I’m so excited to bring you these 9 Awesome Cookbooks and the Best Giveaway, including cookbooks by Mary Berry, Donna Hay and Sally McKenney. I’m a bit of a cookbook addict and I know a lot of my readers feel the same way, so I’m bringing you a mini-review of each of these 9 new cookbooks and the chance to win the whole darn lot of them.
Even better, the giveaway is timed to end so that your prize should be with you for Christmas. That way you can enjoy the books yourself over the festive season or, if you can bear to part with them, you can give them as gifts to your favourite friends and family who love to cook.
Mary Berry’s Complete Cookbook (New Edition)
I make no apology for my love of all things Mary Berry. I honed my cooking and baking skills with her cookbooks in the 1980s and enjoy her down to earth approach and recipes that work every time. As a Complete Cookbook, I was impressed that I was able to look in the index for a ‘pheasant’ recipe and find three excellent recipes. I made the Normandy Pheasant recipe and it was completely delicious and very easy to follow.
Packed with over 650 recipes, Mary Berry’s Complete Cookbook is the biggest ever cookbook from Britain’s best-loved cookery writer that no kitchen should be without.
This updated edition of Mary’s million-selling cookbook is the only Mary Berry book that you need. Every delicious recipe is accompanied by beautiful photography to inspire your cooking, with an eclectic mix of traditional dishes, exotic flavours, and classic Mary Berry recipes. Learn to make every type of dish, including soups, poultry, game, pies, desserts, cakes, and vegetarian favourites. Every enticing chapter starts with a know-how section to get you ready to cook and shows you Mary’s trusted tips and tricks.
These tried and tested Mary Berry recipes include mouth-watering meals for family and friends no matter the occasion, including hummus, salmon roulade, prawn tacos, chicken pot pie, English roast beef, moussaka, dairy-free lasagne, croissants, key lime pie, and ginger snaps!
Perfect for everyday cooks and Mary Berry fans alike,
Who is it for?
Perfect for beginner cooks, as the recipes are clear and the DK photographs and techniques are always fabulous. It’s also a book worthy of a place on the shelf of an experienced home cook and will be my new ‘go to’ for all kinds of recipes. There is a chapter of vegetarian recipes, but it is quite meat-heavy in content, so not a gift for a vegetarian
The Verdict
This is an absolute cracker of a book, the recipes include traditional favourites and more adventurous dishes too. It is quite heavy but sits open beautifully so you can easily see the recipes while cooking.
Mary Berry’s Complete Cookbook, published by Dorling Kindersley, RRP £30
Ginspiration: Infusions * Cocktails * Tips * Tricks & Titbits
Gin has had a major revival recently so there is bound to be someone you know who loves this versatile spirit and would appreciate this connoisseur’s companion to choosing and infusing your favourite tipple!
Learn how to properly serve and taste gin, what flavours to look out for, and even how to infuse your own.
Attention trendy millennials and city dwellers! Ginspiration is here to be your guide to one of the UK’s favourite drinks. Find out how to reinvent classic cocktails, like the Martini and Gin Fizz, and try spectacular recipes from the mind of award-winning mixology maestro Klaus Rainer. This stylish book also explains the science behind gin and features an alphabetical breakdown of global suppliers of the spirit.
Perfect for gin aficionados and aspiring mixologists alike, Ginspiration is the only book you’ll need, combining comprehensive information on the drink with unique cocktail recipes.
Who is it for?
Gin lovers, cocktail makers and anyone who would love to make their own gin infusions.
The Verdict
This is a fun book full of excellent information and beautiful photographs. I was pleased to see a couple of Scottish Gins featured in the A-Z, it’s a truly international listing and couldn’t possibly cover all the gin brands on the market. I loved the infusions chapter, I recently made Hedgerow Vodka and I have made sloe gin before, but there are so many other infusions ideas that I really want to try. The Cocktails look fabulous and not only are there specific recipes there is also information on how to make your own signature mix. Ginspiration is well worth popping into the Christmas stocking of the gin lover in your life.
Ginspiration with contributions by Klaus St Rainer, published by Dorling Kindersley RRP £9.99
Sally’s Cookie Addiction
If you haven’t visited Sally’s Baking Addiction website, then you really really should! Sally McKenney makes the most delicious sweet treats and her new book Sally’s Cookie Addiction is just as good as last year’s Sally’s Baking Addiction
Bake exquisite cookies, bars, and doughs perfectly every time with Sally’s Cookie Addiction. A world of baking wonder awaits you and all the lucky people you’ll share them with.
Are you ready to sink your teeth into Brown Butter Toffee Chocolate Chip Cookies? How about Peanut Butter Nutella Swirl Cookies or Pumpkin Spice Sugar Cookies? Featuring a mouthwatering selection of cookies, cookie bars, cookie dough dips, slice-and-bakes, no-bakes, and more, Sally’s Cookie Addiction features dozens of exciting flavours, including chocolate, butterscotch, peanut butter, sugar, coconut, lemon, s’more, and oatmeal, oh my!
The best part? Sally’s Cookie Addiction, Sally will tell you how to make each and every cookie in the book ahead of time. So, if you want to start preparing for the holidays, or if you just like keeping cookie dough in your freezer for those critical cookie emergencies!
Complete with tips on how to bake the perfect cookie and gorgeous photography, Sally’s Cookie Addiction is the only cookie book you need on your shelf. Get ready for your kitchen to be the most popular room in the house while the smells of Warm Chocolate Chunk Skillet Cookies, Lemon Crème Sandwich Cookies, and Soft-Baked Sugar Cookie Bars emanate from the oven!
Who is it for?
Anyone who loves to bake or eat cookies. Don’t be put off by this being a US author, the recipes have measurements in grams as well as cups,
The Verdict
I can’t think of a more fun book to give to a keen baker or even a beginning baker. Cookies are quite easy to make and Sally provides lots of help on technique as well as a book packed full of the most tempting photographs.
Sally’s Cookie Addiction by Sally McKenney, published by Race Point Publishing RRP £16.99
The Geeky Chef Strikes Back
The Geeky Chef Strikes Back is your chance to finally drink Estus, nibble Seed Cakes, slurp White Dragon Noddles, and a lot more.
The Geeky Chef is back with even more delicious, real-life recipes from your favourite sci-fi and fantasy books, movies, TV shows, and video games. Discover the foods you’ve always wanted to taste from realms like The Lord of the Rings and Harry Potter to The Legend of Zelda, Firefly, Minecraft, Final Fantasy, and more.
In the Geeky Chef Strikes Back, author Cassandra Reeder has imagined the delicious foods in these faraway worlds and created recipes that are sure to transport you to galaxies far, far away. So if you’ve found yourself craving Pumpkin Juice from Harry Potter, Lingonberry Pancakes from The Big Lebowski, Norma’s Cherry Pie from Twin Peaks, Wife Soup from Firefly, or the White Dragon Noodles from Blade Runner, then look no further.
With easy step-by-step instructions and fun theme photos, these creative recipes are perfect for your next big viewing party or your standing reservation for a party of one. Fantasy foods are fantasy no longer!
Who is it for?
Anyone who loves Sci-fi and Fantasy whether in books, films, tv or video games. Perfect for geeky parties or evenings in watching back to back box sets of your favourite shows.
The Verdict
Sci-fi and Fantasy are really popular just now particularly shows like Game of Thrones and games like Minecraft. The recipes are well laid out and each one has a substantial introduction explaining what inspired the recipe. Definitely, a fun book that would be appreciated by the geeks it is aimed at.
The Geeky Chef Strikes Back, by Cassandra Reeder published by Race Point Publishing, RRP £12.99
The Marley Coffee Cookbook
Who knew that legendary reggae musician Bob Marley dreamed of becoming a coffee farmer? Not me, that’s for sure. Bob Marley’s son Rohan has fulfilled that dream and is now a coffee grower with a company that produces ethically farmed, artisan roasted coffee of the highest quality. The Marley Coffee Cookbook is inspired by that love of coffee.
From Bob Marley’s son, Rohan Marley and expert chef, Maxcel Hardy, comes The Marley Coffee Cookbook. This collection of recipes infuses incredible recipes with coffee for something truly unique.
Rohan Marley kicks off each chapter of The Marley Coffee Cookbook with anecdotes about growing up as the son of legendary musician Bob Marley, who to this day is revered by music lovers young and old. The chapter One Love, for instance, begins: “One Love is one of my father’s biggest songs, and I wanted the coffee that I named One Love not just to be a standout single origin coffee, but to really resonate with people.”
Chef Maxcel Hardy’s flawless recipes and expert guidance on the best way to infuse a dish with coffee flavour make this book a very special addition to any cookbook collection. Hardy speaks to the importance of choosing a particular coffee to harmonize with certain foods, and he shows how easy it is to use coffee in a way that it brings out the best in everything from savoury dishes to sweet treats.
There’s a strong coffee connection for each dish, whether it is infused with a mocha theme or it rocks an espresso flavour. These are dishes you won’t find anywhere else, to name a few:
Sweet potato waffles with a pecan coffee syrup
Grilled salmon with a coffee maple, and ginger glaze
Fried plantains with coffee sugar
Coffee spice blend-marinated lamb ribs with guava BBQ sauce
Who is it for?
Coffee lovers, Bob Marley fans and anyone who loves delicious Jamaican inspired recipes.
The Verdict
I was really surprised by this book. At first glance, the cover didn’t really pull me in, but it is really worth investing some time to read the recipes as they are really inspiring. I love coffee but I realise I haven’t explored its full potential as an ingredient. The recipes are not all highly spiced and full of tropical ingredients, there are a few of those but mostly they are just food that you look at and really, really want to eat. I’ll be trying out the Grilled Honey-Glazed Chicken very soon.
Simple Essentials Christmas
Although I’d heard of Donna Hay it was only recently that I became a real fan when I reviewed Basics to Brilliance just a few weeks ago. Simple Essentials Christmas is of the same high standard and the ideal way to plan and create an incredible Christmas feast.
Take the hassles out of the festive season with this stunning gift-format book, SIMPLE ESSENTIALS CHRISTMAS. Donna Hay, whose bestselling books, MARIE CLAIRE COOKING, DINING, FAST FOOD AND FLAVOURS and OFF THE SHELF, made food simple, fresh and modern, changes the way you think about Christmas. SIMPLE ESSENTIALS CHRISTMAS features simple recipes and menu planners for a traditional Christmas, a speedy Christmas and for treats throughout the season.
As a bonus, Donna includes time-saving tips and a 10-page planning section to record notes, handy hints, and things to remember. This is a book that will become a keepsake to treasure for years to come. With its combination of delicious packaging and Donna’s signature accessible style, this is a truly beautiful gift to buy others or to keep for yourself. An essential for every kitchen.
Who is it for?
If you’re hosting the family Christmas, or are looking for a fuss-free menu then Donna Hay has all the recipes you need. This would make a lovely pre-Christmas gift for any host of festivities.
The Verdict
For a small book, this one is packed full of great recipes with plenty of choices to meet everyone’s taste. There’s even a chapter on Style & Home full of lovely ideas for your table and home.
Simple Essentials Christmas by Donna Hay, published by Fourth Estate for Harpers Collins, RRP £12.99
An Edge in the Kitchen
Another book for cooking geeks, this time the kind who love to make the very best of their kitchen knives. This is a detailed treatise on choosing, maintaining and using your knives correctly.
The ultimate guide to kitchen knives: how to choose them, how to use them like a pro, and how to maintain them. Featuring tips and techniques, as well as the history and anthropology of kitchen knives, AN EDGE IN THE KITCHEN will become an instant classic and the definitive book on kitchen knives.
Why are most of us so woefully uninformed about our kitchen knives? We are intimidated by our knives when they are sharp, annoyed by them when they are dull and quietly ashamed that we don’t know how to use them with any competence.
For a species that has been using knives for nearly as long as we have been walking upright, that’s a serious problem. An Edge in the Kitchen is the solution, an intelligent and delightful debunking of the mysteries of kitchen knives once and for all. If you can stack blocks, you can cut restaurant-quality diced vegetables. If you can fold a paper aeroplane, you can sharpen your knives better than many professionals.
Veteran cook Chad Ward provides an in-depth guide to the most important tool in the kitchen, including how to choose the best kitchen knives in your price range, practical tutorials on knife skills, a step-by-step section on sharpening, and more, all illustrated with beautiful photographs throughout. Along the way you will discover what a cow sword is, and why you might want one; why chefs are abandoning their heavy knives in droves; and why the Pinch and the Claw, strange as they may sound, are in fact the best way to make precision vegetable cuts with speed and style.
Who is it for?
If you want to take your cooking and food prep to the next level, you need to sort out your knives. So this book is for the ambitious home cook with their eye on Masterchef or a professional career.
The Verdict
This is a text-heavy book with loads of great advice and a few recipes. My favourite section is the central and colourful Basic Knife Skills Demonstrated. There is lots to learn here, everything from vegetable cutting to carving your festive turkey. Great advice on how to sharpen your knives and which knife to use for which job. Definitely a specialist subject but for those who are keen to learn this is a real resource.
Edge in the Kitchen by Chad Ward, Published by Harper Collins, RRP £14.71
David Rocco’s Dolce Vita
I’d never heard of David Rocco before reading this cookbook. However, it seems that David is a Canadian with Italian heritage and brings his passion for food and life to millions of kitchens every day through his worldwide hit television programs. Airing in more than 150 countries, David Rocco’s Dolce Vita, David Rocco’s Amalfi Getaway, and David Rocco’s Dolce India are each the perfect combination of food, travel and a celebration of the sweet life.
This gorgeous cookbook is full of beautiful food photography and locales, and, of course, David’s sense of dolce vita, the sweet life. It’s all about taking a relaxed approach to the every day, and the foundation of this lifestyle is simple, elegant food. David emphasizes the philosophy of quanto basta, or just enough, and encourages readers to cook to their own tastes. Here is great food, simply and lovingly created.
Who is it for?
David Rocco’s Dolce Vita is for anyone who wants to cook and eat like a real Italian or who simply enjoys reading about Italy and the Italian way of life.
The Verdict
David Rocco’s Dolce Vita is a glorious celebration of Italian food and cooking. Take a delicious dip into a book full of beautiful photographs, great stories and remarkably simple classic Italian recipes.
David Rocco’s Dolce Vita, published by Harper Collins, RRP £15.05
It’s always about the food
The bestselling, passionate and unstoppable women of the Monday Morning Cooking Club return with their third book of much loved and favourite Jewish diaspora recipes. The Monday Morning Cooking Club started as six food-obsessed and unstoppable Jewish Sydney women who loved food wanted to raise money for charity and wanted to create beautiful cookbooks. These books would collect the very best recipes from their community as well as honour and share stories of immigration, survival, joy, family and connection.
Two bestselling books later, and now a group of five women, the Monday Morning Cooking Club returns with a stunning third book which is the result of a two-year search for recipes from the global Jewish diaspora – those much-loved dishes that have nurtured a community and have been feeding family and friends for years.
It’s Always About the Food is a delicious and rich, story-filled snapshot of cooking in the global Jewish diaspora, which gathers together the very best cooking and favourite recipes from the global Jewish community, reflecting the Jewish people’s love for food and cooking, and the importance of the family table. This book is all about the food, flavours and the most delicious family recipes – not from a restaurant or a test kitchen, but from the heart of the home. Ultimately, in this big, fast world, food is the connective thread that joins us together, and all over the world, the ritual of cooking grounds us connects and nurtures us.
Who is it for?
You don’t have to be Jewish to appreciate the great recipes in this book. This is family food, healthy food and comfort food all rolled into one, so if that’s your kind of food you are going to love It’s always about the Food.
The Verdict
I loved the stories of the different women who make up the Monday Morning Cooking Club and all the cooks who offer up their recipes to be curated by the sisterhood and compiled into this eclectic collection of heritage recipes.
It’s always about the food by The Monday Morning Club, published by Harper Collins, RRP £17.74
9 Awesome Cookbooks and the Best Giveaway – THE GIVEAWAY
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Tracey Peach says
I’d keep them all but lend them out to family members with strict instructions that they come back! they are too good to give away forever
Janice Pattie says
A true cookbook addict 😂
Janice Pattie says
That’s a good idea
Jo Salway says
I’m not good at giving things away but I lend things to people all the time & that’s how I would let people use the books. 🤞🏼👍🏼📚💞
Heather Haigh says
I’m afraid I’d keep them all, I wouldn’t with most things, but this is cookbooks~!
Janice Pattie says
You are quite right, I would too!
melanie stirling says
I would have to keep Mary Berry and the David Rocco books but I would give the others as christmas presents.
Janice Pattie says
Good choices
Tracy Nixon says
I’d keep them all and share them with my mam, as she often borrows mine for inspiration, and I borrow hers too!
Jessica Powell says
My hubby would love the Ginspiration one! I think the others would go to my in-laws. 🙂
Janice Pattie says
I’m sure they would love them
laura banks says
i think i would have to keep them all but i would lend them to my family
Rose Stephenson says
I am selfish and I love to cook so I would keep them all.
Janice Pattie says
I can understand that!
Natalie Crossan says
i’d keep the mary berry book and gift the rest to friends and family for christmas 😀 xx
Janice Pattie says
It’s a gorgeous book.
Sarah Prentice says
I’d keep most of them but give away the coffee and gin ones to their respective lovers!
Janice Pattie says
That’s a great idea
Suzanne Brzeski says
is it bad to say i’d want to keep them all?! have a slight obsession with cookbooks and new recipes, so would be over the moon to win.
Janice Pattie says
Not at all, me too!
Sue Johnson says
I’d keep Mary berry . Cookie book and ginspiration for me and gift the rest to family
Janice Pattie says
Good choices, Sue
paula cheadle says
I am afraid that I would be greedy and keep them all, but I would share them if my family wanted to BORROW them
Janice Pattie says
That’s very generous of you, I’d be the same!
Lynda Graham says
I’d be happy to share them from time to time.
Their base however would be my kitchen !!!
Solange says
I’d keep them all but I would lend them to my family and friends.
Starla says
All of these sound awesome. I would keep all besides the Simple Essentials Christmas and the Coffee one. I know my Mama would love these!
EMMA WALTERS says
i would HAVE to keep the christmas one 😀 looks fab & my brother would love the edge in the kitchen & coffee cookbook.
Iris W says
I think I would probably keep most of them for myself, the cookie book I would give to my sister
Jane Willis says
Hope this doesn’t come through twice, I got a 404 error. I would give my daughter and son in law the Cookie Addiction and Geeky Chef books and keep the others.
Janice Pattie says
No it’s fine, Jane
Keep Calm and Fanny On says
I’d keep Ginspiration (and use it LOADS) but would probably gift away Mary Berry I’m afraid…
sam macaree says
cookie addiction 100% for me, ginspiration for my mumma
kim plant says
i would have to have a good look threw them but would give half to mother in law x
chelsey hollings says
I Would keep them all 😛
Sheila Reeves says
I’d definitely keep SIMPLE ESSENTIALS CHRISTMAS by Donna Hay, Then I think a couple of them (the gin one and the geeky one) would go to my sons – then if I’m honest I’d really want the rest ;))
Elzbieta Znyk says
Simple essentials Christmas for myself, and Marry Barry as a gift.
Liz Burton says
I think I’d like to keep them all- is that greedy?!
Melissa Lee says
I would love to keep all of them as they all look great. I might give Ginspiration away though to a gin lover I know.
Becky says
You can never have too many cookbooks right ?
Jan Billington says
I would probably give them all as presents except Gintastic and the Donna Hay. Lovely competition!
Sarah Thompson says
It’d be so has d to choose! Might have to be a ucky dip!!
Leah Tonna says
I’d give the Donna Hay to one daughter, (she hosts our Christmas). The Marley Coffee Cookbook to our other daughter, (she’s a huge fan of reggae & coffee)…and keep the rest for myself…only lending to careful friends & neighbours as I’d want them back.
Laura says
I collect cookbooks like they’re going out of fashion! I would definitely keep them all, but I might lend them out to people who’d look after them! 😀
Amanda tanner says
probably keep them all as I need all the help I can with cooking
Aileen Russell says
I would keep them all great prize.
Sarah Parkin says
I would gift them all to my husband as he loves cooking and is always on the lookout for new recipes to try to expand his skills!
john prendergast says
I would keep them all
Rai says
I’d give away the cookie addiction, gin infusions, monday morning cooking club and an edge in the kitchen – the rest are al for me! Thanks great prize
Angie McDonald says
I’d gift ‘GINSPIRATION’ to my big sister and ‘Sally’s Cookie Addiction’ to my niece as she loves to bake cookies! I think i’d keep the rest though as I love experimenting and cooking new things in the kitchen!
Lindsey Barrow says
Give all away , well may be some of them trying to control my cookbook habit !
Janice Pattie says
A losing battle, Lindsey!
fiona waterworth says
I would give them all to my husband, he loves cooking and enjoys new books he can try new recipes out of
Lisa says
I am so greedy….because I would keep them for myself! All of them!
Carolyn says
I’d keep the Donna Hay Christmas one and use it to cater for a party where I would hand out the other books as presents. The gin one for my mother (obviously!), the cookie one for my niece (again obviously!), the knife one for my husband who has an addiction to good knives. Then the Monday Club to my sister in law who is social ale and loves feeding her friends, the Italian one to my Dad whose favourite food is Italian but needs to learn some new dishes. The geeky chef would be for my other niece who is proud to be geeky and is always saying so. The coffee boom for my brother who has more coffee pots than anyone I know, and that leaves one left, which I would wrap up and open for myself – The Mary Berry
Margaret Clarkson says
I would definitely keep the Mary Berry and the Geek cookbook, and probably the Marley coffee one.
pete c says
as I`m the main cook in the whole family I`d keep them all but would soon be experimenting with the many recipes across them all
Katherine L says
An Edge in the Kitchen would be a perfect gift for my brother, and Ginspiration would be perfect for my gin loving best friend. I’d love to keep the Mary Berry and the Dolce Vita for myself!
Gillian Mackenzie says
Amazing giveaway! They all look like great additions to my cook book collection,
Patricia Collins says
I would definitely be keeping them all for myself 🙈 You have to be good to yourself sometimes 😀
cheryl hadfield says
I would keep the geeky chef, and gift the others to family and friends for xmas
Amy J says
I’d be very selfish and keep them all for me!
hannah igoe says
I would keep Mary berry – so practical I need her in my kitchen, Ginspiration I would gift to my dear friend who is a gin-aholic! Then the others Im not sure, I would probably have a look and then decide!
Emma @ Adventures of a London Kiwi says
What an AMAZING collection! I’d definitely keep a couple to leaf through. Ok, all of them…
Janice Pattie says
It’s just too tempting isn’t it?
Zoe G0odwin says
I’d keep ginspiration as I love cocktails and the cookie one and would give the others to friends and family
Victoria Prince says
I would give the Ginspiration book away as I don’t drink, but I love the sound of the rest and I’d love to keep them all!
Linda S says
I’d keep Mary Berry’s book because my new year resolution is to learn to bake. The rest I would give my mum and sis because they already can cook, on the strict proviso they had to make me stuff from them hahahaha!
Andrea Upton says
Bit of a cookbook addict here so would be really difficult to part with any of them, but maybe I could share!
Elinor Hill says
A good selection. I’d have them piled up by kitchen chair and enjoy them while dinner bubbles and cooks.
kathleen chilvers says
I’m afraid I would love to keep them all. I adore cookery books and there certainly are some here that are particularly interesting and I had not heard of before
lorraine kirk says
A great selection. I would have to keep Sally’s cookie additction but perhaps I could gift a few!
Manjiri Chitnis says
I would love to win these awesome cookbooks! I HOARDE cook books and love cooking up recipes now and then from the ones I have. But I do spend quite a lot of time reading about techniques, tips and tricks.
Janice Pattie says
I love cookbooks too, love to share these giveaways with my readers.
Lorraine Stone says
I would keep Monday Morning Cooking Club and gift the rest.
Lynsey Buchanan says
I would keep all the books apart from The Marley Coffee Cookbook
Michelle Carter says
I would keep the cookie addiction book and use the rest for Christmas presents for family and friends
misty says
id keep the cookies one but the geeky chef has my friends name on it
janine atkin says
id give ginspiration to a friend
Halii kinson says
I’d keep Mary berry . Cookie book and ginspiration for me and gift the rest to family
Janet Birkin says
ooh no – couldn’t part with any
Jodie W says
I would give Mary Berry’s book to my sister who has an amazing cookery book collection. She would really appreciate it. I am always looking for new ideas in the kitchen so id probably keep the rest or ask my sister if there was anything else she would like. The Monday morning cooking club looks like my kind of book
jennifer Hull says
They would be gifts for my son.. He’s a fabulous Cook and building a diverse range of cook 📚 book
Sarah hanson says
I would have to look at them all and may not give any away
tina Glover says
I would keep them all. Im a serious cook book addict and love adding new ones to my collection 🙂 . I might let my brother have one if he asks nicely though as hes a pretty good cook too!!
Rachael O'Brien says
I’d have to keep them all ! I only own two cookery books I got from a charity shop so would be thrilled to create a proper collection with this fab selection.
Amy Pest says
i would keep them all i need inspiration in the kitchen
Elizabeth Smith says
The coffee one will go to my mum, the gin book to my sister-in-law whilst I keep the rest
Leila Benhamida says
Will keep them all. But anyone can borrow 😀
Carole Nott says
i would keep the cookie addiction – looks great and give others for gifts
Eve H Ogden says
I would keep them all they are fab
Maria soady says
I would keep them all
Lisa says
I would keep them all for myself. Because I am selfish and I love cookbooks!
Janice Pattie says
That’s absolutely fine, you go for it!
Dean T says
Keep the Geeky Chef and gift the rest to my family nicely wrapped with a bow!
Jason Tolliss says
I would have to keep them all, I might lend them out if asked nicely
Mandy Allen says
What a brilliant selection. . I’d probably keep Mary berry and just share the rest ..after I’ve experI’m enter a bit
Jayne K says
Ginspiration would definitely be for my son as gin is his favourite tipple. The rest I’d have to have a nose through before deciding. My daughter is gluten-free so I’d have to see which are most suitable for her.
Ann Bolton says
I would give away The Coffee Cookbook, Ginspiration and David Rocco’s Dolce Vita as I know three people they would be perfect for, all the others I would keep…..really like the look of the Cookie Addiction book!
Richard Eldred Hawes says
Despite having 4 to 5 hundred cookbooks I do not have any of these so I will be keeping them
Fiona jk42 says
I’d keep Simple Essentials Christmas and would gift the other books
Meryl Thomas says
I would keep the Mary Berry book – I love her- and give the rest as presents to friends and family
Heli L says
I’m afraid I’d be selfish and keep all but one for myself! The Marley Coffee Cookbook is the only one out of the brilliant cookbook collection and it’s just because I can’t stand the smell or taste of coffee!
Keith Hunt says
Keep – Sally’s Cookie Addiction / Give away – The Geeky Chef Strikes Back
Caroline S says
The Geeky Chef Strikes Back sounds perfect for my brother, the Monday Morning Cooking club for my Mum, Sally’s Cookie Addiction for my daughter and David Rocco’s Dolce Vita for my sister. The others (particularly Ginspiration!) would be all mine!
Adrian Clarke says
I’d want to keep them all 🙂
Sara Goodman says
Honestly, I’d look through them and then decide. I’m a bit addicted to cookbooks so I imagine it would be hard to part with any of them, but I would 🙂 Thanks for a fabulous giveaway x
Lynn Neal says
I would keep most of them for myself but Mary Berry would go to by daughter!
Yvonne Dimbleby says
I think I would have to be greedy and keep them for myself, because I know that if I gave any of them away I would instantly regret it!
A.E. ADKINS says
I would keep them all, after all, there’s no such thing as too many cookbooks & internet recipes just aren’t the same
Natalie White says
I’d love to share some of these with my Dad, but I’d have to keep the Christmas one!! 🙂
Dale Dow says
Oh no, I think I would keep them all, thing is I do all my recipes in my Mum’s kitchen, she has a far superior cooker than mine so we technically would share them
Alison says
I would give them all to my sons as they need all the help they can get but I would have a skim through first and note down a few recipes.
ANNMARIE GOULD says
i would keep the Mary Berry and the cookie books bt i would love to gift the geeky cookbook to my sister as she loves GOT and Dr Who
Deborah Clarke says
Oh I’d just have to be selfish and keep them all. I just love spending time in the kitchen and treating others to any new ‘ concoctions ‘ .
Miss Cora Harrison says
I would definitely keep Mary Berry!
Denise Cross says
I would keep them all but let people know they can borrow them at any time
Paul Tucker says
I’d keep most of them apart from the ‘Ginspiration’ and the ‘Cookie Addiction’ book I would give to my Vegetarian Sister-in-Law.
Judith Allen says
Would love to keep all of them, but I just don’t have room, think small Welsh cottage kitchen. The gin one is perfect for my partner, and maybe It’s Always About the Food. Then I would have to gift to friends and family and borrow them back.
Mark R says
Mary Berry’s book is the one I’d like for myself, but the book about cookies sounds tempting too.
Tracey Mitchell says
I love cookery books so would find it hard to part with any of them.
Rebecca Brown says
I’d keep them and let my friends borrow them – I seem to be the one who everyone gives cookbooks to!
Laura Pritchard says
I’d keep the Cookie Addiction and Christmas ones, and gift the others to my brother who loves cooking!
Clare Muskett says
I would share them with family and friends. Im struggling for food ideas at the moment after being put on a low residue diet folliwing major surgery for bowel cancer so would love these cook books to give me some inspiration to start eating again.
Marie Rule says
I would keep them all. They all look amazing and we are big foodies in our household, plus my partner would love the Ginspiration book.
Kirsteen Mackay says
I would keep Sally’s Cookie addiction because we all love cookies in this house and I’d keep Christmas because we are crazy about Christmas too. I’d give the Ginspiration to my sister and her partner because they love Gin and I would give the others to my auntie’s, sisters and friends. What a fab selection!
CAROL PATRICK says
I would have to keep Mary Berry’s book, & I would gift the others to my lovely cookery loving friends. They’d be thrilled to receive them,
Kev Cannon says
I’d give my mum first choice and then I’d donate a couple to our local autistic group to raise money for the lego club as it is quite popular with the kids. I’d then keep the rest
Samantha M says
The only one I’d give away would be the coffee one because I’m not a coffee fan!
Tracey Bean says
I’m afraid I’d be very selfish and want to keep them all myself
Kay Broomfield says
I’d keep the Ginspiration one for sure but i might have to gift the cookie book or I’ll end up baking and getting fat! I think I’d selfishly keep more than I’d gift as I love cookbooks!
Amanda says
I’d give away the ginspiration one, as neither my husband nor I drink. I’d also give away the Mary Berry one, as I already have many “complete cookbook” types on my bookshelf 😉 But the others I would keep, because they all look so good! I’d especially enjoy the geek one (because, I’m a bit of a geek), the dolce vita one (because as a linguist, I love nothing more than exploring traditions like that), and the Monday morning club one too, as that just sounds fascinating!
ANNE Woodthorpe says
I would keep them all but allow peeps to borrow them, best solution all round.
Katherine Lucas says
I’d keep them all my self as I am a cook book nut and love pulling stacks out and having baking days
Kathryn Cox says
I’ll share the food not the cookbooks 😁
Angela L Paull says
I keep half and give half to my fiancé – then I can still use them 😉
Tamsin Dean says
it would be David Rocco’s Dolce Vita all sounds so yummy
Michelle Buckle says
Oh my daughter would love these books. I’d be set up all year for my meals
Janice Mackin says
I would keep the Mary Berry book and give the rest as gifts.
Alison Macdonald says
I’m sorry but I’d have to keep them all for myself!
Tammy Neal says
I’d keep some but also give some as Christmas presents xx
Diane Duggan says
I would keep Mary Berry’s Complete Cookbook and give The Geeky Chef Strikes Back as a gift.
Ann MacLean-Fleming says
I’d keep most of them I’m afraid…I’ve already got the Mary Berry one though, so I might manage to give that one away 🙂
Claire Nelson says
I would keep Ginspiration and the Coffee one and share the rest around family.
Katrina Adams says
I would keep the Sally’s Cookie addiction because I am always baking and love trying new cookie recipes. I would give the Ginspiration to one of the girls I work with because she loves it. I would maybe split the rest between my best friends and sister because they all love cooking. Love these books though and it would be hard to part with them.
Kate Hackworthy says
I’d want to keep them all for myself, but I know someone the Geeky Chef would be perfect for!
nikki tucker says
i’d keep mary berry and share the rest with my sisters and sister in-laws
hayley pemberton says
i would keep mary berry and gift the rest to my sister in law who is a keen cook
Jacqueline Roberts says
I need all the inspiration I can get so I cherish all cook books
caroline tokes says
I would keep them all as I love cooking and baking and trying new things
Juli Savage says
I would keep Mary Berry’s Complete Cookbook and gift the Marley Coffee book to my sister
Lauren Fox says
I don’t want to give them away :p I want to keep them all hahaha maybe I will let my family borrow them instead 🙂 thanks xx
Bev B says
I’d give the Edge in the Kitchen one to my brother- he’s really into all his kitchen kit. The rest would be mine, all mine!
Linda Curtis says
brilliant i love cook books I would keep Mary Berry’s Complete Cookbook and give the other to my daughter in law
CRAIG AUSTIN says
Would keep them all. I Love cooking
sharon martin says
I’d keep Mary Berry and simple essentials christmas for myself and gift the others to my mum and lovely friends
Miss Tracy Hanson says
This is going to sound a bit weird but my x-bf’s wife is a chef and she would love AN EDGE N THE KITCHEN. As I have been round for coffee more times than I can remember, I would love to gift her that one. 🙂
Anouska says
I’d have to keep them all as I love cookbooks.
Kate Davies says
To be honest I’d keep them all as I’m not the greatest cook but I am trying to change that.