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Authors: Jean Patterson, Danae Campbell
Publisher: Barron's Educational Series
Category: Book

List Price: ~~$14.95~~
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Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars

16 reviews
Sales Rank: 53053

Media: Spiral-bound
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 160
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 8.9 x 7.3 x 0.7

ISBN: 0764124951
Dewey Decimal Number: 641.5
UPC: 027011024955
EAN: 9780764124952
ASIN: 0764124951

Publication Date: March 1, 2004
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Editorial Reviews:

Product Description
College kids living on their own for the first time are startled to realize that now they have to cook for themselves. This attractive spiral-bound book is exactly what they need, serving up easy recipes and basic cooking methods for beginners. The resulting meals are nutritious and appetizing, more healthful and less expensive than relying on the local pizza parlor or Burger King every time hunger pangs strike. Practical advice and helpful tips instruct busy college kids on everything from food and equipment shopping and sharing a kitchen to scrambling an egg and preparing a complete, well-balanced meal. Recipes are divided into these general categories:

Munchies * Breakfast * Main Courses * Pasta and Rice * Soups * Veggies and Salads * Desserts *

Munchies include a great array of snacks and finger foods, from garlicky humus to pizza-flavored popcorn. Breakfast recipes include egg dishes, French toast, pancakes, and others. Main courses range from simple grilled sandwiches to more ambitious entrees like roasted chicken with lemon and herbs. Vegetarian dishes include tasty Portobello mushrooms with garlic mayonnaise, pan-fried Asian dumplings with dipping sauce, couscous and veggie salad, and many others. Among the dessert recipes are instructions for making brownies, cookies, chocolate cake, apple crisp, and a remarkably easy pumpkin pie. Recipes come with a special trouble-shooting and mistake-avoiding feature called Don't Let This Happen to You. Attractive line illustrations and a handy index help make this book a godsend for hungry college kids. Makes a good high school graduation gift!

Customer Reviews: Read 11 more reviews...

5 out of 5 stars

cookbook review August 31, 2008
This is a great book for college students. There are recipes they will actually make and eat

3 out of 5 stars

For beginners? Not really. April 23, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful

This visually appealing book - the coil binding is great - has some great recipes, but not for beginners. Real beginners will not be making Asian Dumpling Soup or Fettuccine Alfredo, unless it comes frozen on a microwavable dish covered in plastic. Beginners want to know how to scramble and boil eggs, make buttered noodles, and BLTs. Beginners tend to buy their ingredients at the Gas N' Sip on the way home from class. So, change the book's audience description to the sophisticated, middle level cook, who is now ready to throw dinner parties for her future in-laws or her fellow book club members. This book gets higher marks as an intermediate cookbook and, in that context, it is quite nice.
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2 out of 5 stars

Practically useless for the average student! October 25, 2007
12 out of 16 found this review helpful

I bought this for my daughter who has almost no time to cook and is on a tight budget. What college student just happens to have a bag of avocadoes, asian dumplings, or fresh basil leaves lying around? The recipes in here are strong on the hippie vegetarian San Francisco side rather than the "top ramen" quick fix side. What a college student really needs is ideas of what to do with NORMAL ingredients and items that can be stocked without going bad. This book may be better for someone who actually has some interest in the "art" of cooking rather than just getting something on the healthy side in your stomach quickly. I guess I will keep looking for a true college student cookbook.

4 out of 5 stars

not for serious cookers... August 11, 2007
2 out of 8 found this review helpful

if you already know your way around the kitchen, this book is not for you. Its for dumb college kids who have never cooked for themselves before. If you already know how to make grilled cheese sandwiches and egg mcmuffins you can spring for something more advanced.

4 out of 5 stars

A simple guide to getting you on your way towards being a master chef.. well maybe June 5, 2007
5 out of 5 found this review helpful

I didn't get this when I went away to college. I'm going on my third year and this is also the first year I have to start cooking all my meals. I got this book for the how-to on simple everyday things that I think every kid/teenager/young adult should know about cooking. I've used it a few times already, mostly just to consult with and build off of. I do think it will always serve as a good reference or for those nights when I want something different I know I can always open it up and find something new that isn't complicated and doesn't call for too many ingredients. Overall I would definitely recommend this book. For once I'm not reading a recipe and going "what's that ingredient?" I'm more comfortable being able to check things like whether or not I need butter/oil in the pan to cook french toast and other such simple things that the experienced cook doesn't even think about. A very good guide to get you started.

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