Best Cookbooks?

[GreatOrmondSt]

Hi ladies, I know that we're all fabulous, restaurant-standard chefs but occaisonally we have to peek at a cookbook so it'd be great to get some great recommendations. With your help, I'll be cooking up a storm in no time :).

Thanks,

Amy

What sort of food do you want to cook???

I am a big fan of the series of Australian Women's Weekly cookbooks

not sure if you are interested in baking but I just bought "Baking magic" by Kate Shirazi. Its brilliant, have'nt stopped baking cakes and muffins since I bought it!

I love Nigella Express and Jamies Ministry of food for everyday meals.

Thanks ladies! IJAFW, any good cookbook ideas are welcomed; any kind of cuisine, baking, anything really! partyhats, I'm definitely going to check that out as I needed a good baking cookbook and I hadn't heard of that one. And I did like Nigella Express when it was on TV so I may pick that one up too, turnitup. Isn't it nice to share the wisdom :)?

Any other ideas, such as ones featuring cuisine from a specific country? I want to get into cooking different types of food as well as good old English grub.

Amy

It is, I am a bit of a cookbook tart I bought 2 today

The Aussie ones do whole books on various cuisines ... Chinese, Italian, soups, stews, baking.

Personally, I also like Jill Dupleix's cooking

I think the best thing to do is to visit your local library and have a squizz and at least get an idea before forking out for the books as it can be quite expensive.

I wouldnt say there are are favs for me as there is more fav ind. recipes from each book. What I do find is that some cookbooks are based around restaurant cooking hence the ingredients dont convert very well for smaller portions this is where tried and tested are better ie Good housekeeping.
River Cottage, Hairy Bikers (some great ones in here) Delia etc. I do like the Good Food magazine some crackers in there but now I do revert to the website.

I love to look at these books but I know by quickly sifting through they arent practical and like I said I do like the BBC food/UKTV food website - great feedback from real people who have tried these receipes. You have to remember that the pictures in some of these books are library pictures or so dressed your dinner never looks like that one - depressing!

I bought Nigella's new cookbook, out yesterday.
I think it's her best one yet.
Nigella's quite easy to follow, especially NE.
It depends what you want to cook.