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Anyone got any good suggestions outside of the mainstream?
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el punal
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Depends on what sort of cuisine you're interested in. I suggest you google what you fancy then take it from there.
Raleigh Chopper
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If you think you are a good cook.
If you like curry/ spicy food but are fed up with mainstream curries and want to try something different but delicious, then get Serendip, my Sri Lankan kitchen, by Peter Kuruvita.
Some of the ingredients are tricky to get hold of but it is a wonderful book with some fabulous reciepies including sweets.
It is also a very nice book to look at and read.
Highly recommended.
If you like curry/ spicy food but are fed up with mainstream curries and want to try something different but delicious, then get Serendip, my Sri Lankan kitchen, by Peter Kuruvita.
Some of the ingredients are tricky to get hold of but it is a wonderful book with some fabulous reciepies including sweets.
It is also a very nice book to look at and read.
Highly recommended.
BensGrandad
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I use a Gary Rhodes book but generally I type in the dish I want into google and it comes up with loads of recipes for the same dish by a number of chefs then print off the one that takes my fancy.
The Merry Prankster
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Any and all. Google is useful but I'm after some recommendations of books/authors that others have come across.
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Yeah I'm a pretty good cook and this kind of recommendation is exactly what I'm after. Thanks.
Someone recommended "Charcutterie" on another thread and that turned out to be a gem.
Tapping the hive-mind that is NSC.
I'm working my way through the following, atm:
Hashi, Reiko Hashimoto
Best ever Chinese recipes, Ann Nicol
The thousand recipe Chinese cookbook, Gloria Bley Miller
Rotis, Stephane Reynaud
All excellent
Hashi, Reiko Hashimoto
Best ever Chinese recipes, Ann Nicol
The thousand recipe Chinese cookbook, Gloria Bley Miller
Rotis, Stephane Reynaud
All excellent
Pevenseagull
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If you haven't got a copy of Larousse Gastronomique get one.
I was assuming that this counted as "mainstream"; along with several others. If not, then "this", of course!
Not outside of the mainstream, but Nigel Slater has written some cracking cookery books and on food in general.
Pevenseagull
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Lovely dishes but cost a small fortune to get the ingredients. That said a packet of dried limes does go a long way.
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If you want a really funny, really macho guide to cooking classic French Bistro and Brasserie dishes then Anthony Bourdain's Les Halles Cookbook is a great read and pretty easy to follow. Might be a bit basic for the OP but there are some gems in there.
Mrs GB says The Art of the Chocolatier by Ewald Notter. My taste buds agree (but not my belly during marathon training).
Mrs GB says The Art of the Chocolatier by Ewald Notter. My taste buds agree (but not my belly during marathon training).
Superphil
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Try this one chap
The Albion Roar
97.2FM
Thug Kitchen: Eat Like You Give A F*ck.
A cookbook, with recipes told in down in the 'hood-style, with lots of shouty rude sexual swear words.
And it's for vegans. [MENTION=12880]Hotchilidog[/MENTION] will approve.
A cookbook, with recipes told in down in the 'hood-style, with lots of shouty rude sexual swear words.
And it's for vegans. [MENTION=12880]Hotchilidog[/MENTION] will approve.
Lush
Mods' Pet
I really enjoyed reading this. Telling you exactly how to cook something for reals. Made me laugh a lot.
http://standardissuemagazine.com/food/burns-night-feast/
http://standardissuemagazine.com/food/burns-night-feast/
The Merry Prankster
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I've got this one. Excellently sweary.
Totally agree. Top class chef where often the recipes are complex and inaccessible - but Ottolenghi is great.