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Essential Cook Books for Your Library

              These books are an indispensible asset to anyone’s personal library. I have collected a menagerie of cook books over the years which I keep on a shelf in my kitchen.   They are a valuable resource of information that today’s cook simply cannot be without. My absolute favourite cook book that I own is The Joy of Cooking by the author Irma Rombauer.

Betty Crocker's Cooking Basics: Learning to Cook with Confidence Betty Crocker

(1998), Spiral-bound, 304 pages, ISBN: 9780028624518

The Cake Bible by Rose Levy Beranbaum

William Morrow Cookbooks (1988), Edition: 8th, Hardcover, 560 pages, ISBN: 9780688044022

Cake Decorating Basics: Techniques and Tips for Creating Beautiful Cakes by Rachel Brown

New Holland Publishers Ltd (2007), Hardcover, 128 pages, ISBN: 9781845375188

Cuban Chicks Can Cook: The Indispensible Guide to Basic Cuban Favorites. By Ana Quincoces Rodriguez, iUniverse.com (2007), paperback, 200 pages, ISBN: 9780595408504

Delia's Complete Cookery Course (Vol 1-3) by Delia Smith

BBC Books (1992), Paperback, 640 pages ISBN: 9780563362494

The Joy of Cooking--The All-Purpose Cookbook (Revised and Enlarged) by Irma S. Rombauer and Marion Rombauer Becker

New American Library (1973), Paperback, 849 pages ISBN:

The Kitchen Survival Guide: A Hand-Holding Kitchen Primer with 130 Recipes to Get You Started by Lora Brody, William Morrow (1992) Edition 1, Hardcover 320 pages, ISBN: 9780688105877

 The Return of the Naked Chef by Jamie Oliver Michael Joseph (2000), Edition: TV Tie in Ed, Hardcover, 288 pages ISBN: 9780718144395

The River Cottage Family Cookbook by Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, Hodder & Stoughton (2005), Hardcover, 415 pages, ISBN: 9780340826362