I’ve road tested most of my books, but I have three that I still need to cook anything from. David Thompson’s Thai Food, which I bought recently after borrowing it from the library, Fergus Henderson’s Nose to Tail Eating, and Michel Roux Jnr’s Matching Food and Wine.

I plan to review the books I like best here over time…

I haven’t read Cod or Salt – I’ll add them to the list.

So many books to buy – and you’re only making it worse

Yep, Jeffrey would be a brilliant dinner party guest, or somebody to go food shopping with.

Not an N.S. fan? Why’s that?

Wow loads of cookery books! Have you had a chance to road test them (to varying degrees)? A review of the best ones would be good.

Have you read Mark Kurlansky’s ‘Cod’ and ‘Salt’ (Cod is the better of the two). If so can you recommend other titles written in a similar vein?

Yes, the A & G is the one with the gorgeous photos, and the recipes are authentic too.

Lisa

I think the second book’s pretty good as well – I love the sheer unhinged passion of the man for, well, anything food-related.

Nigel Slater? I think one Nigel Slater is enough (sorry). I have Real Food, FWIW.

I have getting on for 140 cookery books, and one of the things I want to do is to post the best ones from time-to-time. The books in the sidebar are being test-driven from the local library, so that’s actually a separate part of the site.

I’ll definitely look into the Dunlop and the Alford & Duguid (is that the one with all the gorgeous photographs?).

David

I really enjoyed the book especially the part which focuses on how to obtain the best fries. Pedantry to the extreme – someone’s got to do it.

He’s also wrtten a part two book which unfortuneatley isn’t as good.

Why isn’t Nigel Slater’s latest (or any of them for that matter) in your library?

Fuschia Dunlop for Sezchuan cookery

Hot sour sweet by Alford & Duguid. Brilliant South East Asian cookery and coffee table tome.

…mmm…am hungry now.