- a variation of cookbook.
cookery book
Britishnoun
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"Spice is the key," says UK TV chef and cookery book writer Parveen Ashraf - also known as the "Spice Queen".
From BBC ● Mar. 29, 2023
In the last recession I did a cookery book called "Save with Jamie" and "Money Saving Meals."
From Salon ● Jan. 18, 2023
In the 1675 cookery book The Queen-like Closet, author Hannah Woolley describes a suet pastry case, filled with butter, boiled in a pudding cloth and served with fruit.
From BBC ● May 19, 2018
Either way, this was my official introduction to the cookery book and, since she wouldn’t allow anyone in the kitchen as she cooked or arranged her table, I’d spend hours reading them.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 3, 2015
A small treasure of a book hidden inside a big common one—like...spells printed on dragonfly wings, discovered tucked inside a cookery book, right between the recipes for cabbages and corn.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
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