If you could recommend one recipe book what would it be?

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At the moment I am mostly recommending Anjum Anand's Indian Food Made Easy to everyone - Its fab!

Also any Nigel Slater book!

I love Nigel Slater. I read them in bed, like real books!!

Nigel Slater here too, I use Nigella's How to Eat quite a lot too. I hate to say though that my most used recipe book is Annabel Karmel's Favourite Family Recipes

I love the Food Diaries - so inspiring I think.

Don't laugh but the 1992 Dairy family cookbook

Peckish but Poor by same woman who wrote 'Grub on a Grant' Lots of great, easy recipies made from normal ingredients, many of which you've got lying in your cupboard anyway. Here's an example and we had it for dinner last night - Courgette & Nut Roast

1lb of courgettes grated
8oz of mixed nuts chopped
1 onion chopped
1 red pepper chopped
1 tbps of pesto
2 beaten egs
4oz of breadcrumbs

Mix the lot up in a bowl and then fling it in a shallowish oven proof dish at 190C for 40 mins. Delicious, especially with tomato chutney and salad

avoca cookbook for me

Readers Digest The Cookery Year - the only book you'll ever need.

Nigella's How To Eat.

I have that boysarelikedogs! It's fab for all the basics. Actually mine is hand me down copy so it's all tatty and battered and the cover is circa 1979

Nigel Slater gets another vote from `me. But I also have Delia´s cookery course, which has stood me in good stead for all sorts of things.

Rick Bayless' Mexican Kitchen.
I love Mexican fod, and dh is from Mexico and it's nice to say that with these recipes it's as good as his mom's cooking because she is a goddess in the kitchen.

Dances I heart mine !

mary berrys complete cookbook. Not very fancy but got loads of good recipes in it AND her farmhouse bacon bake is fab!!

Leith's cookery bible

Prawn Cocktail Years

Simon someone.