Cookery books?!
Cookery books?
Hi,
I want to buy a cookery book for my boyfriend, but not being a great cook myself I don't know where to start. He loves to cook and is awesome at it, and I want something that has a whole lot of variety in it. Any suggestions?
Thanks
Answers:
I really liked "The Complete Cookery Year" by Gary Rhodes - you get two books in one. Also worth a look is "Rick Stein's French Odyssey". Both have wonderful recipes and I find them much more user friendly than my Jamie Oliver books.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/rick-steins-fren...
http://www.amazon.co.uk/complete-cookery...
Yes, Nigel Slaters Kitchen Diaries, a nicely bound, truly seasonal diary and cook book of a years cooking, a very inpsirational cook book. The guy has a very big empathy with seasonal cooking.
Oh and the cakes are uniformly superb
I too love cooking and aside from my good housekeeping cookbook for basics I swear by my River Cottage books. in particular I recommend the Meat book by Hugh Fearnley Whittigstall, it really is superb, down to earht and easy to read with some cracking traditional recipes.
Jamie Oliver's books are pretty easy to use. Or if you want something a bit more in-depth you could get Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall's book. He's very passionate about his cooking and thinks about little else. You can tell from the way his hair is so unkempt.
2 of my very favorites, because they use a lot of "everyday' ingredients, not so gourmet you can't find it in your regular grocery store! :-) Right now its Buy One/Get One, and you cant beat that!!
The New Classics cookbook features our most requested recipes simplified for today's tastes.
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Over 175 pages, most with full-colour photographs.
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I swear by the Harvey Nicks cookbook. Its got lots of really unusual recipes not the usual if he's already a good cook. Another set of books are the Australian Women's weekly set. They do books based on themes e.g. Thai, salads, starters etc. they look a bit scuzzy but are really good and give a load of variety. They are also quite cheap so you can buy loads. Don't be put off by the name. Enjoy.
Rick Stein, Gary Rhodes, Nigle Slater,Hugh Fernley W,
You cant beat Delia Smith though. Look at her '' Summer?'' book saw it in Sainburys today.
If he is really into his food I'd suggest "Harold Mcgee on Food and Cooking".
It's not necessarily a recipe book as it doesn't contain a single one !!! However what it does teach is about the science of food i.e. How meat proteins break down and the origin and molecular structure of vegetables etc etc etc.
Once he's read a few bits and bobs he'll be thinking more of creating his own recipes using all different new kinds of methods and ingredients.
People such as Heston Blumethal, Jamie Oliver and Rick Stein have all given this book rave reviews and for me personally it has been a great inspiration.
Recipe books themselves do get a bit repetative so it's always best for enthusiastic home cooks like your boyfriend (and myself) to come up with new creations.
Have a look through some general cookery books and discard those having exotic ingredients unobtainable where you live, be careful with cooks whims. I watched Deliah Smith on the box fry an egg and made it ready for repairing shoes. Fried eggs don't need black bottoms.