What is your most used cookbook this year?

[EnglishGirlApproximately]

With my birthday and Christmas on the horizon its time for my annual cookbook wish list update! I buy quite a few but hoping for some gems i might have missed. We eat pretty much all types of food but my preference is for middle Eastern and Asian food.
I'll start with my most used books this year;
Turkish Delights
Persiana Everyday
Dominiques Kichen
Flavour

Zaitoun
Ripe Figs
Bitter Honey

Ooo this is right up my street. I’m big Diana Henry and Anna Jones fans so cook lots from their books.

I have a 10 week old baby so haven’t done lots since he arrived but I have done quite a few from Dominique kitchen which have been great.

Other favourites are East by Meera Sodha and A to Z of pasta by Rachel Roddy.

Betty Crocker (I love the quick and easy recipes)
My mum's M &S cookery books from the 70s and 80s, I inherited them last year, and I love the little side notes she added to the recipes, makes me feel very close to her!

In terms of this specific year, Mezcla (as posters on the new weekly recipe thread know too well!) Ixta is an Ottolenghi protege and haven't had a bad recipe yet.

more generally, ottolenghi's Jerusalem and Flavour, Diana H's A bird in the hand, Meera's three books, Moro are probably my frequent go to's

Mezcla is definitely on my list I'm on annual Ottolenghi FB page and the reviews are fantastic

Jerusalem is my all time favourite cookbook I love everything about it. In fact I might make the tahini cookies today!

I have East as a kindle book but haven't made anything from it yet, must revisit.

I forgot to mention Dishoom which is still on heavy rotation for weekend cooking.

Jerusalem is great. Perfect when you need something special. I don’t use recipes for making every day dinners.

That must be comforting to have @nomoreflyingfucks 💖

Jerusalem
islands to highlands

I’ve just ordered Thali as one of the recipes was on this board and I thought it looked so good I may as well go all in.

Anything by Anja Dunk - it's German influenced recipes. Everything is delicious. Her Christmas one is really nice and I use it at lot during winter but her strudel, noodles and dumplings book is amazing. Don't let the title put you off - it's not just heavy carb based meals. She does a merguez sausage, red pepper and butter bean on toast dish that is to die for, and her potato soup is what dreams are made of.

Cranks. About 35 years old and held together with rubber band. 🤣

I love reading cookery books but I always go back to my mother’s 1949 Good Housekeeping cook book, and any and all of the WI cookbooks.

East - Meera Sodha
Made in India - Meera Sodha (also like Fresh India, but gravitate to her other two more)
Simply Nigella - Nigella Lawson
Marions Kitchen (website and YouTube channel)
Ethan Chlebowski (website and YouTube channel)

@EnglishGirlApproximately if you need some inspo on East it is used heavily by a few of us on the Weekly New Recipe thread, so you can have a look to see what recipes we have rated (which is most to be fair).

Me too.

Adding a few of these to my cookbook wish list! Can someone link me to/point me in the direction of the weekly new recipes thread that’s been mentioned a few times?

@SummaLuvin thank you I'll check it out! I do dip in and out of reading the threads but for some reason find long threads hard to keep up with.
@Olivetreebutter we are family happy to embrace carbs haha unfortunately it shows on my waistline! I'll check that book out as I love some of the things you mentioned.

Here it does look daunting now it has almost 200 replies. But there are only about 4 of us who post every week with others who dip in and out. I love this thread as it keeps me accountable to trying at least one new thing a week rather than getting stuck in a rut, and I have found amazing recipes because of it. Most people write a short review of the recipe they try, and post a link if it’s online, which is helpful to see what is worth trying out or not, and also find new things to give a go.

Such an inspiring thread! Thank you!

Ive really enjoyed Salt Fat Acid Heat by Samin Nosrat this year.

Not a book...but tik tok. Its fab for new recipe ideas.

I haven't got it, but on my wish list is 30 minute Mowgli by Nisha Catona.

For easy midweek cooking, the Slimming Foodie cookbooks are very good. Despite the name suggesting dieting, they are proper food with from scratch flavourings (unlike e.g. Pinch of Nom who tend to use ready mixed spice mixes etc) and she has some very good, unusual flavour combinations.

@Olivetreebutter i have that Anya Dunk book live it and will check out her Christmas one.

Pasta Evangelists - Perfect Pasta. Brilliant for me!

Mowgli Street Food - I use this a LOT, especially the dahl.

Dishoom - I make a huge pot of the tomato chilli jam every month. It's amazing on bacon and egg butties.

Kwoklyn Wan - Chinese Takeaway Cook book. Saving me a fortune on Chinese takeaways - genuinely brilliant food.

Dreena Burton's books, especially Plant Powered Families, but her new one Dreena's Kind Kitchen is good too.