The latest edition is packed with even more inspiring dishes together with a brand new "quick and easy" section which even the novice baker can follow. First published in 1923, and now in its 41st edition, the "Be-Ro" recipe book is arguably one of the best-selling cookery books ever, with more than thirty eight million copies having been sold.

By rejecting non-essential cookies, Reddit may still use certain cookies to ensure the proper functionality of our platform. While the books ignite a feeling of nostalgia in some people – the recipes are backdated as the technology we use, the science of cooking at more advanced recipes are more appealing to modern bakers and cooks. Chocolate cakes and things that are a bit different, I often use my “All Cakes Considered” book which is a US book I bought in SF.

If you were poking around in your mum or grandmas kitchen at any point of the 19th century, you’d probably come across a Be-Ro cooking book.

Although the one star was for the Dick Turpin who has these up on here at a daylight-robbery extortion and not for the Be-ro recipe book itself. How lucky to have such an early one, they are probably quite rare, being nearly a hundred years old. You would have to apply to join the group but there are hundreds of members so someone might be able to help!They never change a great deal from one book to another so I'd say it's a 50/50 thing if you want to upgrade (mine's been repaired so many times there's more repair than book). So many people swear by the Be-Ro book, I think it's because it doesn't just assume that you know all the terms and explains things. No idea on the difference in the recipes now, but I grew up cooking with this book and we always just used to completely interchange marg and butter (if it was for a special occasion/bake sale we'd always use butter).

History like this should always be preserved, especially something like this which has recorded changes in food trends for a century now. Bitte beachten Sie: Auf Grund der vorgegebenen Versandkosten von AbeBooks / ZVAB kann es bei Büchern über 1 kg oder bei mehrbändigen Werken zu höheren Versandkosten kommen. Millions of people would have to double their incomes to escape financial hardship, says anti-poverty charity Joseph Rowntree Foundation in a new report published today. When Be-Ro released their self-raising flour in 1923, the recipe book was given out for free to help lower-income families create meals with the flour and raise its popularity (plain flour was the main choice in the early 1900s).I have had my 39th edition since the early 90s and can find the recipes I use most often very easily, the pages stick together! The books are still produced today and are in its 41st edition – but they are nowhere near as popular as they were. I can't work out how to rotate the picture for easier viewing, it was only yesterday I learned how to use a QR code when I went out for lunch and that was how you joined the queue and looked at the menu.