Mary Berry's Complete Cookbook: Family Favourites with Perfect Results Every Time

Bought this classic for my 12 year old grandson - really educational unlike many "celeb" cookbooks (except Delia!). You can tell Mary Berry has done a lot of teaching and her instructions are clear and detailed. He loves it and it's in good condition.

The book is enormous, covers everything. But was damaged due to poor packaging

Good recipes

Recipes that work with pictures! Love Mary Berry!

Delivered quicker than expected very happy with purchase

Well, what can I say? Mary just fails to let me down with just about every recipe I have tried in this book. It is packed with lots of traditional recipes which are great to feed the family - often leaving plenty for the following day's meal. I particularly love her classic lasagne (never again will I be buying the jarred stuff to create lasagne!!), the lime tray bake, not to mention her sausage bake. There are also plenty of healthy salad options too so it's not all heavy on traditional cooking.When I bought this book I wasn't looking for a baking book as such, but a good all rounder. It's perfect for just about everything I want to turn my hand to and not just a baking book of cakes although there are plenty of recipes for those too.So why not give it 5 stars then. Well, my biggest frustration is the way that many of the recipes have been written, but this is really nit picking. Ideally, if an oven needs to be pre-heated, I would expect this to be stated at the start of the recipe and not mid way through: Most recipes I read from other authors do this. Also, with the sausage bake, the recipe says to layer x,y,z ingredients which I do, then do this, then that, and then it tells you to go back and put other ingredients between the layers! It's just a little sloppy I think, and although most readers would go through and read the recipe in its entirety and finally create the recipe, I, like ,many others, would probably make the recipe up as they are reading it line by line. Okay, that's enough of the moaning. With a little forward planning or reading, this is a cracking book at a bargain price of £10.00. I've just bought a second copy for my sister for Xmas. It won't let you down, so do give it a try!

Always turn to this book, success every time.

I love this book use it time and time again , every recipe is explained so well