Cookery book bargain

[Binky Profile]

Found this today - unused - in a Community Bookshop. They are a bit more expensive than a charity shop (they charge £2-3 for cookbooks whereas this one was £4.50).



All I need now is Fuschia Dunlop's 'Eat Rice' and I will be well pleased.

[Sakkarin Profile]

It's her Book of Middle Eastern Food I'm after for my 1970s cookbook collection...

[Binky Profile]

I will be very happy to look out for that book for you.

[jeral Profile]

I found this CR book on Wordery at £17.49 published in 1986. Might you find a cheaper one of this somewhere if you can't find the original?
https://wordery.com/a-new-book-of-middl ... ZjNDJhNjBj

[scullion Profile]

this one?

[Sakkarin Profile]

Thanks for tracking those down. I'm going to resist for now as I really need to try and ltrim my cookery collection rather than grow it!

I've looked back at the piccy in the 1984 "Foodie's Handbook" which prompted me to consider getting that book, which was a snapshot of the foodie favourites back then. Looking at it now, there's too many I haven't got to consider trying to complete the set, and many are probably outdated. Certainly the Jennifer Brennan Thai book is complete rubbish.

How many of these books have you got? I've got 8, and books by seven of the other authors. No Escoffier or Marcella Hazan.

[Binky Profile]

We've only got the Elizabeth David books and the one by Madhur Jaffrey.

[scullion Profile]

i have three;
the first elizabeth david on that shelf (surprised a couple of others, which i have, weren't there),
the roger philips mushroom book
- and the madhur jaffrey (along with a couple of others of hers).

it seems a bit 'french' (and chinese) heavy for nowadays, doesn't it‽‽

[Sakkarin Profile]

Maybe because as you said, it's a bit of a French heavy list!

These are the ones I have:
Elizabeth David Mediterranean Food
Elizabeth David An Omelette and a Glass of Wine
Julia Child Mastering the Art of French Cookery
Quentin Crewe Great Chefs of France (in Heston B's top 10)
Madhur Jaffrey Indian Cookery
Jennifer Brennan Thai Cooking
Phia Sing Traditional Recipes of Laos
Pei Mei Book One

I've got seven of these, although the Oliver Sachs one is hardly a cookbook...
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyl ... ookshelves

Can't find the Heston B Top 10 that prompted me to get the Quentin Crewe book.

[Binky Profile]

Does anyone remember the Hamlyn All-Colour Book of Cookery, a 1970s staple for anyone setting-up home?

There was also the stalwart Marguerite Patten but she was a relic of the war years, so old-fashioned by the '70s.

Cookery took off for me with Delia Smith. I still use her books for basic dishes.

[Sakkarin Profile]

I've mentioned before that I worked at the Paul Hamlyn studio for a couple of weeks in 1972 as a college "internship" when they were producing the Dairy Book of Home Cookery, that book being my other "go to" book alongside my Marguerite Patten one. I'm pretty certain they were working on an update to the All-Colour book too in the studio at that time. The highlight was watching Tony Streek drawing the line illustrations for the Dairy book.

[miss mouse Profile]

The dairy book remains excellent I think. I have been through several copies, and given some away, it shows up quite often in charity shops luckily.

And you were there, wow.

[Pampy Profile]

I had copies of a few of the dairy books - they were published every year for a while. I thought they were very good - my favourite lasagne recipe is from one of them.

[miss mouse Profile]

Several? I only have two, what have I missed?

[Pampy Profile]

They were published annually for at least 3 or 4 years, I'm sure, although the last one that I bought had a number of recipes from previous versions so I decided to stop buying them. I used to get them from the milkman.

[Sakkarin Profile]

Mine came from the milkman! II still use it regularly but it's hard work because it's all in ounces.

[Renee Profile]

Mine came from the milkman too! I really loved that book at the time!