Delia v Nigella

[Bru]

To cater for novice cooks upwards a far better cookbook than either of those is the classic Penguin Cookery Book by Bee Nilson.
It covers everything from the real basics - and I mean the real essential ones, not modern quick dodges - and background skills that neither Delia nor the luscious Nigella can be bothered with, and is still only the size of a normal paperback. The recipes are more traditional of course but for many that's the appeal.

I think you'll find that Delia made an entire TV series with accompanying book on the basics of cookery. Everything from boiling an egg to making toast as I recall!

 

[JumbleDuck]

Elizabeth David, Anna del Conte (for Italian) and Jane Grigson (for fish), to name but three.

Two Fat Ladies for everything fun.

 

[Bru]

Two Fat Ladies for everything fun.

:encouragement:

And Mrs Beeton (the more modern updated version) for some very interesting recipes

(I say the more modern updated version because the original was actually pretty rubbish! It's fairly obvious that Isabella Beeton was no cook and, for the most part, plagiarised the recipes in her original work plus, quite often, the ingredients are difficult or all but impossible to source. The modernised version has lots of traditional recipes with modern ingredients, weights and measures)

 

[Poignard]

Mrs Beeton, the first celebrity chef? Or was that Philip Harben?

My favourite was Ruth Mott, with her "Victorian Kitchen" TV series.

 

[fisherman]

Bet Delia doesn't talk dirty like Nige does:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RtS2Ikk7A9I

 

[Bru]

Mrs Beeton, the first celebrity chef? Or was that Philip Harben?

My favourite was Ruth Mott, with her "Victorian Kitchen" TV series.

Yeah! Forgot about that one. Enjoyed it greatly

 

[johnalison]

Easy. They both had affairs with the painter Gluck (Hannah Gluckstein).

I met Gluck's nephew last year, the chap who appeared on telly talking about her. He's a friend of my brother. I didn't mention the ladies.