The 21 Cookery Books That Should Be in Every Home

Jamie Oliver's Everyday Super Food is a really accessible way to make healthy dishes packed with goodness.

If you've got a sweet tooth, who better to get cake tips from than the former Great British Bake Off judge? Learn all in Mary Berry's Baking Bible.

Dan Toombs is The Curry Guy, and he'll show you how to recreate British Indian Restaurant recipes. You'll soon be throwing away the takeaway menus.

Lorraine Pascale's Home Cooking Made Easy is perfect for learning how to make classic comfort dishes like shepherd's pie.

Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall's River Cottage Much More Veg will give you the inspiration to make dozens of plant-based vegan recipes.

Nigella Lawson has released lots of excellent cookbooks, but you can't beat How To Be A Domestic Goddess: Baking and the Art of Comfort Cooking for a modern classic.

Rick Stein has branched out into different areas of food now, but he's still the don when it comes to fish. Learn from the master with Rick Stein's Seafood.

Davina McCall is leading the charge in sugar-free eating with a trio of books. Her second installment, Davina's Sugar-Free in a Hurry is perfect for those of us who need fast recipes.

The silver fox from GBBO is the man to learn about loaves from, in his tome Paul Hollywood's Bread.

Having a Delia Smith cookbook by your side is essentially the next best thing to having your mum permanently installed in your kitchen, telling you what to do. Get the Complete Cookery Course for a thorough guide.

Or if you prefer your cookery lessons with a side of swearing, then go for Gordon Ramsay's Ultimate Cookery Course.

Whether you're a fan of her blog or new to her work, Deliciously Ella is a cookbook worth having if you want to cook sugar-free, dairy-free, and gluten-free recipes.

Sweet by Yotam Ottolenghi and Helen Goh will take your baking to the next level, with exotic ingredients and spices thrown into the mix.

Those of us who watch Made in Chelsea will have heard Tiff Watson mention (about 50-bajillion times) that her family were opening a vegan restaurant. Well big sis Lucy Watson is doing very well in that arena, with her cookbook, Feed Me Vegan, a number one bestseller in Amazon's vegetarian and vegan cooking department. It's even a best vegan cookbook winner in the PETA Vegan Food Awards 2017.

Most of us first heard about molecular gastronomy thanks to Heston Blumenthal, and if you fancy a go at scientific cooking, get a copy of In Search of Perfection, where he reinvents kitchen classics.

Learn how to cook your favourite dishes from the Japanese restaurant chain with The Wagamama Cookbook.

Simple: Effortless Food, Big Flavours by Diana Henry is a great starting point for anyone who wants easy recipes for everyday deliciousness.

Do away with your takeaway menus and learn how to make your favourite dishes with Chinese Food Made Easy by Ching-He Huang.

They've been all over the world and written cookbooks about their adventures, but when you think of Dave Myers and Si King, you can't help but picture British classics, which is what you'll get in The Hairy Bikers' Perfect Pies.

MasterChef winner and Wahaca cofounder Thomasina Miers shows you how to do it at home with Mexican Food Made Simple.

Before he lost lots of weight and started writing inspiring diet books, Tom was teaching us how to make those classic comfort dishes in Tom Kerridge's Proper Pub Food.