 | Darina Allen's Ballymaloe Cookery Course by Darina Allen
Buy used from: £12.79 Wonderful almost encyclopedic reference book of Irish/ French country cooking in the Ballymaloe style. Better than Delia- dare I say it!!
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 | Rachel's Favourite Food at Home by Rachel Allen
Buy used from: £16.78 The prospective heir of the Ballymaloe empire really gets into her own stride here, moving beyond their work- her oriental dishes are great, everything Ihave cooked from here has been simple and yummy
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 | Real Food by Nigel Slater
Buy new: £12.49 / Used from: £11.11 A true food-porn writer, you can luxuriate in his words, and the huge photos, and then relish the big rich flavours of his food- again easy cooking but great taste. chapters on chocolate and ice cream
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 | Madhur Jaffrey Indian Cooking
Buy new: £17.36 / Used from: £14.61 A classic of Indian cookery for non Indians for over 20 years- really delicious and authentic results
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 | Paradiso Seasons by Denis Cotter
Buy new: £25.18 / Used from: £22.30 One of my all time favourite veggie cook books, real classy restuarant food, focus on quality ingrediants and veggies season by season. great inspiration for non veggies
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 | The World Food Café by Chris Caldicott
Buy new: £8.47 / Used from: £5.91 Beautiful travel photos and many great accompanying dishes picked up on their travels around the world.
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 | How to be a Domestic Goddess: Baking and the Art of Comfort Cooking by Nigella Lawson
Buy new: £10.33 / Used from: £10.72 My ultimate cake book- so many wonderful recipes, always a joy to read and re read and never had a disappointment with anything I've tried from here.
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 | How to Eat: Pleasures and Principles of Good Food (Cookery) by Nigella Lawson
Buy new: £11.36 / Used from: £5.61 A wonderful read and re read and a few priceless recipes especially in her cooking in advnce section, but really just an inspirations to go into the kitchen and experiment with her ideas
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 | Delia Smith's Summer Collection: 140 Recipes for Summer by Delia Smith
Buy used from: £0.01 This is the book that introduced the UK to coriander and it still has a lot of fresh ideas, truly summery recipes and really wonderful photos
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 | Easy Entertaining by Darina Allen
Buy used from: £14.43 A beautiful book, more than just a recipe book, with loads of ideas for styling. A book about more than jsut dinner parties, and lots of good food for all occasions
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 | French Provincial Cooking by Elizabeth David
Buy new: £6.70 / Used from: £2.92 The classic of all classics, dated in style but brimming with such superb recipes, knowledge and passion- a must
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 | Avoca Cafe Cookbook: Bk. 1 by Hugo Arnold
Buy used from: £28.79 So many wonderful recipes, especially the meat, veggie and salad ones, not hugely inspired by the cakes and biccies, but everything is easy and delicious- the 2nd book is a disappointment
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 | Jane Grigson's Fruit Book (Penguin Cookery Library) by Jane Grigson
Buy new: £7.11 / Used from: £4.62 Fascinating reading so well written and researched- see also her vegetable book: old-school cookery books .
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 | The Kitchen Diaries: Over 300 new recipes from Britain's best-loved food writer by Nigel Slater
Buy new: £15.73 / Used from: £9.00 I love Nigel Slater's writing, wonderful seasonal food, personal writing and divine recipes
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 | The River Cottage Cookbook by Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall
Buy used from: £10.98 A cliched choice but it really is very good writing packed full of info and opinion- though I haven't cooked anything from it.
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 | Sarah Raven's Garden Cookbook by Sarah Raven
Buy new: £18.76 / Used from: £11.00 Beautiful photos, lots of great advice on varieties of fruit and veg to grow, and a great book for when you're faced with a glut of courgettes or jerusalem artichokes and panic.
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 | Thai Food by David Thompson
Buy new: £15.73 / Used from: £12.98 The king of Thai food in the west. These recipes are authentic, so not for the amateur, often difficult to get all ingredients unless you live in a city- those I could cook were sensational.
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 | Food to Live by: The Earthbound Farm Organic Cookbook (Earthbound Farm Organic Cookbk) by Myra Goodman
Buy new: £12.74 / Used from: £3.46 An all american recipe book- strong on things like muffins and grilled meat marinates, great salald dressings too
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