Wow so many. The American ones look fun from a cultural perspective but I rarely cook from step by step books these days. We cook Christmas dinner collectively now so everyone brings fresh ideas and no one follows a written recipe.
I tend to read them for inspiration, especially for things like table-settings etc. I admire your way of sharing the meal, it’s super to have contributions from everyone.
Wow that's quite a collection! I have the Annie Rigg one and also Nigella/white Delia. We always follow the high temperature faster turkey roast method favoured by Nigella, the Delia timings take forever. Hot and fast works for us! A temperature probe is a game changer for big birds though!
I was looking the other day at my grandmother's tatty paperback copy of Fanny Cradock "Coping With Christmas", it's not a volume I recommend cooking from, it's a fairly ghastly book with stuffy prose and intimidating menus. However the state of the book indicates that my grandmother adored it!
Really lovely. I have that copy of Delia's Christmas. Mine is a bit battered, splodged with food stains and generally well loved! Nigella is a staple and of course Nigel Slater's The Christmas Chronicles
Wow so many. The American ones look fun from a cultural perspective but I rarely cook from step by step books these days. We cook Christmas dinner collectively now so everyone brings fresh ideas and no one follows a written recipe.
I tend to read them for inspiration, especially for things like table-settings etc. I admire your way of sharing the meal, it’s super to have contributions from everyone.
Wow that's quite a collection! I have the Annie Rigg one and also Nigella/white Delia. We always follow the high temperature faster turkey roast method favoured by Nigella, the Delia timings take forever. Hot and fast works for us! A temperature probe is a game changer for big birds though!
I was looking the other day at my grandmother's tatty paperback copy of Fanny Cradock "Coping With Christmas", it's not a volume I recommend cooking from, it's a fairly ghastly book with stuffy prose and intimidating menus. However the state of the book indicates that my grandmother adored it!
Really lovely. I have that copy of Delia's Christmas. Mine is a bit battered, splodged with food stains and generally well loved! Nigella is a staple and of course Nigel Slater's The Christmas Chronicles
I love the cover of the Fortnum & Mason book!