 | The Cook's Companion by Stephanie Alexander
Buy used from: £40.00 A vital tome, alphabetically arranged by main ingredient and full of food tips, tricks and wonderfully workable recipes.
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 | Tamasin's Kitchen Bible by Tamasin Day-Lewis
Buy new: £16.52 / Used from: £14.20 Tamasin has to be one of my favourite writers, this book is full of her best recipes. Try the honey spiced madelaines or the belly of pork with beans. Simple but incredibly tasty.
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 | The Kitchen Diaries: A Year in the Kitchen by Nigel Slater
Buy new: £16.25 / Used from: £9.30 The most beautifully made cook book in ages - a diary with great recipes throughout. As always Nigel writes so beautifully it's a peasure to read it from cover to cover.
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| Madhur Jaffrey's Far Eastern Cookery by Jaffrey Madhur
Buy used from: £6.75 I found my copy in a second hand book shop, Madhur Jaffrey is the undisputed queen of far eastern cookery. Her recipes are simple and easy to follow with a delicious outcome every time.
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 | Thai Food by David Thompson
Buy new: £16.50 / Used from: £18.00 Although the recipes in this are mostly too adventurous for everyday, this book must be read as the most well researched literature on Thai gastonomy, culture and lifestyle.
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 | Complete Cookery Course: Vol 1-3 in 1v by Delia Smith
Buy new: £11.39 / Used from: £6.59 Delia gets a lot of stuck, and I think this is undeserved. I refer to this book weekly, whether it's for her onion rice, bechamel sauce or minestrone soup. Her recipes work and can be added to.
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 | Falling Cloudberries: A World of Family Recipes by Tessa Kiros
Buy new: £16.25 / Used from: £5.74 This is one classy looking book! so well made and full of romantic tales and reminiscences. Recipes for Pineapple upside down cake and a pork, red wine and coriander seed stew are my favourites.
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 | The Fish Store by Lindsey Bareham
Buy new: £13.00 / Used from: £12.14 Coming from Cornwal and loving all things from the sea this has to be on my list, beautiful recipes that make your mouth water, wonderful pictures and tales. What more could you want.
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 | French by Damien Pignolet
Buy new: £18.99 / Used from: £17.58 A book of timeless french recipes which teaches you to love and enjoy cooking.
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