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Tip of the day

If your DH says he wants breakfast in bed, chuck a sleeping bag onto the kitchen floor. MamaG

Quote of the week

Bucharest on the potentially perilous pitfalls of pregnancy: "You get so used to grown men whose first names you don't know shuftying about up your nethers that you have to chant to yourself, like a mantra, in the dentist's waiting room, "Don't take your pants off, it's just teeth this time."

Recipe of the week

Porpoise's red berry pavlova: lashings of strawberries and cream for Wimbledon finals weekend - with the ace addition of a crunchy, chewy meringue base. Serve with panache and await a grateful chorus of, "Ooh, I say!"



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Mumsnet best Score No. of reviews
Mary Berry - Ultimate Cake Book stars 5
Nigella Lawson - Feast stars 6
Jamie Oliver - Jamie at Home stars 5
Carol Timperley - Baby and Child Vegetarian Recipes stars 5
Delia Smith - Delia's Complete Cookery Course stars 9
All the rest
Annabel Karmel - The New Complete Baby & Toddler Meal Planner stars 3
Sara Lewis - Kids' Baking stars 2
Constance Spry - The Constance Spry Cookery Book stars 1
Darina Allen, Rosemary Kearney - Healthy Gluten Free Eating stars 1
Delia Smith -Vegetarian Collection stars 1
Gina Ford - Baby and Toddler Cookbook stars 1
Gordon Ramsay - Healthy Appetite stars 1
Hugo Arnold - The Wagamama Cookbook stars 1
Nigel Slater - Real Food stars 1
Nigella Lawson - Forever Summer stars 1
Claudia Roden : Book of Jewish Food stars 2
Good Housekeeping -Cookery Book, The cook's classic companion stars 2
Patrick Holford and Fiona McDonald Joyce : Smart Food for Smart Kids stars 2
Susan Reimer : Muffins Fast and Fantastic stars 2
Jane Clarke : Yummy Baby stars 4
Nigel Slater : The Kitchen Diaries stars 4
Claudia Roden : New Book of Middle Eastern Food stars 3
Good Housekeeping : Step by Step Vegetarian Cookery stars 2
Lindsey Bareham : Just One Pot stars 2
Mary Berry - Complete Cookbook stars 2
Dr Penny Stanway - Good Food for Kids stars 1
Good Food magazine - "101 recipes..." series stars 1
Hamlyn - All Colour Easy Suppers: Over 200 Delicious Recipes stars 1
Jamie Oliver - Jamie's Italy stars 1
Joanne Harris & Fran Warden - The French Kitchen: A Cookbook stars 1
Mary Berry - Simple Cakes stars 1
Tamasin Day Lewis : Tamasin's Kitchen Bible stars 1
Jamie Oliver : Cook with Jamie stars 4
The Silver Spoon - Various Contributors stars 2
Jamie Oliver : Jamie's Dinners stars 2
Sara Lewis : Veggie Food for Kids stars 2
Nigella Lawson : Nigella Express stars 13
Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall & Fizz Carr : The River Cottage Family Cookbook stars 7
Jeanette Orrey : The Dinner Lady stars 11
Annabel Karmel : Children's First Cookbook stars 6
Hugh Fearnley Whittingstall : River Cottage Meat Book stars 5
Darina Allen : Ballymaloe Cookery Course stars 2
Rose Gray and Ruth Rogers - River Cafe Cookbook Easy stars 2
Ainsley Harriott - Friends and Family Cookbook: Over 200 Reasons to Eat In stars 1
Gary Rhodes - Food For Friends stars 1
Gordon Ramsay - Fast Food stars 1
Hugh Smith Arnold and Georgia Glynn: Avoca Cafe Cookbook stars 1
Innocent Smoothie Recipe Book: 57 1/2 |Recipes from Our Kitchen to Yours stars 1
Jeanette Orrey - Second Helpings - Fresh ways to feed your family stars 1
Jimmy Doherty : A Taste of the Country stars 1
Jo Vestey and Sarah Rowden - Custard and Crayons with Polly and Jago stars 1
Joanna Farrow : Cookies for Kids stars 1
Nicola Graimes : Baby and Toddler Meal Planner stars 1
Rose Elliot - The Bean Book - Essential Vegetarian Collection stars 1
Ruth Watson - Fat Girl Slim stars 1
Shane Osborn - Starters stars 1
Tom Norrington-Davies - Cupboard Love stars 1
Nigella Lawson : How to Eat stars 7
Annabel Karmel : Superfoods for babies and children stars 3
Tana Ramsay : Real Family Food stars 10
Madhur Jaffrey : World Vegetarian stars 2
Amanda Grant - Healthy Baby and Toddler Foods stars 1
Chris Schlesinger & John Willoughby - Barbeque: Recipes, Techniques, Tools stars 1
Debbie Brown - Magical Cakes stars 1
Gordon Ramsay - Sunday Lunch stars 1
Karen Davies - A Cake for a Wedding stars 1
Karen Saunders - Toastie Heaven : 100 Great Reasons to Dig Out the Sandwich Toaster stars 1
Tamasin Day-Lewis - Where Shall we go for Dinner stars 1
Jennie Maizels : Finger Food for Babies and Toddlers stars 8
Rachel Allen - Rachel's Favourite Food at Home stars 1
Hugh Fearnley Whittingshall - Soup Kitchen stars 1
Annabel Karmel : After School Meal Planner stars 1


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