Charlottechicken Posted January 10, 2010 Share Posted January 10, 2010 I sort of wish I hadn't continued to read this thread, now I want an old copy of any Delia book and a Dairy Diary too Must get to the local charity shops at the weekend Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BarbaraJ Posted January 10, 2010 Share Posted January 10, 2010 haven't got particular favourites except for Delia yet again , all pages intact but binding gone i bought one of these for my clippings and its great http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/1932183795/ref=ox_ya_oh_product Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BarbaraJ Posted January 10, 2010 Share Posted January 10, 2010 River Cottage family cookbook : Salmon fishcakes & the worlds best spag bol (blipping away on my stove right now!) i thought i'd look this recipe up and it looks yummy especially with passatta rather then tinned tomatoes which i hate but why on earth does he say to use 1tbsp salt in with the pasta, i never add any Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickencam Posted January 11, 2010 Share Posted January 11, 2010 Two Mary Berry - Fast Cakes and More Fast Cakes I didn't know ther was a More Fast Cakes, I use Fast cakes a lot, I love the mincemeat brownies and Can't Go Wrong Chocolate Cake I used to use Delia's Complete Cookery Course a lot before I got many more cookbooks and I now have loads. Delia is still my first port of call for all thing Christmas. I too like HFW Family Cookbook and I am liking the new River Cottage everyday. We have a Reader's Digest book called The Cooks S"Ooops, word censored!"book which we use quite a lot and a Take Four By Joanna Farrow which is excellent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lavenders_Blue Posted January 11, 2010 Share Posted January 11, 2010 The cookbook I use the most without a doubt is Leith's Vegetarian Bible. It's also invaluable when faced with an obscure vegetable in the veg box that I haven't a clue what to do with! I also really like Madhur Jaffrey's World Vegetarian and Leith's Baking Bible for cakes, bread and other baked goods. Like others, I also have a DIY recipe book with internet-print outs and cuttings etc which is great to use, because I know for a fact that every recipe in there I have enjoyed making and eating. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted January 11, 2010 Share Posted January 11, 2010 .Like others, I also have a DIY recipe book with internet-print outs and cuttings etc which is great to use, because I know for a fact that every recipe in there I have enjoyed making and eating. I'm trying to not buy any new cookbooks for that reason - but I just love cookery books Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickencam Posted January 11, 2010 Share Posted January 11, 2010 I don't want to count how many cookbooks there are in this house I also have several years worth of BBC Good Food magazine which I read each year on a month by month basis. I haven't bought many new ones for quite a few years and when I do I am horrified by the price, the amount of advertising and the amount of repeat recipes. I prefer to spent £4 on a cookbook from the charity shop and send any rearely used ones back there too, although more arrive than leave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poachedegg Posted January 11, 2010 Share Posted January 11, 2010 Mine is a Milk Marketing Board recipe book that I bought from school during my Domestic Science lesson......about 30 years ago, but it's fab! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fluffyknickers Posted January 11, 2010 Share Posted January 11, 2010 I also have loads and cant stop getting them! My new one Hummingbird Baker - is FANTASTIC! Also have delias, jamies and river cottage. One of my most favorites is my 100 soups - will find out proper name. Problem is I am addicted to them and now I want to go and buy all the ones you have mentioned that i don't have - you lot cost me a fortune! x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Looney Posted January 12, 2010 Share Posted January 12, 2010 I too LOVE cookbooks! I go through phases of dipping into different ones and rediscovering recipes. Some of my most used are Delia's Chicken, The Love of Cooking (197? edition) which I remember spending hours reading and looking at the pictures when I was little, Slow cooking recipe book, Feeding Kids, Muffins cookbook.....oh and an Italian one. Sorry can't remember the exact titles! I quite often find two recipes for the same meal and merge the two depending on what ingredients I actually have in the kitchen One cookbook I have and have never used is the Wagamama book. I love the food they serve at Wagamama but I don't tend to have the right ingredients at home. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted January 12, 2010 Share Posted January 12, 2010 I decided to count mine today........246 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickencam Posted January 13, 2010 Share Posted January 13, 2010 I mustn't count mine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlottechicken Posted January 14, 2010 Share Posted January 14, 2010 I decided to count mine today........246 Is your surname Waterstones, Lesley? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
majorbloodnock Posted January 14, 2010 Share Posted January 14, 2010 I had a quick tally up and came to about half that number, Lesley. However, that's only 'cos I had a big clearing-out session a little while ago and got rid of all the cookery books that weren't earning their space. My enjoyment of perusing old cookery books, though, comes from my mother, and I know for a fact that she's got far, far more. Like her, I don't refer to many recipes specifically, so have very few that are regularly used as such. However, I do often sift through the recipes for ideas - starting points from which I'll adapt - and that's what gets me coming back to my most treasured books. As well as several Delias, Jamies and Good Housekeepings, there are some more obscure ones I'll mention. The Essentials of Classic Italian Cooking, by Marcella Hazan. Contains a very good and pretty authentic recipe for a proper Bolognese ragu, as well as plenty of more rustic nuggets. The Quick After Work Pasta Cookbook, by Judy Ridgway. A fantastic store of very quick classic pasta sauces, including a marvellous creamy Tuscan broad bean sauce that converted me to this wonderful vegetable. Arabesque, by Claudia Roden. Tagines as comfort food instead of over-pampered party pieces. Curry: Fragrant Dishes from India, Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia, by Vivek Singh. How different from the anglicised monotony so often served up in the name of curry. Examples that exhibit all the delicacy and subtlety that can be achieved with hundreds of years of history behind a style of cuisine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickencam Posted January 14, 2010 Share Posted January 14, 2010 Arabesque, is a lovely book Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chooklady Posted January 19, 2010 Share Posted January 19, 2010 HFW - Everyday, love that one. Nigella Express, that's been well used Valentine Warner - What to eat now and the second one ..... and lots of others not particularly well known chefs just good straight forward cook books. I mustn't count mine either, but nowhere near 246!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
feemcg Posted January 21, 2010 Share Posted January 21, 2010 I have the Marcella Hazan Classic Italian one too......some Nigella's and Jamie's......and several of my mum's old M&S ones........I'm off to look up Arabesque......I love using my tagine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
