recipe book recommendations please

Slinky

Sorry, haven't read the whole thread, but my most recent purchase is already turning into a favourite...... Slow Cooking Properly Explained by Dianne Page, has some yummy recipes in.

celyn90

My best source is my Mum's phone number! Failing that cooks.com is good for cakes (although you need cup conversions chart - delia online has one). In terms of actual books I like the Reader's Digest Farmhouse Cookery which is splattered and covered in stuff from over use (and careless liquidising) and a (no frills no pictures) paperback book called the "The Curry Book" which I picked up in The Works for 99p and it's got some of the best curry recipes I've ever found.

I also do a lot of sugar work, so I have a couple of confectionary books that I love (mainly just for the pictures of shiny sweets).

Lyndsay_21

my 2 favs are ainsley harriot's friends and family coobook which my friend bought me 2yrs ago for xmas and i absolutly love it, and tamasin day-lewis's kitchen bible which has everything in it.

MJMum

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Hadley

I've got well over a thousand cookbooks.I've got a good mix of British,American and Austrailian cookbooks my favourites at the moment are Rachel Ray's ,Bill Graingers and Rachel allens .

Sharra

Mine too are the Cranks Recipe Books - I haven't made a single thing from there which wasn't lovely. My 2nd copy is going to need replacing soon through over use

allIcouldwishfor

Waitrose website for me. Although I love "Jamie's dinners". For special occasions it's Nigella's "Feast".

laurawaite

hi everyone, i have finally had my lightbulb moment and am tackling our debts head on, including cutting down on the amount of money we spend on food (and hopefully losing weight at the same time) we have thrown away the takeaway menus and stopped buying jars/packet sauces and are (attempting) to make our own meals!

me and OH both work long hours so we need ideas for quick, cheap, simple foods, i bought gordon ramseys fast food book but it was full of random fancy stuff that is too complicated, can anyone recommend something more traditional?

thanks

boo81

I agree gordon ramsay is very posh!

James Martin does a lot of good honest food but you may be better making full use of what the net has to offer!

MRSMCAWBER

Hi there laurawaite....

welcome on board:beer:

Until you get hold of a decnt book you could take a look on www.goodfood.co.uk and www.ukvfood.co.uk there are loads of recipes on there.... the good food one is brilliant, i used to have the magazines, but then realised that i can get all the same recipes on line...free:T ... one of the sites has a facility where you can put in 3 ingredients that you have and it will try and find you recipes that use them-very good for using up those things lurking in the fridge;) ...

Im sure you will be getting loads of good information of other users soon...
talk to you soon....jill