How to Boil an Egg: ... And 184 Other Simple Recipes for One (Right Way S.) [Paperback]

A brand new edition of the book that has life-time sales of 230,000 copies. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

How to boil an egg - and how to poach, scramble or fry it! The book shows the novice cook all the things that other cookery books assume you know: how to prepare vegetables, how to get all the elements of a meal ready to eat at the same time, and so on. It takes you from the very basic basics right through to the mysteries of 'Sunday Lunch'.

If you don't consider yourself a cook, this book is for you!
It tells you how to boil an egg - and how to poach, scramble or fry it; it tells you how to prepare vegetables; it tells you about different meats; it tells you how to get all the elements of a meal ready to eat at the same time.

In fact, it tells you all the things that other cookery books assume you know.

More than that, it takes you from the very basic basics right through to the mysteries of "Sunday Lunch". So, although most of the recipes are designed to feed one, there is scope for entertaining too, as you get more confident about your abilities in the kitchen.

For those cooking on their own for the first time - for whatever reason - it is the cookery adviser at your elbow.

Jan Arkless is a qualified teacher of Home Economics who taught in Secondary and Special schools. Jan began writing as a career and pastime which could be indulged in whenever time was available. Jan soon decided that she preferred writing to teaching, and has since written several successful Right Way titles on cookery and weddings. Jan lives in Oxford, England, with her husband, Bill, and has four grown up children. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.