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No meat in this house... occasionally a little fish though.
From the above, the good ones:
- All the Nigella
- Ottolenghi
- Amalfi
- Venice
- Provence
The bad ones to be donated to a charity shop:
- Vegan 100
- Deliciously Ella
The others I could take or leave, they occasionally are good for something.
What I find hardest to find are traditional UK baking recipes... I imagine there must be a good book that covers Eccles cake, Cornish pasties, Lemon drizzle, Chelsea buns, scones, Welsh cakes, Bara Brith tea loaf, Scotch eggs, bread and butter pudding, etc.
These are all kinds of things you'd find individually in most cookbooks as "my take on...", but I haven't found a book that has them all in their original form and then executed to a high quality. Online seems to be a lot of crowd sourced recipes, the variance is high and the reviews inconsistent.
I guess just like I have Amalfi, Venice, Provence... where's the Yorkshire, Cornwall, Wales, etc
- All the Nigella
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Deliciously Ella
Agreed. Rubbish book.
Bear in mind that for lots of those types of things there is no "definitive" version. Not even from Mrs Beeton. Everything is a take on a classic. If you want recipes from a single source then look for old Sainsburys cookbooks from the 70 / 80s. J has one that has all of that sort of stuff in it.
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Try this.
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Traditional UK baking recipes
Then you want this. Bit pricey, mind.
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Sounds like you need Mrs Beeton.
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People who get them as gifts.
A couple of good ones to consider - Nigel Slater Simple Cooking. And if you are looking for meaty options then Anthony Bourdain's Les Halles Cookbook for all the French classics.