This page lists all the cookbooks on my shelf. There is a brief description of its content, how I feel about it and whether or not I have cooked anything from it. Having worked through my books it is surprising how many I have used rarely and more than I thought .... not at all!
The Cook Books
Healing Foods by Miriam Polunin
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I can't remember when I bought this book but it was before Andrew was born and so is over 20 years old and purchased during one of my many attempts to lose weight by eating healthily. It is full of interesting information about nutrition, dietary needs, superfoods and healthy eating,including a...
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Bourke Street Bakery by Paul Allam and David McGuinness
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Another book I purchased during my baking craze. I discovered baking during a period of ill health where I had very little energy and was housebound for a few months. Baking proved to be my salvation an I baked cakes and pastries. When I returned to work I kept up with the practice and my need to...
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The River Cottage Cookbook by Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall
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Mike bought this book as he was looking for recipe for rabbit as he and Andrew occasionally go shooting on a nearby farm for rabbits. As a consequence this book is off my radar and I have only flicked through it once shortly after he brought it home. I have seen a few episodes of the River Cottage...
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At Elizabeth David's Table - Jill Norman
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Elizabeth David, another legendary name that keeps cropping up from our celebrity chefs, I think I first heard of her from Nigella Lawson's musings. I saw this book in a book shop in Bowness-on-Windermere a couple of years ago and thought it would be a good purchase to satisfy my curiosity. The...
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Warm Bread and Honey Cake by Gaitri Pagrach-Chandra
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I bought this book during my baking craze. I discovered baking during a period of ill health where I had very little energy and was housebound for a few months. Baking proved to be my salvation and I baked cakes and pastries. When I returned to work I kept up with the practice and my need to bake...
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Mary Berry's Complete Cook Book
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This is a family favourite and I have had the book for about twenty years. It is tattered, battered and the spine is broken but it makes a regular appearance in the kitchen as I have made Chicken Thighs Normandie on page 171;Chicken Cordon Bleu on Page 170; Chicken Cacciatore on Page158; Corned...
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The Fabulous Baker Brothers by Henry and Tom Herbert
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I am a sucker for the television chef and my friend Val had brought my attention to the 'Fabulous Baker Brothers' during their first series. They were fun and I liked their energy with one a baker and the other a butcher. As usual, having watched the series I went out and bought the book, these...
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How to be a Domestic Goddess by Nigella Lawson
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As you can probably tell I love Nigella Lawson having every one of her cookbooks on my shelf. I was initially immune to her charms and in fact put off by the title of this book 'How to be a domestic goddess' not realising that the title was in fact rather 'tongue in cheek' and I don't think...
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Nigellissima by Nigella Lawson
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As you can probably tell I love Nigella Lawson having every one of her cookbooks on my shelf. I was initially immune to her charms and in fact put off by the title of her first book 'How to be a domestic goddess' not realising that the title was in fact rather 'tongue in cheek' and I don't...
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Kitchen by Nigella Lawson
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As you can probably tell I love Nigella Lawson having every one of her cookbooks on my shelf. I was initially immune to her charms and in fact put off by the title of her first book 'How to be a domestic goddess' not realising that the title was in fact rather 'tongue in cheek' and I don't...
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