 | English Food by Jane Grigson
Buy new: £6.46 / Used from: £1.13 |
 | Food in England by Dorothy Hartley
Buy used from: £23.67 The only cookbook I know that tells you how to build a privy in the garden
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 | Four Seasons Cookery Book by Margaret Costa
Buy used from: £12.93 Margaret Costa's classic; the recipes may not all be English, but it seems a quintessentially English book to me.
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 | Simple French Food by Richard Olney
Buy new: £9.22 / Used from: £5.35 Pompous and verbose in style, but valuable nonetheless
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 | Simple French Cuisine: From Provence and Languedoc by Jenny Baker
Buy used from: £3.07 This really is simple food; can be cooked in a holiday cottage with the minimum of equipment.
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 | French Country Cooking by Albert Roux
Buy used from: £3.35 Star chefs they may be, but these dishes are homely and easily achieved.
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 | Cooking With Pomiane by Edouard De Pomiane
Buy used from: £16.86 Both entertaining and highly practical
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 | Italian Food by Elizabeth David
Buy new: £6.49 / Used from: £1.74 |
 | The Essentials of Classic Italian Cooking by Marcella Hazan
Buy new: £15.68 / Used from: £9.92 A classic. The best ever bolognese sauce; do not be tempted by boyish modern imitations!
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 | Bringing Italy Home (Mitchell Beazley Food) by Ursula Ferrigno
Buy used from: £3.07 Lovely, unfussy seasonal Italian food, beautifully photographed; carnivores won't even notice the lack of meat.
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| French Family Feast by Mireille Johnston
Buy used from: £4.66 Mireille might drive you mad with her instructions on table decorations, but as ever the dishes are impeccable French bourgeois cooking.
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 | Leaves from Our Tuscan Kitchen by Janet Ross
Buy new: £9.61 / Used from: £4.50 A classic; dog-eared and disintegrating, my first copy had to be replaced.
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