Delia Smiths Complete Cookery Course or Hasty Pudding Johnnycakes and Other Good Stuff

Delia Smith's Complete Cookery Course

Author: Delia Smith

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. Still containing all the established favourites such as Flaky Fish Pie, Christmas Pudding and the secret of crunchy Roast Potatoes, Delia has now added exciting new recipes like Stir-Fried Mange Tout and Roast Stuffed Goose with Prunes and Armagnac. As clear and comprehensive as ever, the recipes are suitable for beginners as well as more experienced cooks. Delia also gives advice on new and widely available ingredients like easy-blend yeast, filo pastry and fromage frais.

New interesting book: History in a Glass or Essentials of Roasting

Hasty Pudding, Johnnycakes, and Other Good Stuff: Cooking in Colonial America

Author: Loretta Frances Ichord

A look at the development of methods for cooking food as well as storing and preserving it. The recipes included in each chapter are adapted to modern times, but are authentic. Notes show how colonial women would have gone about the project differently. There are chapters on regional cooking, soups, corn, soul cooking, beverages, and desserts.

School Library Journal

Gr 3-6--Children are taken on a virtual tour of American cuisine as it was in Colonial times. The introduction grabs readers' attention as the author discusses foods that are commonly thought of as American, but that actually came from other countries. Each chapter deals with a different aspect of culinary matters, such as "Fireplace Cooking," "Preserving and Storing Food," "Soul Cooking," "Mannerly Eating," and "Feeding the Sweet Tooth." The book is written in a conversational tone and the author presents many facts that students will find fascinating. For example, they will learn that many Colonial women were killed when their dresses caught fire while they were cooking. The recipes include the modern cooking version as well as an explanation of how the Colonists actually made them. The colorful illustrations, most of which are done in panels of three along the sides of the pages, add interest. A solid, attractive resource.--Susan Knell, Pittsburgh State University, Pittsburgh, KS