Delia Smith's Complete Cookery Course (A New Edition for the 1990s) - Delia Smith

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 actually opened Delia until I got married five years later when I thought bloody hell; I’d better learn to cook now (and wash, clean and iron, etc). My Delia was a godsend, I learnt so much from those ...
...last year to finally consign Delia to the kitchen bin, as she’d become so soiled over the years. I have wonderful culinary memories through flicking through the well-thumbed pages of that book. There was cake mix on a few, curries on others and many other spilt ingredients (I’m a bit messy), I could even smell some of the spices used embedded into the leaves of the book. We soon realised that we could not manage without Delia in our lives – my husband ...

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Review of Delia Smith's Complete Cookery Course (A New Edition for the 1990s) - Delia Smith

...not a 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 seventies I was flicking through the Radio Times and I came across a recipe for Gratin Dauphinois – a mixture of potatoes, butter, cream, milk and garlic baked in a gentle oven – and I had two thoughts. The ...
...The recipe came from Delia Smith's Complete Cookery Course Part 1 which was then being shown on BBC1. In those days television companies were good enough to let us have the full recipe for at least some of the dishes that were demonstrated in their programmes. They are less generous now and you are expected to buy the book. Fortunately I didn't have to until I'd watched a few programmes, tried a few recipes and decided that I just might be able to ...

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Review of Delia Smith's Complete Cookery Course (A New Edition for the 1990s) - Delia Smith

...his stomach. Thanks to Delia Smith I have a direct line to men’s hearts! Now the art of cooking is no mystery and you don’t need extensive lessons to master it. ~~~~ My Story ~~~~ When I was in my final years of school I shunned cookery and needlework classes and instead took metalwork. Hey I was the only girl in the class so figure the advantages. I had enough of the rigid cookery classes in the three years I was forced to take them. ...
...Anyway thanks to good old Delia Smith I am renowned amongst my friends as a great cook. Their husbands try and angle for Sunday dinner invitations. When I say people love my food I don’t mean the fancy stuff, I mean plain everyday meals, roast dinners, steak and kidney pies etc. ~~~~ The Book ~~~~ Exactly as it says in the title, it is a complete cookery course. There are some fancier recipes in here but mainly its plain English cooking. ...

KathrynE 18.03.2001 · Read full review
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Review of Delia Smith's Complete Cookery Course (A New Edition for the 1990s) - Delia Smith

...used to have along with some delicious traditional courses. I can personaly recommend the beef in ale and once you try this book I am sure you will want to buy all the other Delia (we are not worthy) cookery books such as the scrummy Christmas cookery book. ...

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Review of Delia Smith's Complete Cookery Course (A New Edition for the 1990s) - Delia Smith

...people feel a bit daunted. Delia explains it all in detail so that even the most hopeless cook has a decent chance of getting it right. I like cooking but I must admit I haven’t used this book that often. It was first published in the 1970s and some of the recipes are a bit old fashioned. I mean – Tripe and Onions – I ask you! Not content with telling you how to cook, this book also tells you how to eat things e.g. spaghetti or artichokes, and ...
...be a good cook but we don’t need her to run our lives. I got this book as a present. I wouldn’t pay the full £15.99 for it but it comes in handy now and then and would probably suit someone who has no confidence in the kitchen and just wants to be told what to do. ...

Caro_R 27.07.2000 · Read full review
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Review of Delia Smith's Complete Cookery Course (A New Edition for the 1990s) - Delia Smith

...avoid it like the plague. Delia Smith is simply insufferably patronising. However, this book, despite, or should that be inspite of, being written by her is a must, even for the more accomplished chef. It holds basic recipies for a wide range of western dishes and you'll find a thorough enough range to cover almost any occasion. Best used to give you a basic guideline and then to let your own skills work from there, but even if you don't have confidence ...

Paul_Raven 30.08.2000 · Read full review
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Review of Delia Smith's Complete Cookery Course (A New Edition for the 1990s) - Delia Smith

...you have heard it before, Delia is so eighties, so suburbian so clicheed. That may be true but if you are looking for a recipe that works (nearly always), if you are looking for clear no-nonsense instructions and food that you actually want to eat rather than just admire and look at, she is the best choice. Delia's Complete Cookery Course is more than comprehensive and should cover you for everyhting from nursery food to the most elegant dinner party, ...

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Review of Delia Smith's Complete Cookery Course (A New Edition for the 1990s) - Delia Smith

...dishes to choose from. The recipes appear to have been well tested because they usually work very well and Delia is happy to recommend a short cut if there is one. I would particularly recommend Quiche Lorraine, Moussaka and Creme Brulee, although not together for fear of heart strain. ...

MarkAlston 09.08.2000 · Read full review
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Review of Delia Smith's Complete Cookery Course (A New Edition for the 1990s) - Delia Smith