Advantages: a wide range of recipes, really good food. Disadvantages: can lose your place in the recipe, can take a while to prepare
As both myself and my partner enjoyed watching the series on TV, we thought that we would buy the book and then try them for ourselves, as they all looked so good! We bought the book at WHSmiths for twenty pounds, but you can now get it from Waterstones f ...
Advantages: Can't fail recipes, clear instructions, comprehensive book Disadvantages: Traditional British cooking (may be advantage to some) a bit wordy if you are an expert
This is the classic cookery book, that if you only have one book, and you're not a trained chef, get this one. This second edition isn't wildly different from the first edition - I haven't done a direct comparison so I can't comment on what has been revis ...
Advantages: split into food types so you can look up what is in your fridge Disadvantages: lack of photos
This book is fabulous and a firm favourite of mine for when I get in from work and want something quick and easy to make. It's a huge resource of simple, quick yet highly inventive recipes. The book is handily split up into basic food types (vegetab ...
Advantages: Gorgeous recipes Disadvantages: Want to eat them all
Delia and me go back a long way. In an effort to domesticate me my parents bought me my very first hard backed Delia when I was 18. As far as I was concerned it was just another cookery book with a strange woman on the front holding an egg. I never ...
Advantages: Recipes for every occasions and they're just about fool-proof. Disadvantages: Some of the chapters are a little dated.
...great fan of Delia Smith, but I owe her a debt of gratitude. My mother always told me that I couldn't cook and in my youth constantly derided my efforts to produce anything edible. It's the sort of thing that sticks. One day in the late seven ...
