Do you have these cook books please? Reviews needed.

Clutterfree

Hi All,
I am thinking about buying some of these cookery books and was wondering if any OSers already have them and if they are worth buying please.
Many thanks!

Tanya Ramsay's Real Family Food
by Tana Ramsay

Fifty Recipes To Stake Your Life On
by Charles Campion

Step-by-Step Cookbook
by Good Housekeeping Institute

Kids' Healthy Lunchbox
by Cara Hobday

The Best of Mrs Beeton's Larder - 8 Books
by Mrs Beeton

A Century of British Cooking
by Marguerite Patten


I am thinking of getting the Good Housekeeping one and one other - perhaps Tanya Ramsay or Mrs Beeton, but any reviews - both good and bad will help me decide!

Over to the experts!
Many thanks.
CF xx

dorry_2

Nope, don't have any of them, but I was looking at some of Tana's recipes yesterday on internet and she has some good ones, I think it was on bbc food site??:D

freyasmum

Hiya,

I don't have the same one but any of mrs beeton's recipes that I have tried have come out wonderfully with the exception of the chocolate sandwich cake, which came out like chocolate pancake, ehm, cake :rolleyes: but I suspect it would've been better if the recipe was doubled

I would go for it. I don't know about any other the others but if you are really wanting to push the boat out (or can find it somewhere for less than the rrp!) I would definiteyly recommend leith's baking bible - utterly fantastic! and everything I have cooked from it has turned out beautifully (especially the american carrot cake, which has now gone down as a favourite )

Lx

Clutterfree

Thanks FM!
Is this the one?
https://www.thebookpeople.co.uk/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/productSearch_10001_10051_35529_100___10_SimpleSearch_2_1_2__basicSearch_

EDIT: Does that show my log in details please?
It does on my screen!

tattycath

Hi.
I don't have the step by step good houskeeping book, howevewr, I do have Good Housekeeping cookery book-the cooks classic companion. I've had it for a few years and it's great! Even my 14yr old uses recipes it! So I do recommend that one. Anoither book I recommend is Bero cookery book. I have used 2 or 3 different editions at different times (when I can get them back from my sister) and they're great!!! If I'm really struggling I just look on the internet-and it's cheaper than buying books too, just store to favourites for ease of access.
Hope this helps.
Hope some one can help me now. I have just been doing a store cupboard check and discovered some brown chana in a tin. Any ideas what it is? lol and how to use it please? Also dried black eyed beans? any ideas most appreciated.
Thanks

mrs_metal

I've got a good housekeeping cook book and I think it's the step by step one, it great, very easy and clear instructions and I've never had anything go wrong from it. In fact I was looking at this morning for new idea's of what to cook for the freezer (each recipe tells you if the dish is freezable). It's the book I always go to first if I want to try something new, I've got a cookbook addiction so have about 30 to choose from! :eek:

I can also recomend the Bero one, you just have to send off for it, I can't remember if you have to pay or not but if you do pay it wasn't much, excellent recipe's in there, the chocolate cake is very nice.

A new favourite is the River Cottage Family cookbook, every dish in it was cooked by kids, it takes you back to basics a bit but sometimes that's good thing. I've tried a few recipe's from that and they've all come out well.

PS forgot to say my Mum's got a good housekeeping book from the sixties that she still uses!

Horace

You can buy the Be Ro cookery book in Morrisons for £1.09 I know because I got one the other day. You can also buy it online too.

Over on the freebies board, there are lots of offers for free things such as cookery books and cards, so I have been using that to expand my cook book collection.

Funny thing is, I have stacks of cookery books but don't really seem to use them much.

Little_Miss_Saver

Hi Clutterfree

I've got 2 good housekeeping cookbooks and they are very good. (I've got the step by step one), I use them alot.

I borrowed these books from the library first before I actually brought them, I had to pay a small fee for one as it came from another library (50p I think) Are you able to do the same?

HTH

LMS xx

Stargazer_Lily

Is the Tana Ramsay one the first or second book that came out?

I have the first one and haven't managed to get a single recipe in it to come out as edible. I'm a reasonably good cook, but I just can't get the recipes to work. I won't be buying the second one.

Have you visited your local library? I normally get books out of there for a week, try a couple of recipes and if I like the book enough I'll buy it later on. (Doh, just spotted LMS has already suggested this... )

Oh, and the Bero book is wonderful, especially for the cost.

Lil

Clutterfree

Horace wrote: »

You can buy the Be Ro cookery book in Morrisons for £1.09 I know because I got one the other day. You can also buy it online too.

Whereabouts in Morrisons would I find it please Horace? Thanks!

Thanks for all your replies everyone.
Took a look at my libraries online search facility and had no luck with the ones I was after.
I also have been to 3 local charity shops this week looking for cookery books - managed to get one with Slow Cooker recipes for 79p, :T so will let you know if it is any good.

Looks like I shall give the Tana Ramsay one a miss then! (it was the second one)

Stargazer_Lily

OOOH! Just spotted that the contents of the Be-Ro book is now available online!*

http://www.be-ro.com/f_insp.htm

Lil

*That was way to enthusiastic a squeal for an adult to make, right?