Fave Food/Recipe Books

[Rachael1]

Replying to Alexander's Mummy's Recommend an Author Thread, I thought it could be interesting to swap our fave recipe books and food writers.

My all-time fave food writer is Nigella, but also like Nigel Slater, Cas Clarke and all-time fave book is Claudia Roden's Book of Jewish Food.

What's yours?

[Sebs]

I love Indian Every Day by Anjum (can't rememebr her surname but she did the tv series Indian made easy!)

The Indian Every day is full of low fat recipes that are really easy to do, you just need to get the spices! Dominic loves curries and has had quite a few from this book!!

I also have a load of BBC good food cookbooks - they are great for everyday meals!

xx

[isabellasmum]

I love my Bero book. Best £1.25 I ever spent.

[lilmuppetlou]

I like Jamie Oliver cook books, but hubby really likes the river cottage recipe books by Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall. Hubby likes to try different dishes and is a much better cook then I am.

[carla]

for puddings it has to be James Martin his chocolate cola cake is to die for

i also like Gordon Ramsey

[honey34]

Originally Posted by isabellasmum

I love my Bero book. Best £1.25 I ever spent.

Oooo me too! I've still got my copy from school!

I really like Jamie Oliver's books especially Jamie at Home and Nigella Lawson's How to Eat. I've also got a subscription to Good Food magazine which I think has some great recipes in.

[Rachael1]

Originally Posted by isabellasmum

I love my Bero book. Best £1.25 I ever spent.

I love my grandmother's collection of really old ones. We used to often make traybakes from them - I remember it usually involved loads of pastry, condensed milk, jam and desiccated coconut!

[mrsharvey]

Tana Ramsey's Family recipes is a great book and so straight forward xxx

[Leahbird]

Ur gonna laugh at this but my fav is my Good Housing Keeping one!! (and no im not THAT old)
My Mum bought it for me when i moved into my flat at 19 (so did not use it then! LOL) Anyway it has been fab, it tells you how and what temp etc to cook meat, how to make sauces and all the recipes as well. Go into detail about cooking and what to use etc etc

ALso love my AK books!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[bevvsedge]

I think the one I use most often at the moemnt is Tana Ramsey Family Kitchen, everything in it I have tried has been delicous. I also have to Sam Stern books and Nigella's new book.