New cookbook inspiration

redlady_1

Im thinking I fancy a new cookbook for some inspiration. Does anyone have any recommendations please? I am open to all food types

Thanks

monnagran

All I can offer is an Awful Warning. Whatever cookery book you settle on will be the thin edge of a very thick wedge.
They are sneaky things, cookery books. You will go to bed leaving a couple of well ordered shelves full and I don't know what they get up to during the night but by the next morning you will be climbing over mountains of the things to get out of the door.
In fact you will spend so long reading cookery books that there will be no time available for actual cooking.

Don't say I didn't tell you.

Hairy Bikers are good.

x

caronc

monnagran wrote: »

All I can offer is an Awful Warning. Whatever cookery book you settle on will be the thin edge of a very thick wedge.
They are sneaky things, cookery books. You will go to bed leaving a couple of well ordered shelves full and I don't know what they get up to during the night but by the next morning you will be climbing over mountains of the things to get out of the door.
In fact you will spend so long reading cookery books that there will be no time available for actual cooking.

Don't say I didn't tell you.

Hairy Bikers are good.

x

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:glad it's not just me

Jamie Oliver's "Ministry of food" is good if you are feeding a family and want to cover the basics plus a bit. I use the curry pastes from this and they are great. "Nigella Express" is also good if you don't have much time. My go to though if I want to look up how to make something is Delia's "Complete Cookery Course"

From a MSE point of view the BBC Good Food website is pretty good for ideas and inspiration and of course free

VfM4meplse

It depends on what kind of food you like to eat. If you like decent, filling food try this:



I have fond memories of Cranks as a student. It has left London long since.

Casati

Anything by Nigel Slater. Great for inspiration as he writes so lovingly about food.

Bill Granger is good too, especially 'Bills Open Kitchen'. Lots of interesting everyday meal recipes in that one.

Bumblebear

Another vote for Hairy Bikers - though if you watch their TV serieseses and like the look of a recipe, it's normally available on the Beeb's website

Lynplatinum

Hiya

Cookery books really do multiply overnight!! As I recently moved house I threw out some 20+ But I still have 11 and keep on thinking 'Ohhh that looks interesting .....'when in a charity shop!

The three I would not like to be with out are:
Jamie's 15 min meals (inspiration)
Nigella's - any one of them (inspiration)
Hugh Fernly Whittingstall's Everyday (good on the how to - explains how receipes can be adapted)

Also agree that Delia is a great 'how to 'book

Look in CS and for second hand ones!

Dont feed em after midnight!!!

Mr_Singleton

As I've already mentioned elsewhere my best cookbook of 2016 is Amy Chaplin's "At home in the whole food kitchen: celebrating the art of eating well", followed very closely by "Near & Far" by Heidi Swanson.

Whoknowskt89

I'd recommend an old Mrs Beeton cookbook. The one I have i got for a penny off amazon and about £2.99 delivery but it's got a wide range of recipes and sections on how to best freeze things etc. Not full of pictures but it's rare you can get a recipe to look as good as those book ones do!

Fosterdog

I don't really use cook books much, I get everything online but I was bought a copy of the BBC Good Food 500 triple tested recipes a few years ago and I do use it occasionally. I haven't had a bad meal from it yet and there's loads of room for me to write my own notes along side the recipes. The same recipes are available on the good food website and there are sometimes updated versions on there.

lemonlolly

Does your local library have cookbooks? Ours has loads which is brilliant because you can look at a variety without gambling on what percentage of recipes you'll like. Gives the option of copying out recipes you want to keep, or buying the book if you really really like it.