Rick Stein's Cookery Course : Recipes and techniques from a lifetime in the kitchen - Rick Stein

Rick Stein's Cookery Course : Recipes and techniques from a lifetime in the kitchen - Rick Stein

Rick Stein

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Published 29 October 2026

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  • Pages · 432 pages
  • Publication Date · 29/10/2026
  • Genre · Cooking with specific gadgets
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Rick Stein has been cooking, and inspiring food lovers, for over 60 years. Now he's going right back to the basics. With 150 classic recipes and photographed step-by-step techniques, Rick Stein's Cookery Course brings together a lifetime of cooking expertise into one essential volume. In this book Rick looks back on the essential recipes and techniques he returns to again and again. With chapters focusing on main ingredients - eggs & dairy, vegetables, fish & shellfish, meat & poultry, rice & grains - this is his most extensive book yet. It features recipes big and small, each one accompanied by insightful tips and personal anecdotes from one of Britain's best-loved chefs.

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