Cookery books for beginners - suggestions

[Minnie_the_Minx]

they've never failed on me!

Please see post 90

 

[Orang Utan]

maybe it's two books in one edition?
real food is his first book i think

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

maybe it's two books in one edition?
real food is his first book i think

I don't know. It's not very clear is it.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Nigel Slater's Appetite is what i recommend to all 'new' cooks.
it has templates rather than recipes and allows you to experiment, building up your confidence and knowledge.

I've googled him, and it looks like he has a book called Real Food, so that must be the one on Abe Books. Why's it coming up then when I'm searching for Appetite

• The Marie Claire Cookbook, Hamlyn, (ISBN 0-7064-2573-1, 1992)
• Real Fast Food, Michael Joseph Ltd, (ISBN 0-7181-3577-6, 1992) or Penguin Books Ltd, (ISBN 0-14-046949-4, 1993)
• Real Fast Puddings, Michael Joseph Ltd, (ISBN 0-7181-3577-6, 1992) or Penguin Books Ltd, (ISBN 0-14-023283-4, 1994)
• The 30-Minute Cook, Michael Joseph Ltd (ISBN 0-7181-3752-3, 1994)
• Real Cooking, Michael Joseph Ltd, (ISBN 0-7181-4090-7, 1997) or Penguin Books Ltd (ISBN 0-14-025277-0, 1999)
• Real Food, Fourth Estate Ltd, (ISBN 1-85702-971-2, 1998) or (ISBN 1-84115-144-0, 2000)
• Appetite, Random House of Canada Ltd, (ISBN 0-679-31212-9, [2000) or Fourth Estate Ltd (ISBN 1-84115-470-9, 2000)
• Thirst, Fourth Estate Ltd, (ISBN 1-84115-768-6, 2002)
• The Kitchen Diaries, Fourth Estate Ltd, (ISBN 0-00-719948-1, 2005) or Gotham Books, published by Penguin (USA) Inc., (ISBN 1-592-40234-8), October 2006[17][18]
• Tender, Volume One, Fourth Estate Ltd, Harper Collins (ISBN13 978-0-00-724849-0) (2009)
• Tender, Volume Two, Fourth Estate Ltd, Harper Collins (2010)
• The Kitchen Diaries 2, Fourth Estate Ltd (2012)

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Hm, could be two books. There's two ISBNs here

http://www.amazon.com/Appetite-Real-Food-Stock-Offer/dp/0904241351/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Katherine Whitehorn 'Cooking in a Bedsitter' is brilliant. It practically tells you what an egg is and though it was originally designed for 60s bedsitter life - I have an original copy - it's a cheap, practical book which uses basic ingredients and is very clearly written.

Have ordered that as it seems cheap and basic etc.

Or this one: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Cooking-Quick-Easy-Molly-Perham/dp/0572026943/ref=pd_sim_b_44

Have ordered that as it's meals for one.

I'd go for delias complete cookery course rather than how to cook - its the book that taught me how to cook, and I still use it more than any other cookbook now.

Have orderd that for when he gets a bit more adventurous.

Nigel Slater's Appetite is what i recommend to all 'new' cooks.
it has templates rather than recipes and allows you to experiment, building up your confidence and knowledge.

Have ordered that to show him he can adapt dishes

and also ordered him a slow cooker book.

Many thanks for your help everyone.

Oh, and all for around £15 (4 second-hand books, and 1 new)

 

[Orang Utan]

Hm, could be two books. There's two ISBNs here

http://www.amazon.com/Appetite-Real-Food-Stock-Offer/dp/0904241351/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top

that's what i said!

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

that's what i said!

Yes, but I wasn't sure and on Abe it wasn't showing 2 different ISBNs, it was only when I looked on Amazon!

Anyway, so I bought that one, so I get two for one!

 

[winterinmoscow]

Roadkill's got one called the Man Alone Cookbook, which I always nose at when I'm at his and it looks really good for people who end up learning to cook when other people have already learned... well written too

 

[winterinmoscow]

Oh and charity shops are great for cookbooks and if they're crap, you can always donate them back!

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Oh and charity shops are great for cookbooks and if they're crap, you can always donate them back!

I already gave a load away to charity shops as I never bothered with them as I hate cooking. I just liked looking at the pictures

 

[Manter]

I already gave a load away to charity shops as I never bothered with them as I hate cooking. I just liked looking at the pictures

I always buy nicely laid out ones... I hate cookery books without enough recipe photos

 

[oryx]

My partner swears Delia's Complete Cookery Course. The thing with her is that while her tone is a bit annoying her recpes are very precise, and always seem to work.

Cooking In a Bedsitter is very 'of its time' and I think it is now more a period piece than anything else, though an interesting read. I just took a look at it and there's a recipe for kidneys with tinned sweetcorn.

The book that got me into cooking was Nigella Lawson's How to Eat, but it may be a bit much for a complete novice.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Cooking In a Bedsitter is very 'of its time' and I think it is now more a period piece than anything else, though an interesting read. I just took a look at it and there's a recipe for kidneys with tinned sweetcorn.

Kidneys and Sweetcorn?

 

[cesare]

Kidneys and Sweetcorn?

SGUSTING!

I quite fancy writing a cookery book for novices.