Cook book buying addiction?!

rachbc

Got Diana Hnery Food from plenty in TK Maxx for £8 - looks lovley - only prob is I have no space on my cookbook shelves and OH won't build me any more!!

cooking-mama

For all you cookbook addicts...theres a voucher link for Whsmith over on the vouchers/discounts board for £5 off a £15 book spend,if you use this to buy 2 cookbooks theres also a promo on that gives you your 2nd book for 1/2 price....yesterday i bought slow cooker book(full price at £16.99)..Nigellas kitchen(1/2 price at £10)...I got £5 off with voucher,then saved a further £5 in the promo,so basicaly £16.99 for what originaly wouldve been £36.99.

mummybearx

Oooh cooking-mama, thank you but :eek: Don't make me buy more books lol!

Still not got my shelving unit built for the bottom of the kitchen, have literally nowhere to put any more.

On the plus side, I did go through all the magazines, printed out recipes etc last week and thinned them out :j

Need to get a folder and file them all though, they are currently threw on top of my books lol x

mummybearx

Stuff it, it's payday tomorrow..... I've printed off the voucher!

http://www.whsmithforms.co.uk/privilegeclub/vi/WelcomeVouchersMarch.pdf

x

lally666young

I cant I promised DH!!!! poop ahh pooop. I fancy Maron Keyes cookery book. that one is only £8 on amazon. I may have to pootle over there lol!!!

nuatha

wm3010 wrote: »

I just wondered, for those of you who have 100s of books, which are the few that you always come back to and use the most?

Cordon Rouge: Vegetarian and Vegan Recipes from the Red Herring
Leiths Cookery Bible
Rose Elliot's Vegetarian Cooking
Beth Kidder's Milk Free Kitchen
Rosemary Wadey's Beginner's Cookbook

I have reference and kitchen copies of the first two, and have just ordered a second copy of a new addition, Regan Daley's In The Sweet Kitchen (and I've only read the first 250 pages since it arrived on Monday)

mummybearx

Popped into the local British Heart Foundation for a gander at the cook books. Had a good selection, but prices were from £4+ :mad:

Was hoping to get a 50p bargain, then I could justify it to DH, but alas, left empty handed x

lally666young

I caved in and got it aggh and Rachel koos little paris Kitchen, she also has one in french, it is all about how to make yummy things to spread on Bread. But I want to get rid of my provident loan so Tough times are calling!!!!

SnowBelle_2

Why has this thread made me feel all warm and fuzzy?
I have been a cooking addict for over 30 years,Im 44 but have always prefered cooking mags than teen ones.
I grew up with a very clever,very traditional Welsh grandmother and think my skills and interests were inherited from her ( I have yet to make her wonderful Caraway seed cake yet)
I love cookery books but definately the more old fashioned ones I would love the Mrs Beaton household management mentioned earlier.
I am presently thinking of selling my newer Jamie ones as they are not really 'me'
Sadly the charity shops around me seem so expensive,so I will have to go down the car boot route..I have just saved up for a Kitchenaid mixer and I love it so much I definately need more books to experiment with.:)

Callie22

SnowBelle wrote: »

( I have yet to make her wonderful Caraway seed cake yet)

I lurve seed cake it's one of those things you *have* to make as you just can't buy it anywhere. A slice of good seed cake with a cup of tea is my idea of heaven

I've decided that I have to use my cook books more so I've been on a bit of a mission just lately. This week it's Jamie's Food Revolution (good recipes - baked camembert pasta is amazing ... - although a lot of the timings seem off, I think I must have a very rubbish cooker) and Saving Dinner, which has been suprisingly good.