Product Description

At a time when money worries are front-page news, Britain’s most trusted cook, Delia Smith, is once again on hand with a wide range of tasty recipes that are cheap and easy to prepare.

Being frugal can be fun once you’ve learned a few simple tricks, among them:

• buying fresh produce when it’s in season

• replacing more expensive ingredients with humbler alternatives

• experimenting with different cuts of meat

• being creative with leftovers.

Thirty years on, the message of Delia’s Frugal Food has never seemed more relevant. With some 170 recipes, from luxury soups to paupers’ puddings, this new illustrated edition shows you how to eat well without having to spend a fortune.

Chapters include:

• The Cheap Charter

• Luxury Soups

• Eggs and Us

• Frugal Fish

• Chicken's Lib

• Forequarter Front

• Offal - But I Like You

• Bangers Are Beautiful

• Cook for Victory

• Go with the Grain

• Who Needs Meat?

• Quickening Pulses

• Back to Baking

• Pauper's Puddings

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #2737 in Books
• Published on: 2008-10-30
• Released on: 2008-10-30
• Original language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• 256 pages

Customer Reviews

Welcome makeover for cheap and cheerful classic
"Frugal Food" was the first cookbook that I bought. That was 25 years ago. Since then, my (much-used) paperback copy has fallen apart and gone to the great recycling plant in the sky.

It's good, then, to find, not only a new edition, but one that's been updated to take account of changes in what we eat and how we cook. Lard and dripping have been replaced by ground nut oil and you don't even have to make your own pastry - frozen is fine. Good, too, that this has been issued as a hardback: paperback cookery books were never a good idea.

The recipes are basically the same as before - good food made from ingredients that won't break the bank - simple enough for students, ordinary enough for the family and good enough to serve to friends.

Although the emphasis is on economy, there's more than a hint of comfort food here that will not go amiss as the recession deepens and the thermometer falls. Beef in cider - yum - I can hardly wait.

A great classic!
I have been using this book since it was first published and my old copy fell apart some years ago, forcing me to search for another copy which I managed to do via Amazon. Since then, guess what, Frugal Food has suddenly come into it's own, with a whole new edition!!

I use this book all the time for good homely reliable recipes - just look at all the things you can do with a pound of sausages, and every receipe a winner - you will not regret buying this book at all!!

More no-nonsense cooking from Delia.
Although I had not read the original 'Frugal Food' I still found this book useful. It is based on her original book published in the '70s and has been updated for today's readers/cooks.

As a child of the seventies I found it very interesting from a 'historical' point of view (TVP anyone?) and the recipes are easy to follow and simple for just normal everyday food.

Most people know that to eat cheaply you have to shop in season and buy as little processed food as possible which is quite different to her 'how to Cheat' book - clearly Delia is aware of the changes in the economy since her last book!