recipe book recommendations please

Curry_Queen

I'd be embarrased to tell you which books I have (did I say i was also a book fiend ) ... but someone recently mentioned a good deal from the Bookpeople I think it was where you got 8 books for a tenner, including titles by Nigel Slater, Rick Stein and what I thought was Sophie Grigson, but is Jane Grigson (any relation?) so I went and ordered them pronto only to find they're paperbacks with no pretty pictures

Now to some people, this might not matter, and indeed they are a good bargain, but I must admit to feeling slightly disappointed when I opened the box :rolleyes:

Magentasue

bluesnice wrote:

Delia's How to Cook collection is great. I have Jamie Olivers lastest 'Jamies Dinners' which I'm really enjoying.

But my favourite is Nigel Slaters 'Appetite'. Its rustic cooking - stews, fish pie, casseroles. He doesn't list precise quantities but gives an estimation with lots of alternatives/variations for each recipe, such as adding or swapping bits ect so you can be a bit creative!

Agree with all that - Nigel Slater is one of my favourites because it's all about good food from simple ingredients. If you go to https://www.booksonline.co.uk you can get two of his books (Real Fast Food and Real Fast Puddings) in a collection of 8 cookery books for £9.99 + p&p.

I've got Appetite out of the library and it's very basic stuff but as bluesnice says, with ideas for variations.

Even though the whole family is vegetarian, I prefer general cookbooks rather than books based around tofu and aduki beans!

Curry_Queen

Magentasue wrote:

If you go to www.booksonline.co.uk you can get two of his books (Real Fast Food and Real Fast Puddings) in a collection of 8 cookery books for £9.99 + p&p.

That's the collection I just mentioned above, and it may be you Sue that put me onto it in the first place, but my memory being like it is, I can't for the life in me remember now :rolleyes:

frizz_head

Can you recommend any good Curry books Curry_Queen?

krazyk

swampytiggaa,

Where did you get Real Fast Food from Amazon for £1. I've searched and it says £6.39, though I've found it on Play.com for £5.99. I guess you were lucky on got it used (though the cheapest now is £4.50)?

I can find the Cost-conscious Cookbook only on Amazon.

K

Magentasue

Curry_Queen wrote:

That's the collection I just mentioned above, and it may be you Sue that put me onto it in the first place, but my memory being like it is, I can't for the life in me remember now :rolleyes:

It was me - our posts crossed!:cool:

Curry_Queen

frizz_head wrote:

Can you recommend any good Curry books Curry_Queen?

Yes!!!!

The Curry Secret by Kris Dillon for your "English" Indian restaurant/take-away type curries and anything by Madhur Jaffrey for the more authentic regional Indian dishes.

Keith Floyd did a series on Indian cookery, and I believe there's a book to follow that up, which would be useful if you can find it (I don't have a copy) but from what I've seen of the programmes it should be good

sunnth

I also use the 70s delia complete cookery course book for checking basic recipes frequently and theres loads on jointing a chicken, oven temperatures etc. I like nigel slaters real fast food, and puddings books but my favourite of his is the 30minute cook.

At the moment however I am using Saving Dinner as recommended on the flylady site and it is great although I have to substitute a few of the american ingredients and its taken me a while to get the hang of some of the terminology. It hasn't reduced my shopping bill any more - I spend about £40 a week for 5 of us but we are eating fresh, healthier food and I don't have to think about what I am going to cook as every night is a different recipe and it is all laid out for you. i.e. for the last week we have been eating the dinners from spring week 2! A bit over the top but has helped me to enjoy cooking again and my family think most of the meals taste great too. I can also print out the weeks shopping list straight from the site which saves me time working out what i need to buy for the weeks meals.

krazyk

Does anyone know where I can get Cost-conscious Cookbook, apart from Amazon?

K

moggins

Here but it's £6.00

http://my.qxl.co.uk/accdb/viewItem.asp?IDI=17263248&ListingType=0&ListingSort=1&PageNum=5&Catg=9699