Customer Reviews
From the basic to the brilliant - By: Jennifer E. Patrick, 11 Sep 2008 
Everything you could possibly need to knowin one handy compact book. Every cook should have a copy of this on their shelf - it is like having a mini deliain your kitchen which you can refer to as & when you need it. Fab!
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 falling 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 volumein your kitchen as it isin mine.
