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Favourite Cook Book/Recipe/Food-related Site?

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  • #152
    trishasaffron
    Registered Users Posts: 922 ✭✭✭trishasaffron


    Agree with Delia both online and her books - other chefs come go but Delia goes on. I've loads of other books but find myself going back to her all the time. As I write I'm doing a lasagne al forno and for this I'm using both my nearly 30 year old copy of her Complete Cookery and her online recipe which is a little bit updated e.g. mozzarella cheese and I'm taking the best of each.......

    I also use bbcrecipes.com all the time for inspiration when I open the fridge door and can't think what I want.


  • #153
    Arequipa
    Registered Users Posts: 1,034 ✭✭✭Arequipa


    Hi there!

    I am in my mid thirties and would love to learn how to make a few decent meals: a nice stirfry, casserole, pasta dish, roast etc...
    I really need some advice:
    Can you recommend:

    1) Some really good cookery websites with recipes for beginners.
    2) A few books which would teach the basics really well.

    I appreciate any advice!

    Arequipa.


  • #154
    Dr.Silly
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,759 ✭✭✭Dr.Silly


    a very good site I think is
    bbc.co.uk/food

    there's a ton of information and recipies there


  • #155
    dub_citizen
    Registered Users Posts: 10 ✭dub_citizen


    My favourite cooking book is Ballymaloe Cookery Course by Darina Allen. Is has basic and more complicated recipes, and it is very reliable and clearly written.


  • #156
    Curry Addict
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,274 ✭✭✭Curry Addict


    dub_citizen wrote: »
    My favourite cooking book is Ballymaloe Cookery Course by Darina Allen. Is has basic and more complicated recipes, and it is very reliable and clearly written.

    this is a great book for sure


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  • #157
    Mr Simpson
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,332 ✭✭✭Mr Simpson


    Bbcgoodfood.com is a good website with loads of great websites


  • #158
    The Hill Billy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,798 ✭✭✭✭The Hill Billy


    For Cookery Book recommendations - please use this thread.

    tHB


  • #159
    Minder
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,774 ✭✭✭Minder


    Madalene Bonvini-Hamel of www.britishlarder.co.uk fame will be publishing a cookbook in 2012. Will be interetsing to see if it is a new round of recipes or will it be all blog content.


  • #160
    Arequipa
    Registered Users Posts: 1,034 ✭✭✭Arequipa


    Thanks for taking time out to reply to me: I appreciate it!

    I would just love to learn a few more recipes for good, healthy food.
    I keep very fit, so I want to eat well & quite healthily too!

    It is tricky sometimes when there are so many cleb cooks: Jamie Oliver, Nigella, Gary Rhodes etc etc...is hard to know who to choose!

    Oh and there is always Delia Smith!

    I will look at these books and websites!

    Arequipa.


  • #161
    shrapnel222
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,120 ✭✭✭shrapnel222


    i've found some good recipies on www.epicurious.com and if you speak french, my favorite website is www.marmiton.org


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  • #162
    nbrady20009
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 260 ✭✭nbrady20009


    I'd recommend having a look at some of Jamie Oliver's books. He's straight talking, no nonsense, which is exactly what you need when your learning to cook.


    Have a look at Cook with Jamie: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Cook-Jamie-Guide-Making-Better/dp/0141019700/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1327667499&sr=8-2


    And Jamie at home: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Jamie-Home-Cook-Your-Good/dp/0718152433/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1327667626&sr=8-1


  • #163
    petite85
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7 ✭petite85


    I find that the cookery magazines are just as good.

    The GoodFood mag and Olive are out each month and there are some other ones that are out fortnightly too. There are some great recipes and they keep in line with what is in season too.


    Happy cooking :D


  • #164
    Jellybaby1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,108 ✭✭✭Jellybaby1


    I stopped buying cookery magazines when I remembered a lot of the recipes are online for free and the mags are expensive. But lately I've been watching Ellie Krieger on the Food Network and you can see her recipes here http://www.foodnetwork.co.uk/celebrity-chefs/ellie-krieger.html. Her recipes have gone down very well with my family. I also like the www.bbc.co.uk/food site and they have a BBC food magazine too if you'd rather that. I also check out http://www.bordbia.ie/aboutfood/recipes/Pages/recipehome.aspx. Alternatively, pop into your local library. I usually follow Neven, Nigella, and Jamie. I'd rather spend money on food than magazines. I've already got tons of cookbooks and can't spend another penny on more.


  • #165
    BaZmO*
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,625 ✭✭✭✭BaZmO*


    www.bbc.co.uk/food has a good section that shows you what's in season each month, along with associated recipes. It's a good way to add a bit of variety while keeping it seasonal. :)

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/seasons


  • #166
    ElleEm
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,981 ✭✭✭ElleEm


    nbrady20009 wrote: »
    I'd recommend having a look at some of Jamie Oliver's books. He's straight talking, no nonsense, which is exactly what you need when your learning to cook.


    Have a look at Cook with Jamie: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Cook-Jamie-Guide-Making-Better/dp/0141019700/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1327667499&sr=8-2


    And Jamie at home: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Jamie-Home-Cook-Your-Good/dp/0718152433/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1327667626&sr=8-1

    Jamie at Home and 30 Minute Meals are on Channel 4 every weekday. I Sky+ them then watch them with a pen and paper. I love his style.


  • #167
    GastroBoy
    Registered Users Posts: 863 ✭✭✭GastroBoy


    The channel 4 food website is great, and Jamie Oliver's personal website
    has a wealth of recipes on it.
    Bookwise, I would recommend any of Darina Allen's books.
    Irish Traditional Cooking is amazing.


  • #168
    The Hill Billy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,798 ✭✭✭✭The Hill Billy


    Yet more threads merged. Title updated also to include favourite recipe site recommendations...

    tHB


  • #169
    Brian?
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 21,567 Mod ✭✭✭✭Brian?


    This is my favourite cook book right now:

    http://www.amazon.com/Webers-Way-Grill-Step-Step/dp/0376020598

    Moved to Arizona for a while, so I'd be silly not to BBQ every day.

    they/them/theirs


    And so on, and so on …. - Slavoj Žižek




  • #170
    Andy!!
    Site Banned Posts: 1,678 ✭✭✭Andy!!


    I'd be interested in finding out if you guys know of any interesting cooking related websites. The best sites you've come across for innovative cooking utensils, or the best value for typical cookware. The best sites you've come across for buying things like spices, meat rubs, sauces etc. online. Hell if you have a favourite site or two for recipes I'd like to hear it. :D Mostly though I'm looking for some good websites to buy interesting/cheap gadgets and condiments from. If you know of something that fits the bill share it here! :D


  • #171
    trackguy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,246 ✭✭✭trackguy


    What kinds of food do you like? Sites that sell equipment/ ingredients tend to specialise in a certain cuisine.

    If you like Mexican Food, try My Mexican Shop.


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  • #172
    CJhaughey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,907 ✭✭✭✭CJhaughey


    I like this site for gadgetry and the occasional French recipe.
    http://www.cuisine-french.com/cgi/mdc/l/en/index.html


  • #173
    Andy!!
    Site Banned Posts: 1,678 ✭✭✭Andy!!


    trackguy wrote: »
    What kinds of food do you like?

    Any and all! Looking for all kinds of cooking related stuff I can buy online. :D Thanks for that link. Expensive cookware but I guess that's down to the material used.

    Thanks for the link CJ! Thought you were dead...


  • #174
    okiss
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 698 ✭✭✭okiss


    There is a uk based website called lakeland.co.uk which offers a wide range of kitchen and household items.
    I also find that amazon.co.uk do a lot of kitchen/household items.
    If you look under bbc.co.uk - go the the bottom of the web page and under food you will find recipes and cooking techniques.


  • #175
    Andy!!
    Site Banned Posts: 1,678 ✭✭✭Andy!!


    Cool yeah, forgot about Amazon. They're likely to have lots of cool stuff.

    Anyone buy their condiments online? Like spices, meat-rubs, sauces that are hard to get in stores here or are too expensive here?


  • #176
    Minder
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,774 ✭✭✭Minder


    Two UK based sites for specialist ingredients, equipment etc.

    http://www.infusions4chefs.co.uk/page/home.html

    http://www.msk-ingredients.com/

    Even if you don't buy from them, the sites are worth a look for inspiration, you may be able to find an Irish based company selling similar products.

    www.nisbets.ie for all catering equipment.


  • #177
    The Hill Billy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,798 ✭✭✭✭The Hill Billy


    Thread title updated & threads merged.

    tHB


  • #178
    am i bovvered
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,102 ✭✭✭am i bovvered


    A very interesting book for a true foody is "the flavour thesaurus" it concentrates on ingredient pairings.


  • #179
    Zuiderzee
    Closed Accounts Posts: 593 ✭✭✭Zuiderzee


    I recently got Prannie Rhatigans 'Irish Seaweed Kitchen'
    Lovely production and a great guide to seaweed collection and preservation, with recipes that make you think and experiment.

    http://www.prannie.com/


  • #180
    Teyla Emmagan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,641 ✭✭✭Teyla Emmagan


    Am having a baking splurge at the moment, so cooking massive amounts of stuff from the Hummingbird Bakery.

    http://hummingbirdbakery.com/

    They have an amazing looking sky high lemon meringue pie which I'm making for father's day (with calimari if I can find my deep fat fryer and a rack of lamb).

    My favourite website is Delia's, I think her receipes are close on fool proof (may not be sexy, but they are virtually guaranteed not to fail). She's my go to when I'm in a hurry.

    The next thing I plan on working my way through is the latest Ottolenghi book. I bought it recently and so far have done nothing but drool at the photographs.

    http://www.ottolenghi.co.uk/

    The book is food p*rn at its finest :D.


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  • #181
    loveisdivine
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,463 ✭✭✭loveisdivine


    I find the bbc good food website to be a very useful tool.

    I pretty much love Nigella. Granted her recipes arent for every one but Kitchen and Nigella Express are both brilliant.


  • #182
    nice1franko
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,300 ✭✭✭nice1franko


    I got this book: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Eleven-Madison-Park-The-Cookbook/dp/0316098515 recently. Stunning book and my fav at the mo. Never really seen food like it before. You'll be stacking your fish fingers all artsy and doing a spoon-smear of ketchup after flicking through it.


  • #183
    BigBadRob83
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,514 ✭✭✭BigBadRob83


    http://thefirehouse.ie/

    The chef/baker behind the great baking book 'Bread Revolution' (and BBC TV show 'The Big Bread Experiment'), Patrick Ryan, has set up a cookery school on a lovely island in West Cork using a wood-fired oven.

    bread-revolution.jpg

    Full disclosure: Paddy is a good friend of mine, and an amazing chef. Last time I was down I had some amazing sourdough bread with a dinner of 12-hour wood fired pork belly, and a strawberry/elderflower tart for desert.
    Next morning awoke to lovely breakfast of fresh coffee with just-out-of-the-oven croissants, pain au chocolat, and an a tough to describe delicious Danish pastry with a maple syrup type of sauce.
    Needless to say, I rolled off the island.

    If you liked the sound of any of the above, check out the website, and thank me later.


  • #184
    Faith
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 30,657 Mod ✭✭✭✭Faith


    Threads merged.


  • #185
    leahyl
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,322 ✭✭✭✭leahyl


    Just bought some new cookery books (like i need anymore! I think I have an obsession with them!)

    Good Housekeeping Cookery Book - looks good - plenty of recipes and variety
    Hummingbird Bakery Cake Days - OMG the recipes in this look divine! I've only made the vanilla cupcakes so far but they were the nicest cupcakes I have made - so moist and fluffy and still as fresh the next day - normally when I make cupcakes they're nearly stale the next day.
    Primrose Bakery Book - lovely book also with plenty of scrummy baking recipes!
    Donal Skehan - his new book, looks ok, have his last book and that's good, haven't really looked at the new one too much but looking forward to giving some recipes a try:)

    I can't believe how many cookbooks I actually have now - can't wait to get my own house and I'll be cooking up a storm!:D


  • #186
    GastroBoy
    Registered Users Posts: 863 ✭✭✭GastroBoy


    Im especially looking forward to Tom Kitchin's new book "Kitchin's Suppers"

    Also Nigel Slater has a new book out soon.

    Will have to clear out a few of the old ones methinks:(


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  • #187
    Minder
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,774 ✭✭✭Minder


    What's a lot when it comes to cookbooks?


  • #188
    Bassfish
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 911 ✭✭✭Bassfish


    Jamie Oliver's ministry of food book is excellent for the simpler end of cooking. Everything from omelettes to curries to roast dinners. I have loads of higher end cookbooks but I keep going back to this one again and again.


  • #189
    Nody
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 18,333 CMod ✭✭✭✭Nody


    I did a quick search in this thread with out luck; I'm on the search for something less mainstream I guess.

    I want a purely vegeterian soup only cookbook and it should not be some extreme style (i.e. Asian only etc.) but rather easy, down to earth day to day type of soups :)

    I got Love Soup by Anna Thomas on my list as it's highly recommended on Amazon but are there any other suggestions?


  • #190
    Mjollnir
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 888 ✭✭✭Mjollnir


    I have no idea how many people actually hunt in Ireland (this is a Sacramento, CA, USA based writer), or, more importantly, have access to game, but I know you fish and forage, and Hank Shaw, a hero of mine, covers all three, honestly and thoroughly.

    He's equally writer, hunter, fisherman, forager and, above all, exquisite chef.

    Much to learn here, but if you don't get any of your food in the wild, it's one of those sites you may come to love for it's all around quality.

    http://honest-food.net/


  • #191
    The Hill Billy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,798 ✭✭✭✭The Hill Billy


    Nody wrote: »
    I did a quick search in this thread with out luck; I'm on the search for something less mainstream I guess.

    I want a purely vegeterian soup only cookbook and it should not be some extreme style (i.e. Asian only etc.) but rather easy, down to earth day to day type of soups :)

    I got Love Soup by Anna Thomas on my list as it's highly recommended on Amazon but are there any other suggestions?

    Have you tried asking in the Vegan & Vegetarian forum?


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  • #192
    Loire
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,034 ✭✭✭Loire


    For Monday - Thursday family meals I can highly recommend Catherine Fulvio's Family Kitchen. I use it every week and in particular the Speedy Suppers section. Great book.

    I have Jamie's 30 minute meals, and whilst some of the dishes are great, the ingredients required for a lot of them, make them weekend affairs (as long as I can ditch the kids with Mrs Loire and take off into the English Market!).


  • #193
    Buyingcar2012
    Registered Users Posts: 281 ✭✭Buyingcar2012


    Ive been using 'how to cook the perfect.....' weekly column from the Guardian. It's available online.


  • #194
    The Hill Billy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,798 ✭✭✭✭The Hill Billy


    Threads merged.

    tHB


  • #195
    Sparky100
    Registered Users Posts: 159 ✭✭Sparky100


    I am looking for some recommendations of very good Receipe Books

    I want something that mixes some nice traditional receipes with some receipes also for entertaining guests or family at home. I also have a young family so I would like to start cooking/baking a lot more and give them taste for it too.

    I don't mind if it is 1 or 2 books that would suit me.

    One I did view recently was Rachel Allens Entertaining At Home - Any views on it, Thanks


  • #196
    Faith
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 30,657 Mod ✭✭✭✭Faith


    Threads merged.


  • #197
    homemadecider
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,858 ✭✭✭homemadecider


    Sparky100 wrote: »
    I am looking for some recommendations of very good Receipe Books

    I want something that mixes some nice traditional receipes with some receipes also for entertaining guests or family at home. I also have a young family so I would like to start cooking/baking a lot more and give them taste for it too.

    I don't mind if it is 1 or 2 books that would suit me.

    One I did view recently was Rachel Allens Entertaining At Home - Any views on it, Thanks

    "Step by Step cookbook" by Good Housekeeping. It has a huge variety of recipes as well as instructions on different ways of preparing, cooking and serving food. It's my absolutely favourite cookbook of all time. It's usually about €50 but it's currently on bookdepository.co.uk for about €24 with free postage. Can't recommend it highly enough.


  • #198
    jimmydkid
    Registered Users Posts: 170 ✭✭jimmydkid


    Hi guys, my girlfriend is going back to college to study culinary arts she loves cooking and baking so i was thinking of getting her a french cook book for christmas, Can anyone recommend a good book? id be very gratefull for any help


  • #199
    Faith
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 30,657 Mod ✭✭✭✭Faith


    Larousse Gastronomique.


  • #200
    Photo-Sniper
    Registered Users Posts: 1,217 ✭✭✭Photo-Sniper


    Marco Pierre Whites "White Heat" and nothing even compares to it.


  • #201
    Bateman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,818 ✭✭✭Bateman


    Photo-Sniper wrote: »
    Marco Pierre Whites "White Heat" and nothing even compares to it.

    Amazon prices:

    3 new from £39.99 7 used from £57.98

    That sound right? :confused:


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