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Generali

Actually I have quite a range of books.

I have a bit of a thing for baby boomer cookbooks that use onion soup powder and salad cream as ingredients. I also have quite a few of the Women's Weekly cookbooks, they're a series where the recipes just work.

Then I've got loads of paperbacks, an old Elizabeth David one from the 60s, a couple of mixed box sets of celeb chefs. Delia's Complete Cookery Course (my desert island cookbook if I'm going to use it for cooking, it would be E David's French Provincial Cooking or Jane Grgson's Good Things if not). Roast Chicken and Other Stories is the best cookbook ever written (and not just IMHO) in case you were wondering.

I'd like to get some really old ones like Hannah Glasse for instance. I suppose I could get it in facsimile but it does feel like cheating.

lostinrates

Generali wrote: »

Actually I have quite a range of books.

I have a bit of a thing for baby boomer cookbooks that use onion soup powder and salad cream as ingredients. I also have quite a few of the Women's Weekly cookbooks, they're a series where the recipes just work.

I have a few aus woman's weekly where the recipes look pretty good. Not used them though that I recall!

Shame you aren't visiting west ward, I could show you mine

Generali

PasturesNew wrote: »

I thought so. I think there's a free version, where you get to put in a few books, to try it out. But for people with shelves and shelves ... and disposable income, then it's a good way to make sure all the books get looked at.

Here's the one I was on about, there may be others: http://www.eatyourbooks.com/

You can even add blogs/websites into the mix. It's US$25/year for the full monty.

I will have to sign up if I ever have any money.

Generali

lostinrates wrote: »

I have a few aus woman's weekly where the recipes look pretty good. Not used them though that I recall!

Shame you aren't visiting west ward, I could show you mine

Try one out. The recipes just work.

Do I need to remind you LiR, I'm a respectable happily married man. Well, a happily married man at least.

ivyleaf

Gen i assume that would be the Australian Women's Weekly books? I've seen those in Waterstones. I haven't dared look at them though, as I already have two shelves' worth of cookbooks that I don't make nearly enough use of

I did buy a little tub of Ras el Hanout yesterday because I happened to spot it in Sainsbury's and thought "I'm sure I saw a recipe in Plenty that uses that!" i hadn't even known what spices were in it until I looked at the label, but am intrigued at the idea of the rose petals.

I'm feeling so much better atm and hope it lasts so I can get into some more interesting cooking this coming year :j

Oops,cross-posted!

lostinrates

RAS al hanout is brilliant. We use it a lot. I'd even suggest over use it. Feeling lazy and need a dip for pre supper crudite? Yogurt and RAS al hanout. Very quick supper? Chicken or lamb, ras al hanout grilled, salad in pita with salad and a pickled lemon. Tagines, cous cous, salads.

( RAS keeps being capitalised because there is an Mse user called RAS)

Every RAS al hanout is slightly different, depending who mixes it. The last batch I have is a gift brought back from morroco and its much spicier and less earthy than others I've had.

lostinrates

Generali wrote: »

Try one out. The recipes just work.

Do I need to remind you LiR, I'm a respectable happily married man. Well, a happily married man at least.

Meh, she wouldn't have anything against cook books.

Generali

ivyleaf wrote: »

Gen i assume that would be the Australian Women's Weekly books? I've seen those in Waterstones. I haven't dared look at them though, as I already have two shelves' worth of cookbooks that I don't make nearly enough use of

Yes it is and they're amazing. I bought my first one when a friend I was at uni with asked if I'd cook a Thai meal for her and our mates for her 21st. The recipes were great and not watered down for Western tastes particularly.

ivyleaf wrote: »

I'm feeling so much better atm and hope it lasts so I can get into some more interesting cooking this coming year :j

Fantastic. Happy to share ideas/thoughts/techniques on here or via PM.

PasturesNew

They also have a website http://www.aww.com.au/food/recipes

michaels

Tonight we have watched DD2 being 'Meg' in the nativity play, not on youtube yet though as it is 3gb.

Also have a dilemma, good friend's DD2 is sick and having to go to hospital with possible menigitis and she has asked us if we can look after her DD1 which is of course fine...except we don't want to catch any thing before our holiday.....