New cookbook inspiration

Livelongandprosper

Delias complete cookery course is my bible. If I decide to try something new and am not sure of the basics, she's who I turn to first. However I don't really follow her recipes anymore. One cookbook that lives in the kitchen in The Hairy Biker Curry Book. I love it as the recipes are not only simple, but are very close to favourite dishes served in curry houses

I also like Jamie Oliver's 15 min meals, Rick steins Indian cookbook , good housekeeping , Ken hom. But mostly I google and find most of my recipes on the BBC good food site

Lance_De_Boils

I dealt with my cookery books' prolific breeding by giving them to charity shops.
I had the literary equivalent of a wardrobe full of clothes and nothing to wear.

Now I get all my recipes from YouTube and the like.

When I feel the need to stroke and caress a cookery book I order it from my local library.

Nonnadiluca

I have several cookbooks but tend to use BBC Good food website and my own folder of recipes gleaned from other people, magazines etc. The only book I couldn't be without is Darina Allen's 'Forgotten skills of cooking'. It's a lovely read as well as having great recipes, but not cheap. I got mine second hand from eBay, but you might be able to order it from the library to see if you like it.
Happy cooking!

Callie22

Mr_Singleton wrote: »

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.

I really like Heidi Swanson's cookbooks ('Super Natural Cooking', 'Super Natural Every Day' and 'Near and Far'), they're really lovely books to read, they have gorgeous pictures and they have some great recipes in them. Her blog, 101 Cookbooks, will give you an idea of the kinds of recipes in the books.

redlady_1

I have bought the one pound meals book which has some fantastic and quick recipes

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Really-Quite-Good-British-Cookbook/dp/1848993285/ref=zg_bs_66_17?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=4DMY4JG9KT2V6DX1WCXE This is another one I am eyeing up!

Prinzessilein

I have the Readers' Digest Cookery Year....I was originally given a copy in my teens and eventually had to replace it when it fell apart!...a very useful book for a beginner as it shows what food is in season each month, shows where each cut of meat comes from, gives seasonal recipes and has a 'basics' section on things like how to make shortcrust pastry or how to joint a chicken.

In a similar vein, I have a Dr Oetker Schulkochbuch...a book that most German girls would recognize! It used to be given to you at school (Mum gave me hers!)

I have a Mrs Beetons too...but that is to read, not to cook from.

I used to have a Cranks...but some dirty rotter borrowed it and never returned it!

Riverford Farm Cook Book

Books linked to TV...Economy Gastronomy....Hairy Dieters...

And a few assorted 'diet' books - top for me is Mimi Spenser's Fast Cook

I do like my cookbooks!

Livelongandprosper

Omg. I loved the cookery year. I had a mid 70's version, I don't know where it ended up but I loved it for teaching me in season recipes, cuts of meet etc. I had that along with a case load of Marguerite Patterns recipe cards

redlady_1

Thanks All. Im also going to investigate Cranks.

Prinzessilein

My original Cookery Year would have been the 70s....the replacement was a decade or so later.....it is a brilliant book!

VfM4meplse

Nonnadiluca wrote: »

The only book I couldn't be without is Darina Allen's 'Forgotten skills of cooking'. It's a lovely read as well as having great recipes, but not cheap. I got mine second hand from eBay, but you might be able to order it from the library to see if you like it.
Happy cooking!

I've flipped through one of her tomes in a bookshop and stopped at the chapter entitled "pig" _pale_