You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. I recently had a change in circumstances, and whilst I am a reasonable cook, I needed something to help me diversify in my portfolio.

We bought this book for our daughter who well remembers the three volume cookery course in constant use during her childhood. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average.I love her friendly conversational style, she talks you through all eventualities and you feel secure under her tutelage.

In addition there are step-by-step colour photographs illustrating basic techniques, such as how to make bread, chutney, marmalade and omelettes. Illustrated with 24 mouth-watering new photographs, Delia Smith's Complete Cookery Course provides all you need, and more, for a lifetime of cooking and entertaining. From one of our national treasures, Delia's Complete Cookery Course provides a thoroughly impressive yet fool-proof recipe repertoire for home-cooks, including total beginners. Illustrated with mouth-watering photographs, Delia Smith's Complete Cookery Course provides all you need, and more, for a lifetime of cooking and entertaining. 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.The Complete Cookery Course is the book that has taken pride of place in kitchens for over 30 years. Many of us MANY of us were brought up with the 'knowledge', passed on by parents about cuts of meat and fish cleaning techniques. 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. 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. Being retired and single, I cook for myself, and, even saying so myself, have become 'a dab hand' at it!