My Cook Book Collection

I thought a list of the cook books I own and use (and some new ones that are just itching to be used) would be a nice little inspiration for anyone looking to buy some more cook books (me, always). You can never have too many cook books.

Baking:

• The Hummingbird Bakery – Cake Days
• The Hummingbird Bakery – Home Sweet Home
• Bread – Paul Hollywood
• Sourdough – Yoke Mardewi
• Wild Sourdough – Yoke Mardewi
• Baking with Quinoa – Sarah Clarence
• The Best Ever Book of Cakes – Ann Nicol
• Joy the Baker Cookbook – Joy Wilson
• Nutella – The 30 best recipes
• Surprise Inside Cakes – Amanda Rettke
• Red Velvet and Chocolate Heartache – Harry Eastwood
• Cake Keeper Cakes – Lauren Chattman
• Moufflet: More Than 100 Gourmet Muffin Recipes That Rise to Any Occasion – Kelly Jaggers
• Love Bake Nourish – Amber Rose
• cupcakes – Peggy Porschen

General:

• Jerusalem – Yotam Ottolenghi and Sami Tamimi
• China Modern – Ching-He Huang
• Abel & Cole Veg Box Companion If you live in the UK and want responsibly sourced local produce please do check out Abel & Cole, they offer a great service with really high quality goods.
• Cooking Class – Middle Eastern. Australian Women’s Weekly.
• Vedge – Rich Landau & Kate Jacoby
• It’s All Good – Gwyneth Paltrow
• Notes From My Kitchen Table – Gwyneth Paltrow
• Cardamom and Lime – Sarah Al-Hamad
• Cooking with Quinoa – Rena Patten
• Medicinal Cookery – Dale Pinnock
•  Afro Vegan – Bryant Terry
• Healing Foods – Neal Yard
• Homemade with Love – Jennifer Perillo
• A Homemade Life – Molly Wizenberg
• Delancey – Molly Wizenberg
• Everyday Paleo – Sarah Fragoso
• Ancestral Table – Russ Crandal
• The Paleo Diet Cookbook – Loren Cordain
• The Perfect Christmas
• Persiana – Sabrina Ghayour
• Everyday Paleo: Thai Cuisine – Sarah Fragoso
• Hotel Chocolat – A New Way of Cooking with Chocolate
• Food52 Genius Recipes: 100 Recipes That Will Change the Way You Cook
• Mason Jar Salads – Julia Mirabella
• The Kitchen Diaries – Nigel Slater
• Essentials of Classic Italian Cooking – Marcella Hazan
• I Love My Slowcooker – Beverly LeBlanc

Sweet things:

• Ice Cream Made Easy – Annette Yates
• 200 Jams and Preserves – Sara Lewis
• The Perfect Scoop – David Lebovitz

This is a modest collection for sure and believe me my cook book wish list is currently at about 50 but all in good time. I don’t often cook from cook books on a day to day basis as when it comes to cooking I like to throw stuff in a pan and hope for the best. I do also get a lot of recipes and inspiration from Pinterest. Feel free to check out my Recipes board.

Foodie Lit:

I recently haven’t been able to get enough of books that don’t necessarily revolve around food but have a food theme running throughout. I thought I’d list them here, for reading inspiration.

These two books are also in my cookbook list and definitely bridge the gap between foodie lit and cookbooks. I have already written a post about my love for Molly  Wizenberg and her blog, so I won’t say any more here.

• A Homemade Life – Molly Wizenberg
• Delancey – Molly Wizenberg

I have also written about how much I’ve been enjoying Jenny Colgan’s books:

• Little Beach Street Bakery (My  favourite of hers so far)
• Meet Me At The Cupcake Café
• The Loveliest Chocolate Shop in Paris

This book is phenomenally good and I really urge you to read it, for many reasons:

• The Little Coffee Shop of Kabul – Deborah Rodriguez

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