The cookbooks we never use
We own an average of 10 cookbooks each, but never open nearly half of them, says a new survey.
We might own a lot of cookbooks, but we’re not using them according to new research.
A survey by Italian food brand Sacla’ found that the average British adult owns 10 cookbooks but, of these, nearly half have never been used.
And most of us only cook one recipe a month from the cookbooks we do use.
Apparently the main reason for giving our cookbooks the cold shoulder is because they’re intimidating. Expensive and difficult to source ingredients were also major reasons why certain cookbooks were given a wide berth.
The worst and best cookbooks
The following books were mostly likely to be left on the shelf to gather dust:
Heston Blumenthal’s In Search of Perfection
Marcus Wareing’s How to Cook the Perfect…
At the other end of the spectrum, Jamie Oliver, Delia Smith and Nigella Lawson were cited as the chefs with the most user-friendly cookbooks.
How often do you use yours?
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It's good news for us here at lovefood - over half of Brits say that they prefer to find quick and simple recipes online. Editor Andrew Webb investigated the future of the cookbook last summer for BBC Radio 4 – you can read his article on what he discovered here.
What's your favourite cookbook and why do you love it? Let us know in the Comments section below.
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