Customer Reviews
AMAZIN - By: S. Pauley, 01 Apr 2008 
Ths book is fantastic, I could not have got through my teens without it..
The things Delia can do with a Cucumber & a flacid piece of meat are tremdous & a must see..
The pictures & diagrams are particularly helpful & arousing
The New Mrs Beeton!! - By: A. Crockett, 06 Mar 2008 I have had this book since it first came out & it is fallling apart now, thus I have to get another!!!
The most sensible Cookbook ever written! - By: J. J. Rhodes, 03 Jan 2008 If I ever end up on that desert island with my eight records, I only hope & pray that this book makes it with me too!
I have just ordered a new (hardback) copy, my 20 year old paperback must needs be pensioned off - not thrown away, I haven't the heart to consign a faithful friend to the bin. I have used it so often, its loose pages even smell of the very recepies they describe! When I bought this book I could hardly boil an egg - twenty years on, I relish having a dozen or so friends round for dinner. Verily, this is The Gospel according to St Delia! An absolute must for any kitchen!
I can't praise this enough - the most used of my cookbooks! - By: Bean Cosnochta, 30 Dec 2007 I bought this book about five years ago & it is the book to which my husband & I refer over & over for guidance as well as recipes - for cooking cuts of meat, poaching eggs etc. I still use Delia's recipe for Christmas cake & Christmas pudding, not to mention her recipe for roast leg of lamb (a butter & herb coating). Even just for the definitions & descriptions of cooking methods, along with recommended equipment for cooking, I would recommend this book. May it be as well-thumbed a volume in your kitchen as it is in mine.
The only cookery book you'll ever really need - By: Kate, 12 Nov 2007 As a keen cook, I rate this as the best cookery book ever. Unless you yearn to make bacon & egg ice cream or snail porridge, it contains almost every recipe you are are likely to want.
As in alll her books, Delia Smith manages to give useful tips without ever sounding patronising. Follow her instructions & the recipes always work!
The general advice sections on cooking & equipment are also reallly useful, while the introductions & anecdotes are a good read.
PS - When I wrote this review, I didn't realise the paperback edition doesn't have any illustrations. (The cheaper hardback apparently has a few - but not as many as the original.) It may not bother a lot of people, but I think the pictures are quite useful - & sometimes inspiring. Personallly, I'd go for the Complete Illustrated edition. It'll last 20 years so it's well worth the extra few pounds.
