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Cookbooks
« on: June 02, 2006, 01:03:45 PM »
I am a cookbook junkie and I am having a hard time finding "classics" here.  You know, in the US we have books like The Joy of Cooking, The Better Homes and Gardens cookbooks, the Betty Crocker books, etc.  What are some the iconic UK cookbooks?  Am I explaining myself right??

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Re: Cookbooks
« Reply #1 on: June 02, 2006, 01:06:06 PM »
Delia Smith.  It's *all* about Delia....


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« Reply #2 on: June 02, 2006, 01:16:39 PM »
there's another female cookery writer, she's dead now, but she's also as classic as delia. will post her name when it comes to me!!
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Re: Cookbooks
« Reply #3 on: June 02, 2006, 01:22:50 PM »
I have a really neat 'classic' cookbook I picked up at a charity shop. Least, I would call it a classic. It's called Cookery In Colour and it was published 1960. (I love old cookbooks). It's got recipes for everything in it, and I use it quite a bit. I'm a bit of a cookbook addict too, there are always loads of them in charity shops. Thats about the only place I buy them.
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Re: Cookbooks
« Reply #4 on: June 02, 2006, 01:23:58 PM »
Quote from: balmerhon on June 02, 2006, 01:16:39 PM
there's another female cookery writer, she's dead now, but she's also as classic as delia. will post her name when it comes to me!!

You must mean Mrs Beaton!  Not really appropriate for a modern British woman, but yeah, if you dig deep there is some good stuff.


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Re: Cookbooks
« Reply #5 on: June 02, 2006, 01:32:41 PM »
Quote from: VictoriaS on June 02, 2006, 01:23:58 PM
You must mean Mrs Beaton! Not really appropriate for a modern British woman, but yeah, if you dig deep there is some good stuff.


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no, not her!! it's elizabeth david:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_David
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When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down ‘happy’. They told me I didn’t understand the assignment, and I told them they didn’t understand life. ~ John Lennon

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Re: Cookbooks
« Reply #6 on: June 02, 2006, 01:36:20 PM »
Aha!  Yes, of course!  'doh!

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« Reply #7 on: June 02, 2006, 03:01:44 PM »
I have a Mary Berry Complete cookbook that has gotten a lot of use over the years. 
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« Reply #8 on: June 02, 2006, 03:03:27 PM »
I have another British classic cookbook: Constance Spry. It was given to my mother by all of her co-workers right before she moved away from Dublin to get married. I love it!

For a more up-to-date book, I agree that Delia rocks!
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Re: Cookbooks
« Reply #9 on: June 06, 2006, 02:36:37 PM »
Thank you!
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« Reply #10 on: June 06, 2006, 02:41:17 PM »
I love Nigella Lawson. She may not be "classic" but she's great.
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Re: Cookbooks
« Reply #11 on: June 07, 2006, 06:19:34 AM »
I have a British version of Good Housekeeping that's quite good.
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« Reply #12 on: June 07, 2006, 11:49:49 AM »
I completely agree, Saf. I refer to How To Eat all of the time - for everything from roasting tips to fancier things. I think Nigella is pretty classic in her approach!
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Re: Cookbooks
« Reply #13 on: June 07, 2006, 06:46:56 PM »
what about that quintessential indian woman...i can't remember her name
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Re: Cookbooks
« Reply #14 on: June 07, 2006, 11:26:48 PM »
Madhur Jaffrey?


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