 | Mrs.Beeton's Book of Household Management (Oxford World's Classics) by Isabella Beeton
Buy used from: £7.27 A classic- not very useful, but a great read!
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 | The Silver Spoon
Buy new: £15.69 / Used from: £11.50 The only Italian cookbook you will ever need- or in fact the one cookbook you need. I have the 1973 Italian version, which includes excellent advice on how to set up a kitchen, which pans to buy, etc
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 | House Rules by Clare Coulson
Buy used from: £0.01 Excellent tips on things like where to get your evening shoes mended or how to keep your jumpers fresh
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 | New English Kitchen: Changing the Way You Shop, Cook and Eat by Rose Prince
Buy used from: £0.87 Good advice on how to run your kitchen in real life- how to use day-old bread, etc.
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 | A Guide to Elegance: A Complete Guide for the Woman Who Wants to be Well and Properly Dressed for Every Occasion by Genevieve Antoine Dariaux
Buy new: £7.80 / Used from: £0.70 Most of Mother's advice on dressing and appearance, in one handy little volume. Prescriptive and almost always right. Fantastic.
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 | The Science of Cooking by Peter Barham
Buy new: £28.49 / Used from: £25.00 fascinating and essential to understand which parts of recipes you cannot ignore, and which you can safely tinker with.
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 | A New Book of Middle Eastern Food (Cookery Library) by Claudia Roden
Buy new: £12.31 / Used from: £8.05 Numerous Middle Eastern recipes, with their history- a great read, as well a yummy cookbook
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 | An Invitation to Italian Cooking by Antonio Carluccio
Buy used from: £8.57 excellent introduction to Northern Italian cookery- authentic and very easy to follow
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 | The Great Ormond Street New Baby and Child Care Book: The Essential Guide for Parents of Children Aged 0-5 by Tessa Hilton
Buy new: £11.00 / Used from: £2.70 A domestic goddess must know about children, and this is the most scientific and complete of the lot.
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