recipe book recommendations please

nuttywoman

Bero recipe book, just bought a new one lol

angeltreats

Does anyone have the new Nigella book, Kitchen?

MrsE_2

angeltreats wrote: »

Does anyone have the new Nigella book, Kitchen?

There is something on the grabbit board about it.

£13.00 in WHSmith & a voucher for £5.00 off, making it £8.00:money:

kinkyjinks

angeltreats wrote: »

My college textbook from years ago was called Practical Cookery, that was fantastic, it had everything. I lost my copy in one of my many house moves but one day I'll pick up another one.

Excellent book. I still have my copy from when I was at chef school. It's held together with yellowing tape and I still use it as a reference from time to time. Ooooh I might introduce my OH to it in a bid to broaden his cooking skills

liney

The Good Granny Cookbook, put together by Hugh Ferny-watshis-names' Mother is full of traditional family favorites and lovely little stories behind them from readers. It's a nice read even if you don't cook anything

Jamie's Ministry of Food I like for basics, and the Domestic Goddess can't be beaten for puddings.

I need a good Seafood book, if anyone can recommend?

Purse_String

I have the Dairy Book of Home Cooking for the basics. If I'm in the mood for something tasty then its either Jamie Oliver or Ainsley. For getting in the mood to cook I find Nigel Slater's Kitchen Diaires gets me using more seasonal stuff. I do have a few Delia books but my results are a bit hit and miss. Oh, not to forget MSE website for ideas and thrift.

toddles*

thanks guys, Jamies Ministry of food seems popular, think I will add that one to my xmas list.

happy cooking!

MrsE_2

toddles* wrote: »

thanks guys, Jamies Ministry of food seems popular, think I will add that one to my xmas list.

happy cooking!

Its a basic must have cookbook:T

suzybloo

I have the Scottish Womens Rural Institute books (SWRI) which are great for all the main course recipes and also for your home baking - couldnt recommend it highly enough. I have had the one I use for over twenty years, along with the Farmhouse Cookbook which used to be on the TV when I was young think it was a lady called Grace Mulligan who presented it then - may be wrong though! Both have splats over many of the pages and are held together with ageing sellotape. I also use the Be-Ro one too. This replaced the old Lofty Peak recipe book belonging my mum which was lost in a house move. It would have been over 40 years old now, I would dearly love to get hold of a replacement but sadly ebay never have any. I think they were given out in the late 60's by the local Co-ops if you bought lofty peak flour.

Triker

Having at least 70 or 80 plus cookbooks I had to really think which ones I actually return to time and again which was difficult as there are so many.

But I narrowed it down to the Dairy Book of Home Cooking, Delia's Christmas, Nigella Bites and recently Paula Deen but thats online for recipes via food network or on her website.

If I'm totally frank its a select few recipes that I returned to time and again ie Jamie Olivers lasagne or Nigella's potato gratin.