Best cookbook...

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LittleMoog

Another vote for the good housekeeping cookery book - I have my Mum's 1970s edition, and also my own modern edition, brilliant for basic family food, but with some more interesting ideas in there too.
This is the one I have http://www.amazon.co.uk/Good-Housekeeping-Cookery-Book-Companion/dp/1843401150/ref=dp_ob_title_bk

I also regularly use Nigella's How to Eat, Express and Kitchen, and I like Jamie's 30 minute meals, although they all take me at least 45 mins, and I quarter the olive oil. That man is obsessed!

MrsE_2

Hanging_by_a_thread wrote: »

Cant beat the old Hairy Bikers, I love their take on shepherds pie. I also love Nigel Slaters recipes, he thinks outside the box.

Which book is that in?

Philippa36

Another vote for the Good Housekeeping Cookery book here - I have a very old one that belonged to my Gran and a new version I was bought when I got married in 1989. I use the newer version all the time and although I google recipes, use BBC food and foodgawker all the time, I still go back to my GH book for easy, traditional recipes that work.

Perfect for every kind of recipe (including cocktails!) and has plenty of useful advice regarding setting up a kitchen.

kazmc

Another vote for Jamies Ministry of Food - fantastic book

dondo

RHYSDAD wrote: »

Hugh Fearnely-Whittingstall's 'River Cottage Every Day' is a book I lean toward. The meals are fairly straightforward whilst looking gastro. Hugh also encourages tweaking of his recipes should you fall short on some ingredients whilst having abundance of others. That and Delia's complete cookery course book.

Being a vegetarian family we bought his veg everyday book and it's great- probably the mosty used cookbook we own