Looking For Good UK Cookbook

I have a Betty Crocker Cookbook that I got when I was in my early 20s.  It is my go to cookbook.  I am looking for the same in a UK equivalent.  I am tired of finding a recipe and realizing some ingredient isn't sold here or doing the conversions to buy the right size etc.

Is there a standard all encompassing cookbook here that would be like the Betty Crocker's is in the US?  I have a few UK ones that are very specific but I don't want a bunch of specific ones.  I would rather just one that had it all.

One of the things I loved about the Betty Crocker and I would still need would be the cooking charts for things like meats and grains etc.  Not just recipes but times and temps for all the regular stuff too.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks,
Sealpoint

If this is already listed somewhere, sorry.

It's not Betty Crocker-y, but I use AllRecipes.co.uk for most everything!  They've got AllRecipes.com as well, but the .co.uk one will have UK recipes.    Most recipes will have reviews (often with adjustments) and photos and some have videos.    When I find one I like, I print it off and make my own little cookbook.  

I love allrecipes.com and .co.uk sites.  I use them all the time.  And the US site has a conversion feature too.  But it is still a pain to use my laptop for everything.  And printing is an issue from my laptop due to hubby's crappy old laser printer.  Plus I have run into issues with finding basic things on the site.  But I do agree that they are great resources.  If I have to look online for something I go there first.  They have FAB conversion charts for food.

Constance Spry. It's a classic. I have my mother's old '50s edition, but it's still being published and has been brought up to date (metric measurements, etc.)

Constance Spry. It's a classic. I have my mother's old '50s edition, but it's still being published and has been brought up to date (metric measurements, etc.)

I just looked up your cookbook, I think I will be getting it for myself  I look up recipes online, but I like to have a good solid cookbook too! Thanks for the recommendation chary!

I just looked up your cookbook, I think I will be getting it for myself  I look up recipes online, but I like to have a good solid cookbook too! Thanks for the recommendation chary!

I'm glad you like it! It is a bit old fashioned, but it's excellent for all the basics.

Well since I will be starting over again, (kind of) with cooking/measurements/conversions/gas marks  etc... in the UK, it is just what I need!
I also have my reliable Betty Crocker cookbook, that I love 

I have a UK version of "Joy of Cooking" which is very good- But I don't think its been updated in many years

You can get a nice feel for lots of things through "Delia Smith's Complete Cookery Course" (and other books of hers)

The "Hairy Biker's Cookbook" is great

And "Gordon Ramsay's Ultimate Cookery Course" is also very good!

I love cookbooks- I get cookbooks just to read sometimes like regular books......  

Chary and Phatbeetle, thanks for the suggestions!  I will be looking into them all and putting one on my Christmas list.  It's funny how many times I forget things like just how long to cook hard boiled eggs and baked potatoes.  It will be great to have one that lists the correct weights and temps for the UK. 

SealPoint

 

DW bought Nigella Lawson's Kitchen

Then again DW loves cookery books and especially 2nd hand ones, she picked up an old Yorkshire TV one called Farmhouse Kitchen recently at a 2nd hand book store.

After you mentioned the Constance Spry on I went on the US Amazon website.  I think the cheapest one wwas 30 something dollars so I bought it from the UK Amazon site for only 11.00 Nice!

After you mentioned the Constance Spry on I went on the US Amazon website.  I think the cheapest one wwas 30 something dollars so I bought it from the UK Amazon site for only 11.00 Nice!

I'm glad you like it! It is a bit old fashioned, but it's excellent for all the basics.

Do you actually cook things from it? I'm only asking because I have an old cookbook from my grandma and some of the recipes are so out of date that they're not something I'm interested in ever eating.

"Delia Smith's Complete Cookery Course"

That's a good one too! I don't have it, but I know it!

Do you actually cook things from it? I'm only asking because I have an old cookbook from my grandma and some of the recipes are so out of date that they're not something I'm interested in ever eating.

If I need something basic like a recipe for scones, that's the first place I look. Some foods never go out of style!

Also, even though it's from the '50s, it does have recipes for stuff like risotto! Very advanced, that Connie.

As I said, my copy is from 1959 ... I wonder how much 'updating' has been done to the new edition.

I second Delia Smith's Complete Cookery Course, it's the book I return to when I want a foolproof recipe. You can probably pick up a copy secondhand.