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Bilbo1967 · 09-09-2009, 01:30 PM

I don't have as many cookbooks as you (500? Wow!) but I do have probably about 20 or so.

For me, I always prefer ones where the recipes are quite simple in terms of the number of ingredients involved and the availability of those ingredients (nothing worse than opening a cookbook and seeing; "First take your Morroccan swamp grass and combine it with the yellow ends of your West Samoan green bellied snake fillets"!)

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Not sure I have an absolute favourite, but I do like most of Rick Stein's books and Antonio Carlucci is pretty good too. I would have to say, though, that Delia Smith's 'Complete Illustrated Cookery Course' is the most used cookbook I have. It really is very good as a source of basic information (How do I make a cheese sauce? How long do I cook a leg of lamb for? etc) and also includes a lot of decent recipes.

When are you inviting us all over for a meal by the way?

09-09-2009, 01:30 PM	#3
Bilbo1967 Not scared! Posts: 13,424 Karma: 81011643 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Midlands, UK Device: Kindle Paperwhite 10, Huawei M5 10	I don't have as many cookbooks as you (500? Wow!) but I do have probably about 20 or so. For me, I always prefer ones where the recipes are quite simple in terms of the number of ingredients involved and the availability of those ingredients (nothing worse than opening a cookbook and seeing; "First take your Morroccan swamp grass and combine it with the yellow ends of your West Samoan green bellied snake fillets"!) . Not sure I have an absolute favourite, but I do like most of Rick Stein's books and Antonio Carlucci is pretty good too. I would have to say, though, that Delia Smith's 'Complete Illustrated Cookery Course' is the most used cookbook I have. It really is very good as a source of basic information (How do I make a cheese sauce? How long do I cook a leg of lamb for? etc) and also includes a lot of decent recipes. When are you inviting us all over for a meal by the way?