recipe book recommendations please

belfastgirl23

Rose Elliot's Essential Vegetarian Cookbook (now sadly out of print)

New fave is Jamie Oliver's Italy book - great recipes and easy to follow.

Interesting strand, thanks!

dianadors

The cookbook I use most of all is my school cookery lesson recipe book. I was fortunate to go to school in the day when they taught young ladies proper cooking and I use my school recipe book every week. My cookery teacher also introduced me(at the age of 13) to the delights of "Good Housekeeping " Magazine which I have bought almost every month since! GH recipe's are imaginative and foolproof. I also use the web - I find the BBC recipe's brilliant. I love Delia and Nigella too.

reverie

I have so many cookery books, I love them. I go through phases of having different favourites but I always come back to Mary Berry's The Cook Book, I have a version which is from 1995, this is the same one but newer. It's an investment book, it has a classic for every occassion.

nikibella

Hi
I still use a French children's cookbook and pastry cookbook (La cuisine est un jeu d'enfants and La patisserie est un jeu d'enfant) my father brought us from Paris when I was a child and is now "decorated" with stains but still useful. It teaches to cook with cups and spoons (like the American do) and makes every recipe simple. The last time I went to Paris I found the same books and bought a set for my brother. He now uses them with his 4 year old girl.

Horasio

nicki wrote: »

I use The Readers Digest Cookery Year (borrow from my mum but I can't get a decent copy anywhere atm), Look and Cook (given to me when I was in primary school), ASDA magazine, here and my own recipe book which I am slowly compiling from magazine/here recipes

That was my first cookery book given to me in 1979 - so many things that were exotic then are quite common now:)

I collected the little Schwartz recipe books when building up my spice collection - they are good too - I have about 20 different chicken recipes:D

FZwanab

trace-j wrote: »

Mine has to be 'Practical Cookery'. I've got an older version from when I went to Catering College 10yrs ago. Don't be put off though, its all back to basics. How to make sauces, soups, prep veg, prep fresh meat and fish, desserts and bread.

Because the recipes are basic you can substitute ingredients according to dietary requirements. e.g. my mum was on a no sugar, wheat, yeast diet. we dug our various receipes and substitued where possible, like flours.

I've got loads of cookery books, but this by far gets the most use.

When I did a short cookery course the chef teaching us recommended this book, he was in the same college in London that Jamie Oliver went to and so I take it that Jamie learnt from this one too.

this_is_it

i have 3 books that i would be lost without and they are are falling apart,one which was my nans is complete illustrated cookery book but doesnt say whos it by it has everything in from recipes to house keeping has some fab cake recipes. the other one was my mils and is called odhams cookery illustrated then its the curry secret by kris Dhillon which i need a replacment as i'v lost all the important pages .
i also use this board plus the internet, bbc good food is good.

MATH

I have three books I wouldn't do without:

The Complete Dairy Cookbook (1980's) I wore the first book out but managed to pick up a new copy in a dicount book store.

Delia's Complete Cookery Course (1970's) Still going strong

Farmhouse Kitchen Cookery Cards (1970's) Remeber this afternoon prog from the 70's I think it may have been on just before General Hospital or maybe The Cedartree LOL

twink

yes math, i remember farmhouse kitchen with dorothy sleighthome, i have all the books then grace mulligan took over

Justamum

The one I use most at the moment is one I got from America via the internet. It's called Vegan Family Favourites. The only irritating thing about it is that everything is measured in cups - how on earth can you measure out something like broccoli in cups?

I tend to collect recipes which I think sound nice - but very often never get round to making them. I have a whole shelf full of cookery books, and the only ones I have ever got rid of are my non-vegetarian ones. I also have a card index full of recipes I've typed out, printed onto cards and filed (and most of them not used!) plus ones I've got from recipezaar which I've printed off. Some of those I've used though, and some are quite good.