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A collection of vintage and modern cooking books covering a vast range of foods, menus and cooking styles.
Any of these volumes would be perfect Christmas and birthday presents for avid or aspiring cooks. The older volumes are a delightful look back at true cooking long before the microwave and Bake-Off fads!
"A Calendar of Food and Wine" from Nell Heaton and Andre Simon:
A charming book from the 1940s with food and wine recipes following the seasons, and lovely vignettes by T B L Huskinson. Real cook's collector's volume. Very good condition, Private inscription in flyleaf in 1960.
£16 plus post.
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"The River Cottage Meat Book"
Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall
Unused. Beautiful definitive book on meat of all kinds and recipes. A must for every kitchen
£12 plus post
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" Delia Smith's Complete Cookery Course "
An indispensable guide for all, from this famous TV cook.
This book has been used but is in good general condition, though without flyleaf cover.
1982 version and personal inscription inside easily removed.
Only £8 plus post.
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"Cookery in Colour ".
SOLD.
by
Marguerite Patten
First published in 1960, this is the 1973 reprint. Used but in good general condition.
This is a cookery encyclopedia in every sense, even giving American equivalents to British measures! Fully illustrated with colour and B/w plate photos and over 1000 recipes and menus for meat, fish, poultry, preserving, soups, sauces, cakes, wines and entertaining. Another collector's item.
£20 plus postage.