Growing and cooking books!

[Florian]

Mods, please do move this if I have left it in the wrong place!

Having a little bit of time off work, I took myself off to the library to have a browse through the books. What bliss!

I picked up these two:

A Taste of the Unexpected
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How to Grow Your Own Food
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Got me thinking about the most useful veg and recipe books I have and off the top of my head:

River Cottage Handbook Veg Patch
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Carol Klein's Grow Your Own Veg
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Nigel Slater's Kitchen Diaries
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French Cooking
Julia Childs et al
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What are your must have books, both for growing and cooking ?

[northepaul]

For cooking:
River Cottage Everyday
Its used or referred to pretty much everyday since I have had it (got it last christmas).

I have all manner of gardening books, but cant say I make that much use of them once I have read them - I guess the expert books are the ones I use the most, or 'Gardening Month by Month' although usually if I have a problem or query I ask on the vine

[binley100]

TBH I've never tried growing or cooking them ..........

[Snadger]

TBH I've never tried growing or cooking them ..........

Lol binners!

I got a couple of pickling and preserving books for Crimbo to add to my collection..............and noooooooo binners, I'm not going to pickle or preserve them!

[binley100]

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[northepaul]

LOL Binley

[Florian]

TBH I've never tried growing or cooking them ..........

*boom tish*



I have been reading A Taste of the Unexpected this afternoon. What a lovely book and full of such wonderful things to grow. It's probably just as well I don't have an allotment or else I would be dedicating my every waking hour to it!

[vicky]

*boom tish*



I have been reading A Taste of the Unexpected this afternoon. What a lovely book and full of such wonderful things to grow. It's probably just as well I don't have an allotment or else I would be dedicating my every waking hour to it!

I've just finished this book, it ought to have a warning on it - Beware will make you want to get too many new plants!

[Florian]

I've just finished this book, it ought to have a warning on it - Beware will make you want to get too many new plants!

I know. If I had more space (all containers at the moment) I would be in real trouble. I like the look of medlars, pecans, oca and mulberries amongst others