Favourite Cook Book/Recipe/Food-related Site?

Dizzyblonde · 02-12-2014 12:06pm

Mrs Fox wrote: »

Me neither. *dreamy* *drool*

Anybody got Tom Kerridge's Best Ever Dishes? Any good?

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:

Mrs Fox · 02-12-2014 12:11pm

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!

Loire · 02-12-2014 7:41pm

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:

Only saw my first episode last night and it was very good. Will defo check out the book. Herself will go bonkers though if another book is squeezed into our kitchen

Mrs Fox · 02-12-2014 10:32pm

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 · 02-12-2014 10:38pm

Mrs Fox wrote: »

Wah, didn't even know he has a show. Was wondering what Dizzy was talking about.

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

Mrs Fox · 03-12-2014 8:49am

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 · 08-12-2014 1:25pm

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

youcancallmeal · 10-12-2014 9:48am

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?

BaZmO* · 10-12-2014 11:40am

youcancallmeal wrote: »

Links?

Just search for Tom Kerridge book on Amazon.co.uk

Minder · 10-12-2014 2:29pm

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

messy tessy · 10-12-2014 2:57pm

These have probably been mentioned but my favourites are Nigella Express and Avoca Cafe Cookbook

messy tessy · 10-12-2014 2:59pm

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

angeldelight · 10-12-2014 3:00pm

I put Thomasina Miers book on the Christmas list, can't wait!

messy tessy · 11-12-2014 11:15am

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!

Mrs Fox · 14-12-2014 9:57pm

Minder, have you received SABA Cookbook? What's it like?

Minder · 16-12-2014 12:09am

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.

Mrs Fox · 25-12-2014 10:16am

I love you Santa! I believe! I do believe!

Minder · 30-12-2014 6:45pm

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.

Marje · 30-12-2014 7:47pm

I'm hoping this cookbook Deliciously Ella will start me onto a healthy new me. Out on 22 January, going to go for the Kindle version. She also has a website.

They include sugar-free, gluten-free and dairy-free recipes. I'm interested in cutting out sugar or reducing my intake from my diet.

dudara · 30-12-2014 7:49pm

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

Daisy78 · 30-12-2014 9:35pm

I love "A Year at Avoca" , the recipes are very practical and I've never had a disaster with any of them. I also bought Nigellas Christmas book this year, a few nice ideas in there too.

Mrs Fox · 01-01-2015 10:26pm

Daisy78 wrote: »

I love "A Year at Avoca" , the recipes are very practical and I've never had a disaster with any of them.

Excellent book. I've cooked most of recipes; their fish pie is on our monthly menu.

TheKBizzle · 01-01-2015 11:43pm

http://www.amazon.co.uk/MasterChef-Cookery-Course/dp/1409382214/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1420152099&sr=1-2&keywords=masterchef

Got this for £5 and it's one of the best I've ever owned

Mrs Fox · 05-01-2015 9:58pm

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

Was watching it on the Saturday kitchen
Slot.. you're right, he did say paprikurrrrrrrr

parttime · 04-02-2015 3:46pm

Darina Allens Forgotten skills of cooking is great

tmh106 · 19-02-2015 10:36am

Buying a Jamie Oliver cookbook for a friend. His latest is "Jamie's Comfort Food". Anyone on here have it, and if so would you recommend it? This is for someone who is a pretty good cook, but not at the Masterchef standard, and probably doesn't want to be. Really I want something that will help with interesting meals, but are not over complicated and have (for the most part) easy to obtain (in Ireland) ingredients.

Thanks.

tmh

Mrs Fox · 19-02-2015 2:06pm

tmh106 wrote: »

Buying a Jamie Oliver cookbook for a friend. His latest is "Jamie's Comfort Food". Anyone on here have it, and if so would you recommend it? This is for someone who is a pretty good cook, but not at the Masterchef standard, and probably doesn't want to be. Really I want something that will help with interesting meals, but are not over complicated and have (for the most part) easy to obtain (in Ireland) ingredients.

Thanks.

tmh

I borrowed it from the library. Impressive layout and photos, just like his magazine.
The recipes are all international classic comfort with a lovely twist that elevates the dishes, so if your friend is a keen cook he/she might appreciate it. I sure enjoyed the couple of things I've made from it.
Recipes include shepherds pie, chicken shawarma, pot noodles to kielbasa, sweet indulgence like jaffa cake to the ultimate hot chocolate.
It's written in typical Jamie style - like how he talks on his TV shows. And just like his other recent books I find that I need to read it through over and over again before prep.
I think it'll be a lovely gift for your friend.

Kooli · 31-03-2015 12:58pm

I am totally obsessed with this book!

Bought it about 3 weeks ago and have already made about 12-15 of the recipes.

All have turned out REALLY well. And I am not a very good cook.

There's a bit of an outlay at the beginning to buy the strange ingredients (unless you're already into health foods) but then it's all actually pretty easy.

I love that there is such a variety of stuff - big hearty meals, snacks, and actually I'd say it's worth it for the breakfasts alone.

We're not deliberately trying to go dairy or wheat free, but we are certainly going through FAR less milk, cheese and bread (previously our staples) since I got the book. My motivation to buy it was more about cutting down on sugar, so I'm delighted with that.

Kooli · 31-03-2015 12:59pm

I actually find her to be a great writer too, which is a bonus.

Final bonus (told you I'm obsessed!) is that she talks about food that is suitable for kiddies which is a great help to me having a dairy-allergic toddler.

Dizzyblonde · 31-03-2015 1:04pm

Threads merged

Loire · 22-04-2015 3:24pm

Came across this site today and it looks very interesting

http://tasty-yummies.com

Loire.

benny79 · 22-04-2015 3:48pm

Hi All,

Just looking for some help!! as Im sick of buying cook books that are no good and to advanced.

I recently bought Gordon Ramsay's the ultimate cooking course as I seen 1 or 2 of the shows 1 been were he cooked shepherds pie (my favorite) and when I bought the book it wasn't in it! and all the dishes were stuff I wouldn't be into, so a total waste of money even thought it got great reviews on amazon!!

I like GR & jamie Oliver and am a ok cook trying to eat more healthy & exercise. I just am looking for an everyday cook book with the likes of shepherds pie, curry's & a few nice Italian dishes. Was looking at Jamie's 15 min meals online & someone listed all the dishes looked good but sadly no shepherds pie. by the way I have never tried to cook this yet hence why I'm so eager!

Can anyone recommend anything? maybe something by the likes of Jamie or Gordon thats not to advanced & healthy & has a shepherds pie

Toto Wolfcastle · 22-04-2015 3:54pm

Can't help with the cook book but Gordon's recipe for shepherds pie is here.

threebagsfull · 22-04-2015 4:01pm

Has anyone tried the Happy Pear cookbook yet? I've seen some of their recipes before and they look really good.
https://thehappypear.ie/book

Loire · 22-04-2015 4:16pm

benny79 wrote: »

Hi All,

Just looking for some help!! as Im sick of buying cook books that are no good and to advanced.

I recently bought Gordon Ramsay's the ultimate cooking course as I seen 1 or 2 of the shows 1 been were he cooked shepherds pie (my favorite) and when I bought the book it wasn't in it! and all the dishes were stuff I wouldn't be into, so a total waste of money even thought it got great reviews on amazon!!

I like GR & jamie Oliver and am a ok cook trying to eat more healthy & exercise. I just am looking for an everyday cook book with the likes of shepherds pie, curry's & a few nice Italian dishes. Was looking at Jamie's 15 min meals online & someone listed all the dishes looked good but sadly no shepherds pie. by the way I have never tried to cook this yet hence why I'm so eager!

Can anyone recommend anything? maybe something by the likes of Jamie or Gordon thats not to advanced & healthy & has a shepherds pie

Hiya,

I have Catherine' Family Kitchen book (Catherine Fulvio) and find it good. It doesn't have shepherds pie but does have lots of easier stuff to make.

Loire.

tmh106 · 22-04-2015 6:24pm

benny79 wrote: »

Hi All,

Just looking for some help!! as Im sick of buying cook books that are no good and to advanced.

I recently bought Gordon Ramsay's the ultimate cooking course as I seen 1 or 2 of the shows 1 been were he cooked shepherds pie (my favorite) and when I bought the book it wasn't in it! and all the dishes were stuff I wouldn't be into, so a total waste of money even thought it got great reviews on amazon!!

I like GR & jamie Oliver and am a ok cook trying to eat more healthy & exercise. I just am looking for an everyday cook book with the likes of shepherds pie, curry's & a few nice Italian dishes. Was looking at Jamie's 15 min meals online & someone listed all the dishes looked good but sadly no shepherds pie. by the way I have never tried to cook this yet hence why I'm so eager!

Can anyone recommend anything? maybe something by the likes of Jamie or Gordon thats not to advanced & healthy & has a shepherds pie

Not a book, but I find the BBC food website really good for recipes. It even has a section on Shepard's Pie: http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/shepherds_pie

Tmh

benny79 · 23-04-2015 9:18am

Actually have been using that a lot its a good site isn't it especially when other people add there tweaks or tips to the dish! But its also nice to have a good cook book for ideas I find you have to know what dish you want to cook for the bbc site. Where as with a book it be full of ideas & new dishes that you never taught off. IMO anyway

Loire · 23-04-2015 9:21am

benny79 wrote: »

Actually have been using that a lot its a good site isn't it especially when other people add there tweaks or tips to the dish! But its also nice to have a good cook book for ideas I find you have to know what dish you want to cook for the bbc site. Where as with a book it be full of ideas & new dishes that you never taught off. IMO anyway

BBC Good Food is great. Handy tip - don't enter anything in the Search bar and click Search - all the recipes are returned, ordered by users' ratings in descending order.

benny79 · 23-04-2015 9:56am

yea that is annoying! good tip!

Loire · 25-04-2015 2:32am

Picked up an excellent book yesterday in a charity shop called Zest! It has recipes from 62 top Irish restaurants. It's fantastic. Don't you love a good charity shop find!

Loire

MissFlitworth · 25-04-2015 12:29pm

Love a charity cook book find! Which reminds me, I haven't gone for a mooch in a while!

chakotha · 27-04-2015 2:27pm

Some tasty recipes here: http://damndelicious.net/

Loire · 28-04-2015 12:52pm

chakotha wrote: »

Some tasty recipes here: http://damndelicious.net/

http://damndelicious.net/2015/03/14/lemon-butter-scallops

YUM!

dibkins · 28-04-2015 2:49pm

I've been getting my cookery books from the library recently, found a few stinkers (Cathrine Fulvo I did not enjoy, she is great on TV though) but really enjoyed a few as well. I won't comment on how good they are to cook from, because i just read cookbooks and then months later recreate stuff half from memory, half from what is in the kitchen^^ Got a Ken Hom one at the moment, i love that he introduces each recipe with a paragraph about the food. Claudia Roden's Italian book was excellent too.

Marje · 28-04-2015 7:24pm

Lorraine Pascale "how to be a better cook" is currently for sale in Aldi for €3.49.

Found details on this book on the Amazon website - don't know if it's any good but it seems to have good reviews.

twignme · 11-07-2015 7:56pm

I have dozens of cookbooks, some I read for general information and some because they are like a foodie tour around another country. But there are very few I go back to again and again for actual recipes, like Yotam Ottolenghi's 'Plenty' and Mary Berry's 'Baking Bible'. We are often tempted by great photographs that can promise much but don't actually deliver. If I had the money to go out and buy just one more book, which one do you keep going back to and actually cook from that you would recommend?

2xj3hplqgsbkym · 11-07-2015 7:57pm

Easy entertaining, darina allen

John Mason · 11-07-2015 8:02pm

The happy pear cookbook

Low gi vegetarian by Rose Elliot

Baby led weaning recipes by gill raphley

Gloomtastic! · 11-07-2015 9:33pm

Can't remember the last time I used a cookbook, it's always the internet now. Sorry!

Daisy78 · 11-07-2015 9:59pm

I've made a few recipes from The Happy Pear and they have turned out really well, it's becoming my go to cookbook. I like the "Year in Avoca" book too.

Funny you should mention Ottolenghi's Plenty, picked it up in a bookstore today for a look. Whilst it's a beautiful book I felt some of the recipes were not very practical, more of a pretty coffe table type book than a day to day book of recipes. But like I said, I only scanned through it so I'm open to correction.

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