Recommend an Old Style Book?

Butterfly_Brain

I love Rachel Allens Bake and her new Home Cooking books both are well written and easy to follow also Economy Gastronomy and Jamies Ministry of Food.
I also have the Dinner lady and a lot of Wartime cookbooks that are a good read

cheeswright

i just googled rachel allen - i'd never heard of her - she looks excellent - i'm going to folow that up - thanks butterfly brain

Chipps

I like wartime cookbooks, too. Would suggest looking in library first, then buying if you like them.
And what about the Tightwad Gazette by Amy Dacyzyn? I've read and re-read that one loads of times.
John Seymour's classic on self sufficiency may be worth a look. Another one to check out in the library first then decide if its for you.

cheeswright

I shall be off to the library for wartime cookery too - 1st thing - thanks for this

tessasmum

I'd second the Tightwad Gazette - I bought the three individual titles years ago although it is now available as one combined volume. I often pick them up for some renewed inspiration as there are lots of ideas in there for saving the pennies so the pounds soon add up!

rosieben

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ifonlyitwaseasier

try the paupers cookbook, very cheap on amazon and brilliant,
also try "How to Feed Your Whole Family a Healthy Balanced Diet, with Very Little Money and Hardly Any Time, Even If You Have a Tiny Kitchen, Only Three ... - Unless You Count the Garlic Crusher... " by Gill Holcombe
she has a second one out called "Fish Pies and French Fries, Vegetables, Meat and Something Sweet ... Affordable, Everyday Food and Family-friendly Recipes Made Easy"
very handy and easy to use, lovely recipes and ideas oh and i second econnomy gastronomy and Jamies ministry of food, MoF is fan-blimming-tastic!!

Reverbe

ifonlyitwaseasier wrote: »

try the paupers cookbook, very cheap on amazon and brilliant,
also try "How to Feed Your Whole Family a Healthy Balanced Diet, with Very Little Money and Hardly Any Time, Even If You Have a Tiny Kitchen, Only Three ... - Unless You Count the Garlic Crusher... " by Gill Holcombe
she has a second one out called "Fish Pies and French Fries, Vegetables, Meat and Something Sweet ... Affordable, Everyday Food and Family-friendly Recipes Made Easy"
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I got the former from a charity shop for £2 after wanting it for ages and tbh found it overpriced even then. About half the book is taken up with desserts and puddings and I never cook or eat those.

I have a lot of time for Economy Gastronomy and Jamies Ministry of Food tho and in addition on the cookery side, anything by Cas Clarke who did a whole series of about 8 books or so when I was around Uni age.

redsquirrel80

Recently got Darina Allen's 'Forgotten Skills of Cooking' and love it - includes foraging, all sorts of basic dishes, how to use up more or less every part of an animal, preserving just about anything you can think of, wine and beer making, smoking food, sausage making, etc, etc... She is Rachel Allen's mother-in-law I think.

cheeswright

thanks for that tip rosieben never noticed that was an option..

the Darina Allen's 'Forgotten Skills of Cooking has fantastic reviews so thanks for that pointre red squirrel.... I am hugely tempted...especially as our library dosnt have it in the catalogue....I can feel another not at all money saving moment coming on....