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Delia's Complete Cookery Course

International publishing phenomenon Delia Smith is renowned for her tried-and-tested, fool-proof recipes - and this comprehensive guide to cooking, with recipes that will become kitchen stalwarts, is no exception. Guaranteed to become a go-to recipe book generation after generation, this is the perfect gift for anyone who loves cooking and eating - or treat yourself! 
 
'Straightforward cooking from Delia. Full of great recipes. A welcome addition to the bookcase' -- ***** Reader review 
'This has to be the most trusted and reliable cookery book ever' -- ***** Reader review 
'Every home should have a Delia cookery book' -- ***** Reader review 
'A one-stop cookbook' -- ***** Reader review 
 
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The Complete Cookery Course is the book that has taken pride of place in kitchens for over 30 years. 
It's a cookbook that you will return to again and again, including 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. 
 
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.

Delia Smith is Britain's bestselling cookery writer, whose books have sold over 21 million to date. 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. 
 
After a five-year break in 2003 to concentrate on Norwich City Football Club (where she is a director) and Canary Catering, Delia returned in 2008 with a new BBC TV series and the fastest-selling cookery book of all time, How to Cheat at Cooking. Her Complete How to Cook was released in 2009 to celebrate 40 years of writing recipes and was voted the Most Useful Cookery Book of All Time. She was also awarded a CBE for her services to the food industry. Delia is married to the writer and editor, Michael Wynn Jones. They live in Suffolk.

International publishing phenomenon Delia Smith is renowned for her tried-and-tested, fool-proof recipes - and this comprehensive guide to cooking, with recipes that will become kitchen stalwarts, is no exception. Guaranteed to become a go-to recipe book generation after generation, this is the perfect gift for anyone who loves cooking and eating - or treat yourself! 
 
'Straightforward cooking from Delia. Full of great recipes. A welcome addition to the bookcase' -- ***** Reader review 
'This has to be the most trusted and reliable cookery book ever' -- ***** Reader review 
'Every home should have a Delia cookery book' -- ***** Reader review 
'A one-stop cookbook' -- ***** Reader review 
 
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The Complete Cookery Course is the book that has taken pride of place in kitchens for over 30 years. 
It's a cookbook that you will return to again and again, including 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. 
 
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.

Delia's Happy Christmas

Happy Christmas, with love from Delia, xx.

The year's hottest cookbook...the most brilliant Christmas book ever.

Whether it's turkey roulade, roast stuffed goose, Christmas pud or chocolate truffle torte, Delia has the quick and easy know-how.

Delia Smith is Britain's bestselling cookery writer, whose books have sold over 21 million to date. 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 and Delia's How to Cook among others. 
 
After a five-year break in 2003 to concentrate on Norwich City Football Club (where she is a director) and Canary Catering, Delia returned in 2008 with a new BBC TV series and the fastest-selling cookery book of all time, How to Cheat at Cooking. Her Complete How to Cook was released in 2009 to celebrate 40 years of writing recipes and was voted the Most Useful Cookery Book of All Time. She was also awarded a CBE for her services to the food industry. Delia is married to the writer and editor, Michael Wynn Jones.They live in Suffolk.

Delia has long been the person we turn to for stress-free Christmas celebrations. This year, she celebrates 40 years of writing recipes and brings you Delia's Happy Christmas - the definitive guide to Christmas food. 
 
This cookbook will help you to plan your Christmas festivities to the very last culinary detail, acting as an invaluable Christmas organiser from reminding you to make your Christmas pudding and chutneys in November to giving you a crucial countdown for the Last 36 Hours. 
 
Delia's Happy Christmas will give you 150 recipes, including 100 new recipes and 50 much-loved classics, plus menu plans and shopping lists, illustrated with glorious full-colour photography. There are recipes for all your favourite traditional dishes - Delia's Classic Christmas Cake recipe has been in print for over 40 years and has never been bettered, but Delia has also created a Chestnut Cupcakes recipe to satisfy modern tastes. Of course there is Delia's foolproof recipe for a Traditional Roast Turkey and all the trimmings, and The Only Traditional Christmas Pudding as well as ideas for parties, boxing-day suppers, vegetarian feasts and what to do with leftovers. 
 
Organisation is the key to success. If you follow Delia's Christmas calendar, you will be sure to create a very special Christmas. And even if you don't, there is always Delia's The Last-Minute Christmas - a chapter for those who leave things to the eleventh hour. 
 
Everyone needs Delia at Christmas.

Both a guide for beginners and a tried & tested recipe collection for life

Delia's Complete How To Cook

Both a guide for beginners and a tried and trusted recipe collection for life

Delia keeps it real. She writes real recipes for real people.

When it comes to creating culinary delights, you couldn't be in better hands.

Delia Smith is Britain's bestselling cookery writer, whose books have sold over 21 million copies worldwide. Delia's first job as a cookery writer was for the Daily Mirror in 1969 - numerous phenomenal best sellers and television series followed including Delia Smith's Complete Cookery Course in 1978 and Delia's Christmas, Summer &amp; Winter Collections in the 1990s. Towards the end of the decade Delia commenced work on a new major project - Delia's How to Cook, publishing three separate volumes and the accompanying tv series. The Vegetarian Collection and The Delia Collection followed. After a five year break concentrating on Norwich City Football Club (where she is a director) and Canary Catering, Delia returned triumphant in 2008 with a new BBC TV series and the fastest selling cookery book of all time 'Delia's How to Cheat at Cooking' - which has sold over 800,000 copies to date. Delia is married to the writer and editor, Michael Wynn Jones. They live in Suffolk.

Delia always has her finger on the button. For 40 years she has continually, throughout her cookbooks, writing and television programmes, enabled millions of people who lack confidence or experience to cook for their families and loved ones without fear. 
 
Delia's Complete How to Cook, a compilation of simple recipes from her celebrated How to Cook series, is a totally comprehensive 700-page guide to basic cooking, meaning that everyone from nine to ninety has every cooking skill they will ever need in one volume. Including hundreds of recipes for every possible occasion, all with Delia's no-nonsense approach and easy to follow instructions. There has never been a greater need either to learn to cook or to return to home cooking. And here it is in one volume, absolutely appropriate for the times we live in. 
 
Delia's Complete How to Cook was recently voted the best recipe book ever published (The Daily Telegraph/www.OnePoll.com).

Delia Smith

Delia Smith's Complete Illustrated Cookery Course contains more than a hundred stunning photographs that will inspire you to rush into the kitchen and start cooking: many of the classic Delia recipes, from crunchy Roast Potatoes to Christmas Pudding, are here in full colour and spectacular detail. In addition there are step-by-step colour photographs illustrating basic techniques, such as how to make bread, chutney, marmalade and omelettes. 
 
To all the established favourites from Delia Smith's Complete Cookery Course, Delia has added a variety of new recipes destined to become just as popular; they range from the simple to the sophisticated, from Stir-fried Mange Tout to Roast Stuffed Goose with Prunes and Armagnac. 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. Her Complete Illustrated Cookery Course provides all you need, and more, for a lifetime of cooking and entertaining.

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