 | Sichuan Cookery by Fuchsia Dunlop
Buy used from: £10.00 Enthusiastic, well-written, comprehensive introduction to Sichuan cooking, with lots of cultural background.
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 | A New Book of Middle Eastern Food (Cookery Library) by Claudia Roden
Buy new: £12.31 / Used from: £8.06 Classic and indispensable guide to middle eastern food. Her Book of Jewish Food is also excellent.
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 | Crazy Water, Pickled Lemons: Enchanting Dishes from the Middle East, Mediterranean and North Africa by Diana Henry
Buy used from: £14.99 Beautifully illustrated, perhaps slightly purple prose, but the recipes are fantastic.
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 | Thai Food by David Thompson
Buy new: £15.73 / Used from: £12.98 Encyclopaedic guide to Thai food and food culture.
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 | Vatch's Southeast Asian Salads: 100 Great Dishes to Cook at Home by Vatcharin Bhumichitr
Buy used from: £3.92 Delicious, inspiring salad recipes from all over south east Asia. His Taste of Thailand is also excellent.
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 | Honey from a Weed: Fasting and Feasting in Tuscany, Catalonia, the Cyclades and Apulia by Patience Gray
Buy new: £14.50 / Used from: £9.99 Fascinating, beautifully written account of food in peasant cultures around the Mediterranean.
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 | English Food by Jane Grigson
All Jane Grigson's books are wonderful: I use this and her book on vegetables a lot.
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 | Real Fast Food: 350 Recipes Ready-to-Eat in 30 Minutes by Nigel Slater
Buy used from: £2.48 Intelligent, quick recipes stressing the importance of good ingredients and relying on your own tastes. His other books are good too.
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 | Elizabeth David Classics: "Mediterranean Food", "French Country Cooking" and "Summer Cooking" by Elizabeth David
Buy new: £10.52 / Used from: £8.98 Elizabeth David introduced Mediterranean food to Britain after the war; her books on British food culture are equally well written and authoritative.
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 | Irish Traditional Cooking by Darina Allen
Buy used from: £40.00 The definitive book on Irish cooking, stressing seasonal local ingredients.
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 | Ant Egg Soup: The Adventures of a Food Tourist in Laos by Natacha Du Pont De Bie
Buy used from: £7.00 An engaging travel book interspersed with exciting recipes from this little-known cuisine.
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