Food and Fiction. discussion

I love reading recipe books, ( and cooking from them too of course). Which ones would you recommend?

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I cannot tell you how much I love these cookbooks! I would start with Southern Table.

cookbook wise I love this on The Flavor Bible: The Essential Guide to Culinary Creativity, Based on the Wisdom of America's Most Imaginative Chefs

Two of my staple cookbooks: The Whole Beast: Nose to Tail Eatingand Forgotten Skills of Cooking: The Lost Art of Creating Delicious Home Produce, with Over 600 Recipes

Also check out this cookbook that I co-wrote, based on the Game of Thrones novels! A Feast of Ice and Fire: The Official Game of Thrones Companion Cookbook

I was just coming on to put up great cookbook! and your is an interesting idea good luck

Dianne, Is Such a fantastic cookbook! I love the stories and histories she has for each recipe. My beaten and battered copy is like a bible to me!

For a cookbook + kind of memoir I really likedFalling Cloudberries: A World of Family Recipes. I often read cookbooks like novels so if there is a bit of a story involved so much the better.

Maria, that looks fantastic! That's exactly the type of cookery book I go mad for!

I like cookbooks that involve travel too, like Jamie's Italyfor instance or Rick Stein's Mediterranean Escapes.

My mum recently bought me Good Housekeeping Baking Bible: The Ultimate Baker's Companion. I'm not kidding it's like looking at food porn, the pictures of the food look so gorgeous. Anyone who loves to bake will love this book.

Maria, That one looks good My daughter Sarah loves to bake and I do kitchen things for all three kids for Christmas and birthdays. Do you get any ideas from blogs?

I don't follow any blogs, it takes long enough to keep up with Goodreads Facebook and my e-mail. I do get a lot of recipes from ww.bbcgoodfood.com which is a great site . You can search for recipes by ingredient so whatever you have left in the fridge you can find something to make with it.

I like That it looks useful and the recipes look amazing

I would like to check out Naomi's blog. Have you looked at it, Dianne. Does she have good recipes?

The Goodfood recipes have all been triple tested so they usually work really well, plus you can read the comments from others who have made the recipe and see what they thought of it.

Maria it reminds me of food.com The only problem with it is converting from metric to standard lol

Connie wrote: "I would like to check out Naomi's blog. Have you looked at it, Dianne. Does she have good recipes?"

Naomi's blog is going good she just started it a few months ago.

Dianne wrote: "Maria it reminds me of food.com The only problem with it is converting from metric to standard lol"

Oh dear, yes. They used to give amounts in pounds and ounces as well as metric but have recently stopped. I'm disappointed 'cos I prefer to work in imperial.

I am going to look into it more but I am thinking this might help

U.S. vs. Metric vs. Imperial (U.K.) Measures
Cooking Equivalent Measurements -
teaspoons - tablespoons - cups - ounces - pints - pounds - metric

http://whatscookingamerica.net/Q-A/eq...

Thanks for the link, it's great. I notice American recipes often use sticks of butter and I always wondered what one was, now I know. :-)

Hi all
If you love cookbooks (as I do) have a look at http://www.eatyourbooks.com/ - it's a great way to keep track of all of the recipes within the books you already own (plus access new ones through online sources). I write and review cookbooks, so see many each year. The 500+ that I've chosen to keep in my own library are listed there if you'd like some suggestions, plus I'll add a few of my 'can't-live'without' ones to the group here

Thanks for your input Roberta and the website, it looks great.

Roberta wrote: "Hi all
If you love cookbooks (as I do) have a look at http://www.eatyourbooks.com/ - it's a great way to keep track of all of the recipes within the books you already own (plus access new ones thro..."

This is fantastic! Thank you so much!

One of my favorite cookbooks is All about Braising: The Art of Uncomplicated Cooking. It is great for hearty winter/fall recipes that are completely satisfying.

How to Eat by Nigella Lawson. Her first, and I think still her best, book. The recipes work and her writing is now beautiful in this book than in any other of hers since.

Cath wrote: "How to Eat by Nigella Lawson. Her first, and I think still her best, book. The recipes work and her writing is now beautiful in this book than in any other of hers since."

I wish I had 'How to eat but I love . I could eat the apple chutney all by itself. I also have and .

As a weight watchers gold member I'd like to recommend their book 'The Complete Kitchen'. It is packed full of delicious low fat recipes. The Sunday roasts are especially good. We had the pork with pears on Sunday and it was lovely.

For anyone who loves baking I would highly recommend The Great British Bake Off: How to Avoid a Soggy Bottom and Other Secrets to Achieving a Good Bake. It covers the history of baking, the science behind how and why recipes work plus 30 classic recipes demonstrating the skills needed to create the perfect bake at home including bread, biscuits, cakes and more.
I loved it and read it all the way through like a novel.

Wow well done. I haven't been brave enough to attempt macaroons yet but they are on my to do list. And thanks to your comment I looked up 'How To Eat' and I've just ordered it from ebay. Sounds just like the kind of recipe book I like. x

What a shame. I've been tempted to work my way through a recipe book making everything in it, but haven't had the bravery to do it.