The cookbooks we never use


Updated on 18 January 2013 | 0 Comments

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

Gordon Ramsay’s 3 Star Chef

Yotam Ottolenghi’s Jerusalem

Gordon Ramsay’s Just Desserts

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?

Do you use your cookbooks? Vote in our poll below.

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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