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Mary Berry's Complete Cookbook
Voted No. 1 IndyBest Celebrity Cookbook
Your favourite TV chef, Mary Berry, is back! Her classic recipe book is updated and filled with hundreds of delicious dishes and easy step-by-step instructions so you can make the perfect dish every time!
"It's easy to see why this book has already sold over one million copies. This is a new, updated edition of an old favourite, and we love how comprehensive it is." IndyBest
Inside the pages of this updated Mary Berry cookbook, you'll find:
- More than 650 recipes, each with a photo of the finished dish, as well as over 300 variations, techniques, and tips
- Mary offers her trusted guidance in more than 40 pages of illustrated step-by-step techniques
- "Cook's know-how" sections provide additional insight into hundreds of recipes and ingredients, making it easy to cook every meal to perfection
- A new and updated version with a fresh new design and stunning new images!
Mary Berry's Complete Cookbook is back and looking better than ever! Now with a stunning photograph of every recipe, you can explore over 650 delicious recipes and create beautiful meals at home. This compendium is filled with Mary's special tips, tricks, and cooking techniques, making it ideal for everyone from kitchen novices to confident cooks!
It's the tried and tested recipe collection that no kitchen should be without!
Page through Mary Berry's recipes and be inspired by all the gorgeous food you can create using foolproof step-by-step instructions. This large recipe book has something for everyone - traditional dishes, family favourites, and classic Mary Berry recipes.
These tried and tested Mary Berry recipes include mouth-watering dishes for family and friends no matter the occasion, including hummus, paella, dairy-free lasagne, prawn, tacos, chicken pot pie, English roast beef, croissants, cherry cheesecake, and knock-out baking recipes, such as her best-ever chocolate brownies!
Perfect for everyday cooks, baking enthusiasts, and Mary Berry fans alike, Mary Berry's Complete Cookbook is the crowning glory of every cook's shelf.
Your favourite TV chef, Mary Berry, is back! Her classic recipe book is updated and filled with hundreds of delicious dishes and easy step-by-step instructions so you can make the perfect dish every time!
"It's easy to see why this book has already sold over one million copies. This is a new, updated edition of an old favourite, and we love how comprehensive it is." IndyBest
Inside the pages of this updated Mary Berry cookbook, you'll find:
- More than 650 recipes, each with a photo of the finished dish, as well as over 300 variations, techniques, and tips
- Mary offers her trusted guidance in more than 40 pages of illustrated step-by-step techniques
- "Cook's know-how" sections provide additional insight into hundreds of recipes and ingredients, making it easy to cook every meal to perfection
- A new and updated version with a fresh new design and stunning new images!
Mary Berry's Complete Cookbook is back and looking better than ever! Now with a stunning photograph of every recipe, you can explore over 650 delicious recipes and create beautiful meals at home. This compendium is filled with Mary's special tips, tricks, and cooking techniques, making it ideal for everyone from kitchen novices to confident cooks!
It's the tried and tested recipe collection that no kitchen should be without!
Page through Mary Berry's recipes and be inspired by all the gorgeous food you can create using foolproof step-by-step instructions. This large recipe book has something for everyone - traditional dishes, family favourites, and classic Mary Berry recipes.
These tried and tested Mary Berry recipes include mouth-watering dishes for family and friends no matter the occasion, including hummus, paella, dairy-free lasagne, prawn, tacos, chicken pot pie, English roast beef, croissants, cherry cheesecake, and knock-out baking recipes, such as her best-ever chocolate brownies!
Perfect for everyday cooks, baking enthusiasts, and Mary Berry fans alike, Mary Berry's Complete Cookbook is the crowning glory of every cook's shelf.
544 pages, Hardcover
First published August 24, 1995
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About the author
Mary Berry
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Mary Berry is an English food writer and television presenter. After being encouraged in domestic science classes at school, she went to college to study catering. She then moved to France at the age of 21 to study at Le Cordon Bleu school, before working in a number of cooking-related jobs.
She has published more than seventy cookery books (her first being The Hamlyn All Colour Cookbook in 1970) and hosted several television series for the BBC and Thames Television. Berry is an occasional contributor to Woman's Hour and Saturday Kitchen. She has been a judge on the BBC One (originally BBC Two) television programme The Great British Bake Off since its launch in 2010.
Mary Berry is an English food writer and television presenter. After being encouraged in domestic science classes at school, she went to college to study catering. She then moved to France at the age of 21 to study at Le Cordon Bleu school, before working in a number of cooking-related jobs.
She has published more than seventy cookery books (her first being The Hamlyn All Colour Cookbook in 1970) and hosted several television series for the BBC and Thames Television. Berry is an occasional contributor to Woman's Hour and Saturday Kitchen. She has been a judge on the BBC One (originally BBC Two) television programme The Great British Bake Off since its launch in 2010.
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October 29, 2024
Un sacco di ricette! Ben scritte, e descritte. Sono divise per portata e per "ingrediente/tipologia di cibo". Le dosi degli ingredienti sembrano corrette, sono indicate le calorie per porzione o porzione e ogni ricetta ha una sua immagine. Fantastica è bla descrizione di alcune delle tecniche più comuni, illustrate all' inizio di ogni capitolo.
Mary berry é davvero una certezza!
Mary berry é davvero una certezza!
April 22, 2019
I bet even Britain's 'Mary, Queen of Cakes' will be surprised to learn she's become the star attraction of Jewish social media threads during the current 2019 Passover week.
This time, though,it's not because of a no-fail cake recipe, but because of a non-dairy vegetable lasagne that is suitable year-round for a kosher diet and that I altered to make it appropriate for the traditional 'seder' dinner by substituting pasta strips with matza sheets. I softened these slightly without soaking them by passing them through running cold tap water before placing them on the dish.
Any readers here interested in having a go, either with pasta or matza. wil find the original recipe in the vegetarian section of this whopping cookey encyclopedia - always a pleasure to use.
This time, though,it's not because of a no-fail cake recipe, but because of a non-dairy vegetable lasagne that is suitable year-round for a kosher diet and that I altered to make it appropriate for the traditional 'seder' dinner by substituting pasta strips with matza sheets. I softened these slightly without soaking them by passing them through running cold tap water before placing them on the dish.
Any readers here interested in having a go, either with pasta or matza. wil find the original recipe in the vegetarian section of this whopping cookey encyclopedia - always a pleasure to use.
February 9, 2015
An excellent cookbook - quite classic but that's Mary Berry for you. A much beloved book in our household - the baking for me, the main dishes for my mother and the vegetarian section for my sister. There really is something for everyone in here. Earlier versions contained recipes using endangered fish, but thankfully they do not exist in my copy. My one criticism is that some of the recipes, especially baking ones, do not have photographs so relying on the description alone to create a shape, for example, can be slightly annoying.
September 18, 2014
The best cookbooks are those that are really tatty, because it means you use them regularly - and my version of this is in a terrible state.
December 10, 2014
One of the best all-round cookbooks to have on your shelves and use as a reference
November 1, 2016
This cookery book is opened on a weekly basis, love the recipes, always guaranteed to come out perfect, that's the Mary Berry's way!!!!
April 7, 2025
This picture does not match the book I read but her new book was wonderful!
February 7, 2022
Wow what a brilliant book!! I was bought this for christmas and although it's an old book, 2012 I think, it is just amazing.
It's a huge heavy book with tons of recipes divided into sections, and each of the sections has small photos for each of the recipes and that's before you actually get to the first recipe page of that section, then you get the bigger photos. There are just so many I want to cook, this is really a cook's bible. I think all those colour photos made it for me as well, nearly one for every recipe now that's a lot!
This will be replacing Mrs Beeton's cookbook for many home cooks, it has almost everything Mrs Beeton had in her book, which is still on my shelf, bit battered but it is incredibly old, was my mum's copy, also a lot of old greasy marks on the pages, bit offputting that really. And a lot of offal recipes though I doubt many will want to cook pigs brains today.
Excellent book and if there are parents out there who have students going on to university then this is the sum total of all those books you bought from waterstones but with a lot more in it!!
Hang on my copy is pink with two spoons on the front cover and a young looking Mary Berry with her hands in a flan. Same book though, mine must be the re-released version?
It's a huge heavy book with tons of recipes divided into sections, and each of the sections has small photos for each of the recipes and that's before you actually get to the first recipe page of that section, then you get the bigger photos. There are just so many I want to cook, this is really a cook's bible. I think all those colour photos made it for me as well, nearly one for every recipe now that's a lot!
This will be replacing Mrs Beeton's cookbook for many home cooks, it has almost everything Mrs Beeton had in her book, which is still on my shelf, bit battered but it is incredibly old, was my mum's copy, also a lot of old greasy marks on the pages, bit offputting that really. And a lot of offal recipes though I doubt many will want to cook pigs brains today.
Excellent book and if there are parents out there who have students going on to university then this is the sum total of all those books you bought from waterstones but with a lot more in it!!
Hang on my copy is pink with two spoons on the front cover and a young looking Mary Berry with her hands in a flan. Same book though, mine must be the re-released version?
March 31, 2013
I LOVE IT! WANT IT AS MINE! VERY informational and the recipes look so completely delicious. I need to choose a recipe and cook!!
June 8, 2014
Really good recipes, my favourite is the teriyaki beef.
April 3, 2024
Well worth the time spent reading thru this great, step-by-step cookbook. Some seriously old school recipes in here.
July 26, 2025
With over 650 recipes, this is the biggest ever cookbook from Britain's best-loved cookery writer that no kitchen should be without.
This updated edition of Mary's million-selling cookbook is the only Mary Berry book that you need. Every delicious recipe is accompanied by beautiful photography to inspire your cooking, with an eclectic mix of traditional dishes, exotic flavours, and classic Mary Berry recipes. Learn to make every type of dish, including soups, poultry, game, pies, desserts, cakes, and vegetarian favourites. Every enticing chapter starts with a know-how section to get you ready to cook and shows you Mary's trusted tips and tricks.
These tried and tested Mary Berry recipes include mouth-watering meals for family and friends no matter the occasion, including hummus, salmon roulade, prawn tacos, chicken pot pie, English roast beef, moussaka, dairy-free lasagne, croissants, key lime pie, and ginger snaps!
This updated edition of Mary's million-selling cookbook is the only Mary Berry book that you need. Every delicious recipe is accompanied by beautiful photography to inspire your cooking, with an eclectic mix of traditional dishes, exotic flavours, and classic Mary Berry recipes. Learn to make every type of dish, including soups, poultry, game, pies, desserts, cakes, and vegetarian favourites. Every enticing chapter starts with a know-how section to get you ready to cook and shows you Mary's trusted tips and tricks.
These tried and tested Mary Berry recipes include mouth-watering meals for family and friends no matter the occasion, including hummus, salmon roulade, prawn tacos, chicken pot pie, English roast beef, moussaka, dairy-free lasagne, croissants, key lime pie, and ginger snaps!
November 16, 2024
Extremely detailed recipes, plus photography that shows good examples of results make this a must-have book for both serious and amateur cooks who want a comprehensive cookbook from literally soup to dessert with chapters that include vegetables, rice, and an assortment of appetizers. Each section also contains excellent hints and step-by-step instructions on food preparation like how to debone or make pie crust over all the topics. The ebook version was easy to peruse and the color photography clear and informational. For readers who want instruction, reassurance, and basics to challenging recipes. I think that the baking portions of this cookbook duplicate many of Berry's specific baking cookbooks. For fans of Baking School from the King Arthur Baking School, Melissa Clark’s Dinner in One, and stalwarts like Betty Crocker.
November 28, 2024
Extensive Recipes!
What an extensive list of recipes; you can choose basic to gourmand depending on your skill level, and you can find something that you, your family, and friends will enjoy! I plan on making the Salmon Encroute and Mary's Fishcakes for Christmas, they look scrumptious! I am deciding which desserts to make for Christmas, they all look good. I highly recommend this cookbook! Thank you.
carolintallahassee
What an extensive list of recipes; you can choose basic to gourmand depending on your skill level, and you can find something that you, your family, and friends will enjoy! I plan on making the Salmon Encroute and Mary's Fishcakes for Christmas, they look scrumptious! I am deciding which desserts to make for Christmas, they all look good. I highly recommend this cookbook! Thank you.
carolintallahassee
February 1, 2025
10/10. Picked this up at the library but am considering buying my own copy. I’m a super fan of Great British Baking Show. The 2024 American edition of this book is absolutely fantastic. The photography is spectacular. Recipes for all levels of cooking. Anyone who likes to cook, wants to like to cook, or likes to eat would love this book.
November 23, 2018
What's not to like about this? It's Mary Berry and there are so many recipes it's hard to know where to start.
There were more offal recipes than I really needed, but plenty of other mouth-watering ideas.
There were more offal recipes than I really needed, but plenty of other mouth-watering ideas.
January 2, 2020
Perfect Christmas Book. Love it........I know I will be creating many of these wonderful dishes in the future.
February 22, 2022
Excellent cook book with phots and tips for each recipe . A bible cookbook to own I use it a lot.
February 9, 2023
Ah absolute cookery bible. I consult Mary most months and so many popular recipes are included in this book. A must have!
May 8, 2024
love love love
August 19, 2024
Excellent to start cooking with vegan food, to share meals with non vegan people.
I cooked a lot of pastries, savory pastries.
I started using it in 1996, then I bought it in 2004
I cooked a lot of pastries, savory pastries.
I started using it in 1996, then I bought it in 2004
June 17, 2025
Fairly standard. Some of the usual funny UK foibles. Lots of their lovely baked goods that I'd love to try.
October 19, 2024
Always fabulous food, clearly written instructions. Another can't miss cookbook.
August 13, 2024
A master work from everyone's favorite baker. She has included a wide variety of recipes surrounded by beautiful photography and best of all, each chapter contains mini pictures of each recipe, a sort of visual table of contents! Worth the read, but be prepared to spend a lot of time with this book to soak up the joy from all 650 recipes!
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
July 31, 2010
I use this book almost everyday! Well, maybe every week, lol. It is definitely one of my favorites. The recipes featured are simple and delicious, and they offer such a wonderful variety!
December 8, 2013
good quality recipes but quite old fashioned.
September 25, 2015
Lovely book. Lovely photographs. Lovely food. This book has been my kitchen guide for many years now. I can't imagine life without it. Highly recommended.
December 14, 2016
excellent cook book, I am constantly referring to it to find recipes.
April 24, 2022
Mary Berry Complete Cookbook
Excellent Cookbook with Helpful hints 👌🏿
Very instructive and well documented,
Well thought out ,
A must for the kitchen and Cooks library....
Excellent Cookbook with Helpful hints 👌🏿
Very instructive and well documented,
Well thought out ,
A must for the kitchen and Cooks library....
February 20, 2025
Queen Berry ❤️
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