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cofe
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Recommend me a good cook book
June 03, 2009, 10:37:43 pm
got a bunch already, but would be interested in views on a single, good, do-it-all book that inspires in the kitchen.
fire away.
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robertostallioni
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#1 Re: Recommend me a good cook book
June 03, 2009, 10:41:46 pm
Obviously,
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#2 Re: Recommend me a good cook book
June 03, 2009, 11:20:46 pm
Totally general? Or are there certain types of food you like better, ones you wouldn't cook? Dietary requirements, for example would veggie stuff be a bonus or a waste of pages?
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#3 Re: Recommend me a good cook book
June 04, 2009, 07:03:55 am
delia is the best general one I've got.
I like slaters recipes, he get most things right, lots of salt, lots of butter, lots of flavour.
Got some gems from laughing boy (oliver) as well
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#4 Re: Recommend me a good cook book
June 04, 2009, 07:06:22 am
Ace
Interesting to read. Great background knowledge. Simple, well explained ideas.
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#5 Re: Recommend me a good cook book
June 04, 2009, 07:51:37 am
The River Cottage "Meat" book is amazing as well.
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dave
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#6 Re: Recommend me a good cook book
June 04, 2009, 09:01:47 am
get one of the nigella books (bites, express, feast) then at least if you don't cook anything you can punch the clown over the incidental photos.
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#7 Re: Recommend me a good cook book
June 04, 2009, 10:03:45 am
Its a bit specific, but this is the best and only Thai cookbook you'll ever need....
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#8 Re: Recommend me a good cook book
June 04, 2009, 10:06:16 am
River Cottage Cook Book. Can't fault it. Not actually cooked anything out of it, but a very interesting read if your into how your food is produced and the cuts of meat and how to grow veg etc.
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#9 Re: Recommend me a good cook book
June 04, 2009, 10:07:47 am
Quote from: matthew on June 04, 2009, 10:06:16 am
Can't fault it. Not actually cooked anything out of it
genius.
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#10 Re: Recommend me a good cook book
June 04, 2009, 10:17:30 am
River Cottage meat book is a good base - i.e. something you should read, absorb and take heed of. But for Cofe, to get him started, Jamie's ministry of food is good cooking simply put with easy but tasty recipes. I love to cook and its still one of my favourite books.
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#11 Re: Recommend me a good cook book
June 04, 2009, 10:21:52 am
I really like the Leith's books. The Fish one is very good, especially if you want to do more than just buy frozen cod fillets.
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cofe
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#12 Re: Recommend me a good cook book
June 04, 2009, 10:53:54 am
all good reccs. ta.
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#13 Re: Recommend me a good cook book
June 04, 2009, 01:41:58 pm
You don't need a book, this link has all the info you need sonny!
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#14 Re: Recommend me a good cook book
June 04, 2009, 01:43:44 pm
Failing that try Mark Hix - British Food Book. A bit top end ingredients wise but really great food.
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#15 Re: Recommend me a good cook book
June 04, 2009, 02:11:07 pm
An acclaimed minimalist British architect John Pawson has written an excellent and stylish recipe book called Living and Eating. Some very simple but tasty meals within.
Probably can obtain a copy more locally but available on Amazon US
Check it
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#16 Re: Recommend me a good cook book
June 04, 2009, 06:01:51 pm
The Casa Moro Cookbook is pretty good, lots of good recipes and inspiring pictures. Chicken Fattee and Lamb/Pine Nut potato cakes are really tasty, as are loads of the cooked salads and paella, wet fish rice and fiduea.
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#17 Re: Recommend me a good cook book
June 04, 2009, 09:09:54 pm
I'm a Nigel Slater junkie and I personally think Appetite and Real Cooking are his two best books. Also "Roast Chicken and Other stories" is a very good book by Simon Hopkinson which has loads of inspirational ideas and is generally slightly more challenging than Nigel Slater. I will also second Casa Moro as a good book, although some of the food in there is not really standard fair, it is very tastey, most the recipes are pretty summery as well.
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#18 Re: Recommend me a good cook book
June 04, 2009, 09:33:49 pm
I agree with Tom about 'Real Food' by Nigel Slater.
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#19 Re: Recommend me a good cook book
June 04, 2009, 09:45:07 pm
I'd also third Real Food.
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#20 Re: Recommend me a good cook book
June 04, 2009, 10:01:33 pm
bill granger's new book is ace.
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Norton Sharley
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#21 Re: Recommend me a good cook book
June 05, 2009, 06:43:40 pm
Come now, Good Housekeeping is the definitive all round kitchen Bible surely? I ain't dissing the others but this has it all.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Good-Housekeeping-Cookery-Book-Companion/dp/1843401150/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1244223652&sr=8-1
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#22 Re: Recommend me a good cook book
June 08, 2009, 03:03:28 pm
Try The Silver Spoon
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Silver-Spoon-Various-Contributors/dp/0714844675/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1244469677&sr=8-1
Loads of top quality recipes listed by ingredient.
There are also a few for lambs brains if you are particularly peckish.
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#23 Re: Recommend me a good cook book
June 08, 2009, 06:46:20 pm
I prefer chilled monkey brains
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dave
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#24 Re: Recommend me a good cook book
June 08, 2009, 07:23:59 pm
that monkey doesn't look very chilled to me.
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