 | Spice by Christine Manfield
Buy used from: £75.69 The book that got me interested in cooking. Wonderful if slightly complicated.
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 | The Essentials of Classical Italian Cooking by Marcella Hazan
Buy new: £16.25 / Used from: £20.20 I dont think I could live without Marcella. If an italian recipe you want isn't here it probably isn't worth cooking. Her rabbit recipe is awesome.
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 | Thai Food by David Thompson
Buy new: £16.25 / Used from: £12.95 Encyclopedic, wonderful, engaging and generally perfect. I attended a dinner he cooked and spoke at afterwards a few years ago, the food and he were magnificent.
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 | French Provincial Cooking by Elizabeth David
Buy new: £6.69 / Used from: £3.22 My mother taught herself to cook from this book. She still has her copy, albeit in eighteen pieces and tied together with legal tape. If thats not a testimonial, I dont know what is. A classic.
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 | Recipes and Stories by Kylie Kwong
Buy used from: £8.14 She may be young, but her food is wonderful and steeped in history. The recipes are indispersed with family stories, and versions of the same dish as cooked by her different family members. Wonderful.
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 | The Book of Jewish Food: An Odyssey from Samarkand and Vilna to the Present Day by Claudia Roden
Buy new: £13.00 / Used from: £12.73 So much more than chopped liver! Claudia Roden's book transcends the stereotype of Jewish food and presents a wonderful array of diverse dishes from around the mediterranean. Beautifully written.
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 | A New Book of Middle Eastern Food (Cookery Library) by Claudia Roden
Buy new: £12.34 / Used from: £8.84 So good I had to put her in here twice.
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 | The Moro Cookbook by Samantha Clark
Buy new: £9.75 / Used from: £8.59 I only bought this book the other day, but already its become one of my favourites. Wonderful, engrossing and looks delicious. You have to have a look at this book.
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 | A Taste of India by Madhur Jaffrey
Buy used from: £24.44 Look, anything by Madhur Jaffrey is going to be excellent, but this is the one I cook most from. Breaks the food down by region and has wonderfully written history to accompany the recipes.
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 | The Cook's Companion by Stephanie Alexander
How could I forget Stephanie? If you only buy one book on this list, this should be it. The single most useful cookbook ever written.
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 | Jane Grigson's Vegetable Book by Jane Grigson
Buy new: £7.09 / Used from: £4.50 Wonderful notwithstanding her repeated assaults on the avocado.
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 | Stir by Christine Manfield
Buy used from: £10.55 What the hell, I'll put in another Chris Manfield. This is like a watered down verison of Spice. Each chapter centres around a basic spice paste and a range of recipes using it. Great.
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