Favourite Cook Book/Recipe/Food-related Site?

elaine.rodger wrote: »

My sister is getting me two Mary Berry cookbooks for Christmas. I know I definitely want the Mary Berry's Complete Cookbook as it was recommended to me. I was then thinking of getting Mary Berry's Cookery Course but I see now she has a new one out called Mary Berry Cooks The Perfect.

I'm not to sure which one to get along with the other one. Would Mary Berry's Cookery Course or Mary Berry Cooks The Perfect be better. Any thoughts would be appreciated

Thanks

If you want an exclusive baking book then I would go for Mary Berry's baking bible - great book - anything I have made from it has worked out perfectly

Gloomtastic! wrote: »

Definitely recommend the Complete Cookbook. However, the last time I saw the new edition in the bookshop it was a design mess - all over the place. If you can get an older version with simple layout (white pages) then grab it!

I saw the old version at the window display if a local charity shop and wanted to get it but I had no cash on me as I was just dropping my kid off to school. When I went back 3 hours later it was gone

the beer revolu wrote: »

Maybe look at Rick Stein too.

+1 for Rick Stein's Fish. I prefer his than River Cottage's.

Yep, picked up the big man's book a few weeks ago after browsing through it in a bookshop. Good recipes that aren't reinvented just for the sake of adding a twist. The starters are good; there's a section on soups and salads, I skimmed past the soups but the salads are interesting. Fish section - pointless unless you have a trawlerman in the family or are married to a fishmonger. Best part of the book is the meat mains, and it's the biggest section in the book too. Some corkers in there and the photography is gorgeous. Lots of things I want to try. As always, worth a flick through before buying.

Dizzyblonde wrote: »

I'm thinking of getting it for Himself for Christmas because he's enjoying the series on tv.
It's only €23.62 on book Depository, €37.25 from Easons :eek:

Yeah I was looking at that too. Shocking!

Wah, didn't even know he has a show. Was wondering what Dizzy was talking about.
Was at Eason this evening and flicked through the book. It's good, it's very good. I can see myself cooking most of them (even the fish section; better find myself a Mr Wright, heheh). Didn't get it but will hint the husband for my heavy duty stocking filler.

Alun wrote: »

Now let me say first that my family are from his neck of the woods, so I'm no stranger to a West Country accents in general, but his accent is seriously driving me crazy. It's almost as if he's deliberately overdoing it just for TV. He was using lots of "paprikurrr" in one dish today

You mean like how Vicky Pollard talks?

Dizzyblonde wrote: »

Update on the Tom Kerridge book - it's on Amazon for £8! With free Super Saver delivery for orders over £10, so I've ordered it and his Pub Food book. Together they came to just over €17 and I'm using Parcel Motel so it's all working out cheaper than one book from Book Depository

Links?

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Tom-Kerridges-Best-Ever-Dishes/dp/1472909410/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1418218128&sr=8-1&keywords=tom+kerridge

Oh and the little green spoon site if I am feeling virtuous!

This link was posted in the bargain alerts thread:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=sr_nr_p_n_binding_browse-b_0?fst=as%3Aoff&rh=n%3A266239%2Cn%3A%211025612%2Cn%3A66%2Cp_36%3A500-500%2Cp_n_binding_browse-bin%3A492563011&bbn=66&ie=UTF8&qid=1418139130&rnid=492562011

Heaps of cook books for £5 from Amazon... Enjoy!

I like! Received the book in very good time from Easons. The book is very good. The introduction is short but the back story is engaging and the photography is brilliant. Recipes are varied, all are labelled as either Thai or Vietnamese. Ingredients are reasonably accessible although I have yet to find betel leaves in any Asian supermarket anywhere. The recipe section may seem a little short for a book of June under 300 pages, it's about half of the book, but there is plenty to be getting on with.

One irritation - some of the print is in large typeface across two pages, making the text hard to read as it disappears into the spine of the book.

i'm always on the look out for a recommendation for a good cookbook. Following delivery of Saba : The Cookbook are there any other recommendations? I'm particularly in the mood for the lightness and complexity of Asian cuisine following the richness of Christmas dining. All and any pointers welcome.

Really impressed lately with The Natural Cook from Tom Hunt and Persiana from Sabrina Ghayour. In fact, I've cooked several of the lamb dishes from Persiana and they have all turned out amazingly well.

For Asian food, some long-term books I own include Food & Travels Asia by Alastair Hendy, The Food of China (have had this book for over 10 years) and Thai Food by David Thompson