In "The Good Granny Cookbook", Jane Fearnley-Whittingstall takes us on a nostalgic culinary pilgrimage, rediscovering the sort of robust, wholesome food that our grandmothers, or even great-grandmothers, used to make. With delicious recipes, brought up to date for modern cooks and delightfully informed by reminiscences from Jane's childhood, this is a classic to be handed down from generation to generation, a wonderful present for old and young alike.
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Jane Fearnley-Whittingstall, bestselling author of The Good Granny Guide, has written many other books on plants and gardening, including Gardening Made Easy and Peonies - The Imperial Flower. A grandmother of five, and the mother of TV chef Hugh, she lives with her husband in Gloucestershire.
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101 of 103 people found the following review helpful
By Teresa
The Good Granny Cookbook is far more than just a collection of recipes. It is a really good read, filled with evocative anecdotes and reminiscences about Jane's childhood growing up in a country house in post-war England. It has a distinctly retro feel with charming black and white illustrations instead of glossy photos and is the antithesis of those oversized aspirational books by so-called celebrity chefs. In my view Jane really gets to the heart of what good food means to many of us. The recipes themselves are an eclectic mix of classics such as treacle tart and shepherds pie (as she herself admits everyone has their own version), forgotten favourites like Queen of Puddings, and more unusual dishes such as Bobotie and Blackcurrant leaf water ice. Most of them are pleasingly straightforward to prepare, although she warns that her bread recipe takes 20 hours from start to finish! I would recommend this book to both young and old - as Jane says in the introduction, "The purpose of this book is to celebrate traditional British home cooking `like Grandma used to make' and encourage another generation to give it a try." This lovely book should do exactly that.
45 of 46 people found the following review helpful
By William
This isn't a book about cooking with your grandchildren, it's a collection of recipes like Mum or Grandma used to make - brought up to date to suit modern tastes and kitchens. Nothing too tricky here, but plenty of inspiration. I love it and will use it a lot.
63 of 65 people found the following review helpful
By Venetia W
Amid all those TV celebrity chef cookbooks, this is a real breath of fresh air. Delicious, easy to follow recipes on nearly every page, with none of those ridiculous ingredients lists with silly names you can't pronounce! This is a cookbook for real people, and I even found an old recipe - one of my childhood favourites! - a potato dish,"Champ", that my Irish granny used to make for me. A real classic!
Most Recent Customer Reviews
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The Good Granny Cookbook
asy to read, fab traditional recipes which is what I was after not like most of today’s recipes, with posh ingredient’s that I don't use!
Published 3 months ago by Sharon Sweeney
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A real find...
I am not bothered how old the recipes are or who originated them as I have found them to be very useable and have tried plenty. Read more
Published 4 months ago by C. FULLER
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Beautifully nostalgic ...
I loaned this book from my local library and as soon as I opened it I knew I wanted to keep it so I
ordered it from Amazon the same day. Read more
ordered it from Amazon the same day. Read more
Published 22 months ago by Elizabeth Mitchell
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Excellent Recipes
I borrowed this book from the library and kept renewing it again, again and again. Eventually the time came when it had to be returned- I could not do without it so I bought a copy... Read more
Published on 10 Mar 2011 by Perce
2.0 out of 5 stars
Dull, No Pictures
There are no pictures in this book, its very dull. I bought this a while ago and once I read through it, its been on my bookshelf ever since. Read more
Published on 14 Jan 2011 by Kim
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traditional treasure
mild humour and great recipes feature in this book, which was a great present for my mother in law to accompany another book by j f-w. Read more
Published on 14 Dec 2010 by hayleyb
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Is what it says
This is just what the title led me to hope for. Old fashioned traditional favourites using ingredients available from any decent grocery. Read more
Published on 4 Dec 2009 by Downlong Tom
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Simply Wonderful
Subtitled "Traditional favourites for modern families" this is a collection of "old-fashioned" recipes from Jane F-W and her friends. And one or two from her son. Read more
Published on 1 Jan 2009 by Dr. Richard Dudley
1.0 out of 5 stars
Don't waste your money!
I bought this book after reading the reviews and respecting her son's ability as a cook. However, both the quality of the book, the paper is 'recycled' and rough in appearance will... Read more
Published on 17 Oct 2008 by R. Howes
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cooking granny
I was given this book when I became a Granny, and I love it, many of the recipes remind me of when I was a child. I love the way it is written and the new 'take' on old themes. Read more
Published on 12 May 2008 by Heather Nelson
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