Delicious Delights: Part Two of the Top Essential Cookbooks For Your Shelf

With the hundreds of cookbooks being released year after year it's hard to figure out what cookbooks provide us with the right information and are the best for tips and recipes. But never fear, we've done the hard work for you.

We've compiled a selection some of the best books on cuisine out there and that'll get you cooking up a storm in no time.

Here's part two of our essential cookbook list.

1) Larousse Gastronomique edited by Prosper Montagné

If there's one book we'd recommend above the rest if would be this one. Larousse Gastronomique is not just a cookbook but an encylcopedia of cuisine highlighting the best of French food and cooking techniques. There are various editions of the book but it really is fantastic insight to gastronomy.

2) The Silver Spoon Cooking by Phaidon

 

Another important book for the shelf, The Silver Spoon is one of the most influential food books from the past 50 years and is regarded as the bible of Italian food.

3) Catalan Cuisine by Colman Andrews

 

A must-read: Colman Andrews explores Europe's great culinary traditions with a style of cooking that the average cook might not be familiar with. If you love food and love adventures this one's for you.

4) How to Eat by Nigella Lawson

The queen of food porn Nigella Lawson brings togther a great selection of recipes and tips that are incredibly accessible to the average cook.

5) Japanese Cooking by Shizuo Tsuji

This innovative book changed the way the world viewed Japanese cooking and elevated it to be regarded as haute cuisine.

6) The Complete Robouchon by Joel Robouchon

More than 800 precise, easy-to-follow recipes from one of the true masters of the culinary world. What more could you want?

7) Great Dishes of the World by Robert Carrier

Published in the 1960s, this book houses over 550 recipes from around the world ranging from classic French cuisine to simple Oriental stir-fries to much much more.

8) Kitchen Diaries by Nigel Slater

Nigel Slater has that wonderful ability unlike many of the chefs and home cooks out there, to really tell the story of loving and working with food. His Kitchen Diaries are inspiring to read. '‘The food in “The Kitchen Diaries” is simply what I eat at home" he says.

9) Classic Chinese Cookbook Yan Kit So

No more reliance on Chinese takeaways! Yan-Kit So teaches you how to chop, slice, stir-fry, steam, roast and create amazing and fantastic authentic Chinese food.

10) A Taste of Ireland in Food and Pictures by Theodora Fitzgibbon

Not just a cookery book but a selection of great traditional Irish recipes and old Irish photographs. A clever combination for the home cook. 

Interested in adding even more to your collection? Part One of our top list can be found here.