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Delia's Frugal Food | 
 enlarge | Author: Delia Smith
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
Category: Book
List Price: £17.99
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Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 58
Media: Hardcover
Pages: 256
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.9
Dimensions (in): 9.5 x 7.2 x 1.1
ISBN: 034091856X
EAN: 9780340918562
ASIN: 034091856X
Publication Date: October 30, 2008 (New: Last 30 Days)
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Welcome makeover for cheap and cheerful classic November 22, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
"Frugal Food" was the first cookbook that I bought. That was 25 years ago. Since then, my (much-used) paperback copy has fallen apart and gone to the great recycling plant in the sky.
It's good, then, to find, not only a new edition, but one that's been updated to take account of changes in what we eat and how we cook. Lard and dripping have been replaced by ground nut oil and you don't even have to make your own pastry - frozen is fine. Good, too, that this has been issued as a hardback: paperback cookery books were never a good idea.
The recipes are basically the same as before - good food made from ingredients that won't break the bank - simple enough for students, ordinary enough for the family and good enough to serve to friends.
Although the emphasis is on economy, there's more than a hint of comfort food here that will not go amiss as the recession deepens and the thermometer falls. Beef in cider - yum - I can hardly wait.
A great classic! November 19, 2008
15 out of 16 found this review helpful
I have been using this book since it was first published and my old copy fell apart some years ago, forcing me to search for another copy which I managed to do via Amazon. Since then, guess what, Frugal Food has suddenly come into it's own, with a whole new edition!!
I use this book all the time for good homely reliable recipes - just look at all the things you can do with a pound of sausages, and every receipe a winner - you will not regret buying this book at all!!
worth the risk, possibly November 13, 2008
0 out of 61 found this review helpful
i suppose in these days when we are supposed to be feeling the pinch, expected to eat leftovers and are bullied into recycling, the tonic that we all need is delia smith's reissue of "frugal food". i haven't read it, but if it's anything like the last one she did - add sainsbury's tinned chickpeas to asda's dogfood for a lovely, economical stew - then it's a book i can definitely do without. having said that, it's probably a great little number, reminiscent of the days before saint delia sold out, a prospect that makes me want to risk buying it.
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