What is your favourite recipe book?

[pickie]

Need some inspiration for a Mothering Sunday present!

My mum had a Good Housekeeping one as a wedding pressie (1971) and I have a 1990's version. The main difference is that I have imperial AND metric measurements! I use it time and time and time again - far more than any other cookery book I have.

the 'Leiths ... bible' series are fantastic. We use Leiths Vegetarian Bible almost every day. it is organised by ingredient type so for example if you have a lot of carrots you just go to the carrot pages and pick a recipe!
I also have the seafood one, if you search 'leiths' on amazon there are at least ten different ones in the series.

That might be a good one, thanks. Borrowed a cake decoration book from the library the other day and it was a good housekeeping one and it is very good!

thanks chiefcook, I like the idea of the ingredient pages! Off to have a look on Amazon now

I used Antonio Carluccio's Vegetables to make dinner tonight (potato gnocchi) so that's today's favourite. I also really like the first Moro cookbook.

Depends so much on what sort you are looking for - for a beginner, or experienced cook, a compendium, or something specific....

I love Nigella Lawson's "How to Eat" - it's a written in a good coversational style, and also "Silver Spoon" which is the classic complete Italian cookbook. I've given both of these as presents. Other ones I love, bit more unusual, are "Honey from a Weed" and "1080" which is a complete Spanish cookbook.

Oh and I love the first Moro cookbook too!

Leith's vegi bible

Which Good Housekeeping book do people recommend, I can see a couple on Amazon? I want basic meals plus easy baking etc..

I have to admit to liking Jamie. Can't help it.

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Marguerite Patten's Every Day Cook Book. It's got everything in it and I use it at least twice a week. It's amazing

Any of the Australian Women's weekly recipe books - well used in our house.

Mine is the cooks classic companion,
this seems to be the most recent version on Amazon

or you could try abebooks

Nigel Slater - The Kitchen Diaries is really good, both for recipes and reading.

Just bought the Leith's veg. bible! Many thanks for your help
(also most of the mentioned books are now on my wish list :-)

Mine is The dairy book of home cookery. That is a fab book and so many good recipes in.

good choice pickie! i reccommend the red cabbage with red wine and thyme and the tomato and red pepper soup. The lemon and poppy-seed loaf is gorgeous but make double quantities cos there's never enough of it!

thanks chief, cant wait till Sunday! lemon and poppy seed sounds delicious!

Thanks joyfulspike, very helpful..