recipe book recommendations please

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Hi OddjobKIA,

There's an earlier thread with lots of suggestions for favourite cookery books so I've added your post to it. You might also like to take a look at The Complete Old Style Book Collection for more ideas.

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OddjobKIA

floyd wrote: »

Is that a Hamlyn book?

I have a Hamlyn Cookery in Colour book that is a brilliant general reference for absolutely everything basic and the recipes always work

Yes thast the one

edited by Marguerite patten...


I remember my mum using it when i was a kid..then at 6-7 I had to use it..

when I left home i went to HAY ON WYE and looked for ages before i found a copy

floyd

Hay On Wye is an absolute treasure trove for books that you never think you'll see again.
I nicked my Mums copy of the Hamlyn book when I left home!

Lord_Lardington

I’ve got a heaving shelf of cookery books and I do love a great many of them (Jamie, Rhodes, Jaffrey, etc.etc) and use them all the time. That said, when looking for real inspiration I go to my video collection and run a couple of Keith Floyd’s programmes (would you believe there are at least 15 Series of him trotting the globe?)

I know he’s not everyone’s cup of tea (my mum and fiance HATE him) but for real passion and flare I just love to watch him. Two episodes in and I’m sharpening my knives and ready to go.

Olliebeak

My very first cookery book was Mrs Beeton's Book of Cookery and Household Management - and I loved it! Bought it in 1972 when I first got married - so probably the 1970/1971 edition.

I was a complete novice but found that this gave me instructions that made sense to me. Lots of basic recipes followed by their variations.

And lots of illustrations on the various joints of meat and how they should be cooked.

But I do remember my grandmother having the little Macdougall's and Be-ro Baking Books.

ashbart

The best cookery book I have is one my future MIL bought me when my OH and I moved in together. It's called 'How to Boil an Egg' by Jan Arkless and is fantastic. It teaches you everything from how to boil an egg (funnily enough) to sauces, salads, veg, meats, roast dinners, BBQ's, pasta, etc. It is based on cooking for 1 - 2 and makes reference to Students but, is a great place to start for anyone that wants to learn the basics. It doens't have any pictures but that doesn't make it any less good.

I would highly recommend it to anyone who is fairly new to cooking.

anniemf2508

fruityslh wrote: »

My Nan, (who very kindly sent me her copy of Sainsbury's book of home baking it's from the 1980's)

i grew up with my mum using that for her cake/bisuit baking, managed to get myself a copy from a charity shop for 50p

DawnW

It has to be the River Cottage Cookery Book for me.

kiwifruit_2

Edmonds CookBook - couldnt do without it. Its a NZ cookbook. I also refer to the bbc/recipes website as that is a good resource too.

EmmaJ_3

The two I use most often are The River Cottage Meat Book and Nigella's How to be a Domestic Goddess. I have a fair few Hugh, Nigella, Delia & Jamie books, and also use the Delia website a lot, as well as the internet in general (www.bbc.co.uk/food and www.allrecipes.com). I have my own recipe folder that recipes get printed off and filed in, and also file in there various recipe cards, clippings from magazines, and write up my own creations as well.