Being retired and single, I cook for myself, and, even saying so myself, have become 'a dab hand' at it! There's a full index at the back, for recipes and ingredients, and the whole book is divided into ingredient-based chapters, making it easy to find what you want. We take pride in offering a wide selection of used books, from classics to hidden gems, ensuring there is something for every literary palate. If you are or know someone who is just starting out in the culinary world, this is THE book to get them.

She began her writing career 40 years ago on the Daily Mirror and since then has presented very many cookery series on television and published numerous bestselling cookery books including Delia Smith's Cookery Course, Summer and Winter Collections, The Vegetarian Collection, Delia's How to Cook and Delia's Happy Christmas among others. I don't know anyone who has followed the course from start to end, or even used it as a course at all, so I can't comment on whether the course is any good. As such, Smith augments her recipes with plenty of tips and advice, and provides instructions for performing many tasks, so your confidence builds as you try new things.

I recently had a change in circumstances, and whilst I am a reasonable cook, I needed something to help me diversify in my portfolio. Don't miss the chance to win one of three 5L Duromatic NEO pressure cookers from the award-winning cookware experts Kuhn Rikon. Lots of pages were stained but it's harsh to be too critical about that as there are so many volumes in one and it was so cheap.

We don’t share your credit card details with third-party sellers, and we don’t sell your information to others. There are few cookery books that one can turn to and expect it to have a stab at almost anything you might look-up, but this one is almost it. The Complete Cookery Course is the book that has taken pride of place in kitchens for over 30 years. You don't necessarily get the exotic recipes, though there are some, but what you do get is the basis for doing just about everything.As clear and comprehensive as ever, the recipes are suitable for beginners as well as more experienced cooks. It includes recipes for all-time classics like Taramasalata, Flaky Fish Pie, Christmas Pudding, crunchy Roast Potatoes, Boeuf Bourguignonne, Gratin Dauphinois and Rich Bread and Butter Pudding. This book was originally published a long time ago and we bought it, used it and learned how to cook with it.

Illustrated with mouth-watering photographs, Delia Smith's Complete Cookery Course provides all you need, and more, for a lifetime of cooking and entertaining. As clear and comprehensive as ever, Delia's recipes are suitable for beginners as well as more experienced cooks, providing you with all you need for a lifetime of cooking and eating well. I do not rate myself as much of a cook: but when we entertain, I reach for "Delia" and sit back to receive the plaudits of our guests - it never fails.As millions of Delia Smith followers can testify, these clear and comprehensive recipes can be trusted, by the beginner as well as the more experienced cook. Somehow her innate niceness as a person comes though: which is easy to understand if you ever manage to see her on television. The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. Delia Smith's Complete Cookery Course, the book that has taken the pride of place on everyone's kitchen shelf, has now been completely revised and updated.

While it does not cover every eventuality, and does have a few glaring omissions, (there's not recipe for plain fudge, for example), it does cover a wide range of starters, main courses, desserts, and so on.

Delia discusses kitchen equipment, shows techniques such as jointing a chicken, temperatures, dealing with fish and meat, cakes and jams etc. The original glassine wrapper is rather toned and a bit soiled, but the book itself is in very nice condition.