sunshinesupernova Posted May 9, 2009 Share Posted May 9, 2009 I think I have an addiction to cookbooks. Just bought a James Martin one and still looking through it. Not yet made anything - but it looks really good ! What's your most favourite cook book, and what's top of your "wanted" list ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
littleleicesterfox Posted May 10, 2009 Share Posted May 10, 2009 Hi there My all-time favourite is a collection I started years ago, dropped and then finally completed using eBay called 'Succesful Baking' - it's a series of cards (and by that I mean three ring binders worth!) and it has so many great recipes so I can always find a good recipe, espcially for a cake or for some muffins. My other two favourites are the Be-Ro 100 years cookbook as that has all the traditional basic recipes like scones and rock cakes in and is a bible to me - my grandma had it and we used it together and so I regard it as the recipe book that basically taught me to cook. Mine's falling to pieces a bit now but I would never ever get rid of it. I also love the Marks and Spencers curries book which I got a couple of years ago in a sale at the M&S in Fosse Park in Leicester. It has the tastiest curries made from scratch and I've never found another curry book to come near it! Top of my 'wanted' list? Ooh, I don't really have one but I would like to get 'Spectacular Cakes' by Mich Turner at some point, or some of the others by Alan Dunn but basically I am fine for recipe book per se at the moment. I think DH would not be impressed if I got another as I have about three shelves full at the moment already! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickencam Posted May 11, 2009 Share Posted May 11, 2009 I love the old Be-Ro books too and I too am a cookery book addict, we buy most of ours from charity shops. I have a book called Take Four which is great and we have quite a few regular recipes that we cook from it including a lovely but very naughty onion soup, fresh tuna with a tomato and pea sauce, mixed bean chilli. I would really like the Hairy Bikers books but they haven't made it to the second hand marker yet and you rearely see them in the shops. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunshinesupernova Posted May 11, 2009 Author Share Posted May 11, 2009 oooh yes - Hairy Bikers are good. Don't have any of their books (YET) Simon Rimmer has to be Dish of the Day though.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickencam Posted May 12, 2009 Share Posted May 12, 2009 Hi voice is lovely and he isn't too shabby either Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
..lay a little egg for me Posted May 12, 2009 Share Posted May 12, 2009 My most used cookery books are Katie Stewart's The Times Cookery Book which was given to me a long time ago as a 16th birthday present and a Glyn Christian book (can't remember the name) that I picked up going v cheap at Paddington Station's WH Smith while waiting for a train about 20 years ago. Both have really good recipes, not too fancy but really flavoursome. With the arrival of the internet I no longer buy cookery books, but search for recipes online and the ones that I try and like I copy into my own collection of recipes. I like Jamie Oliver's approach to cooking but his tastes do not seem to be compatible with mine in many cases. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prudance Posted May 12, 2009 Share Posted May 12, 2009 I covet my Mum's very old Good Housekeeping recipe book. It isn't just a recipe book. It's her kitchen bible with her notes written in it, flower press, and small child booster seat. Unfortunately my sister also covets it. Mum may have to list it in her will! In the meantime I'm making do with Delia, Nigella, Mrs Beeton and my new find "Just like mother used to make" by Tom Norrington-Davies. Must admit, I have never failed to get the most wonderfull praise from people whenever I have tried one of Nigella's recipes. Apart from once when I made a chocolate cake that I forgot to put sugar in! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
