My bookshelves are filled with various food books. I fear it’s becoming an addiction, I even felt a pang of guilt as I walked to the till to pay for the latest addition – a sure sign of a habit in need of curbing. I’ll be hiding them from my husband next! I just can’t help it – I love books. I love the smell of the paper, the feel of the pages as I run my hand over them, the solitary pleasure of opening a new book for the first time. And with food books combining my favourite two interests they are simply irresistible to me.
My favourite food writer is Nigella Lawson. I love the sheer unadulterated pleasure of food she conveys and I find a lot of comfort in her recipes. My favourite of her books are ‘How to Eat: Pleasures and Principles of Good Food (Cookery)‘ and ‘Nigella Bites
‘.
In terms of usage, Jamie Oliver’s books would have to be high up on my list. I have almost all of his books and his earlier ones, ‘The Naked Chef‘ and ‘The Return of the Naked Chef
‘, introduced me to fresh herbs and a whole new way of cooking. His were the books I used when I first lived on my own and started cooking for myself on a daily basis.
Just a few of the other food books you’ll find on my shelves are:
- ‘The Kitchen Diaries: A Year in the Kitchen
‘ by Nigel Slater
- ‘The River Cottage Meat Book
‘ by Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall
- ‘Anthony Bourdain’s “Les Halles” Cookbook: Classic Bistro Cooking
‘ by Anthony Bourdain
- ‘Roast Chicken and Other Stories (Ebury Paperback Cookery)
‘ by Simon Hopkinson and Lindsey Bareham - ‘Rick Stein’s French Odyssey
‘ by Rick Stein
- ‘Soup Kitchen
‘ by various
Oh, I love to have a peek at peoples bookshelves 🙂 First I notice/recognize the books I own, then I start to “explore” the rest, always on the hunt for new books. This is so nice, thanks for the pic.
hiya
just wanted to reccomend the book that i’m currently devouring. admittedly sausages are my favourite comfort food and so the 18 sausage recipes completely hooked me.
they have a couple recipes up on their site if you wanna cyber-browse…
mary
ps the sausage baked in brioche with pistachos is my fav
durrr, might be nice if i told you where the book site was…
http://www.phaidon.com/porkandsonsinfo/