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Ellie’s Kitchen is a top UK food blog dedicated to delicious recipes, food news, kitchen gadgets and reviews. This article first appeared on Ellie’s Kitchen<\/a>\u00a0and is shared as written by her. See more of the Food & Drink Awards.<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Cookbooks are something I take real pleasure in reading, not just for ideas and inspiration but also to pick up new techniques and familiarise myself with basically recipes to be able to adapt. It\u2019s often not just the recipes in a book that can inspire you but the blurbs and passionate prologues written by the chef, baker or TV personality themselves can also fuel your passion in a particular foodie field.<\/p>\n It was because of my love for cookbooks that I decided too add a Best Cook Book category to my Food&Drink awards! Here are the three entrants!<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\nWith so many cookbooks on the shelves it\u2019s often hard to know which ones to go for, and if you\u2019re anything like me you\u2019ll pick the books written by TV chefs or the ones with the pretty covers. This method of picking often doesn\u2019t leave you with much variety or choice and sometimes we can get stuck in our way and not really experience the best of what is on offer.<\/h2>\n