chance of a shared second language? two people from any where might just have one language, or like some of my in laws, peak in a shared secnd language together neither being fluent in the other's first language. Please tell me what I'm missing!

Air_Cooled_75

Another vote for The Silver Spoon. For Spanish 1080 Recipes is good and Greek, Vefa's Kitchen. They are all by the same publisher and are lovely books.

daska

Or how about a classic text such as Larousse? You don't have to buy the whole tome, there is a concise edition and various chapters published separately.

peachyprice

lostinrates wrote: »

ok, I've thought and thought but I can't work out why the nationality scot or english means no chance of a shared second language? two people from any where might just have one language, or like some of my in laws, peak in a shared secnd language together neither being fluent in the other's first language. Please tell me what I'm missing!

Oh bum, I completely misunderstood what you meant. I thought you mean that one had a native language that the other had an interest in. Why would I have thought that, duh!

Apologies for any confusion caused, normal service will resume when Peachy learns to read properly.