The Constance Spry Cookery Book by Constance Spry and Rosemary Hume

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Suemal on March 27, 2026

I mostly learnt to cook from this book in the 1970s. It was a step up from my mother’s Good Housekeeping 1950s cookbook. It’s a classic. Just about everything about French style cooking for an English household. Very few pictures, just page after page of recipes, a bible of cooking.
AlexB007 on January 26, 2025

I have the 1960 reprint that I inherited from my Grandmother. Slightly faded dark red hardback with just the gold central image. No text on the front cover. Still lovely to own.
Shelmar on July 20, 2022

I have UK Edition (with slip case) published by Grub Street (www.grubstreet.co.uk) in 2013 ISBN 9781909166219
celialemos on March 24, 2021

Newer UK Edition (with slip case) published by Grub Street (www.grubstreet.co.uk) in 2013 ISBN 9781909166219
Cati on June 17, 2017

My copy is 1958 edition, hardcover reprinted by The Reprint Society. Was given to me by my mother who bought it from Constance Spry who was conducting a floral arrangement course in Sydney in 1958. Has the original recipe for Coronation Chicken which you often see now but never attributed to her.
rees.linda on January 15, 2015

I have a 1956 edition. Quite foxed and faded on edges but doesn't affect reading. Plain green board cover. Illustrated. Bought secondhand for £12.75 and I love it. So old fashioned and interesting, contains so much information in a nice readable style. J.M.DENT publisher. Will take someone an age to index, so much in it.

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First published in 1956, this cookbook includes nearly 2,000 recipes covering every dish, from poached eggs to petits fours.

Average rating of 4.5 by 2 people