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13/03/2010

Favourite Books

I have a room full of books that I have used for inspiration but here is a list of the most useful book I have. Some are years old and all the cooking books are falling apart through use, I just keep coming back to them time after time.


In the Kitchen
I have used this title because none of these books are glossy picture books with recipes, and all of them offer me so much more than recipes.
Lawrence Bernadine, ‘How to feed your family on £4 a day’, Thorson Publishers Ltd (1989) ISBN 0 7225 1822 6
David Elizabeth, ‘English Bread and Yeast Cookery’, Penguin Books (1977) ISBN 978 0 14 029974 8
Goode Shirley, The Good Kitchen’, BBC Publications (1986) ISBN 0 563 21200 4
Pattern Marguerite, ‘Everyday Cook Book’, Hamlyn Books (1978) ISBN 0 600 02507 1

The Bero Book - now available on thier website Bero Book


Sewing
Berti Gianna Valli, 'The Complete Book of Quilting' Sterling Publishing Co. Ltd. (1998) ISBN 1 4027 0662 6
'Encyclopedia of Embroidery' - Marshall Cavendish Books Ltd(1984) ISBN 0 86307 177 5
'Superstich' - no record of publsiher or year but approximately 1980 - collection of 8 volumes of magazines covering all aspects of sewing.

Gardening

Beckett Kenneth A, 'The Concise Encyclopedia of Garden Plants' (1990) ISBN 0 356 19581 3

Boxer A & Black P, 'The Herb Book' Hamlyn (1987) ISBN 0 600 553 671

'Encyclopedia of Gardening'- Marshall Cavendish Books Ltd (1979)ISBN 0 85685 146 9