Jan Arkless tells you all the things you need to know if you are away from home and cooking for yourself for the first time. From scrambled eggs and frying sausages right up to cooking a Sunday lunch or a splendid curry. There are also plenty of vegetarian dishes. Packed full of recipe ideas as well as giving the reader a grounding in the food groups, ingredients and store cupboard essentials. The reader will learn how to cook with confidence and realise that they don't need to spend their budget on expensive takeaways.
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Quick and easy meals for first-time cooks
Just when you thought food came straight from the kitchen on a plate you discover that it needs cooking first - and there's no-one around to tell you how!
Just when you thought food came straight from the kitchen on a plate you discover that it needs cooking first - and there's no-one around to tell you how!
Well, there's no need to starve, nor to blow all your money on expensive takeaways. Simply grab this book and head for the cooker with confidence.
Jan Arkless tells you all the things you need to know - from how to scramble eggs and fry sausages right up to cooking Sunday lunch or a splendid curry! And she knows just what needs explaining too because she did it for her own children when they went off to University.
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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.
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32 of 32 people found the following review helpful
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I bought this book when I first moved out of home into digs in 1992! Little did I realise how much I would use it, and I still use it now when I need to know the most basic of things (after 12 years of living on my own, there are still plenty of things I don't know how to do in the kitchen, even tho' I love cooking!).
My copy is now so battered, so when I found my little sister was moving into her own place for the first time, I had to buy her a copy. What a bargain and what an investment - buy it!
14 of 14 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Does not assume you know anything! The book is the best money spent ever!! Even what other cook books would class as basic knowledge is explained - I'm not a student (I just cannot cook) and bought this book on recommendation from a friend, the best recommendation I have ever acted upon. Things explained such as basic cheese sauce, spag bol and everything that I always thought I would need to buy in packets/jars are easily made. The only downside is a lack of pictures but directions are so simple you do not need to see what it is supposed to look like, it just looks like it! An amazing buy - buy it for yourself and then you will want to buy it and hand it out to everyone you meet!!
26 of 27 people found the following review helpful
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Format:Paperback
A really useful guide to complete beginners. Jan Arkless can make tinned (CHEAP!) meat taste good in a recipe. I especially recommend the shepherds pie.
If you're looking for a way to learn and you're on a shoe string this is the book to start with definately! Worth getting!
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Student Grub
Good book but dont make the mistake I made and buy How To Boil An Egg by same auther as the books contain the same recipies.
Published 16 months ago by Taffy
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This book has proved to be very useful for both our children at university, they don't just eat sandwiches and noodles.
Published 19 months ago by k33fee
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This book tells students how to cook the most basic of food eg a boiled egg, through to more elaborate meals for entertaining. Read more
Published on 11 April 2011 by liaha
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I purchased this for my son going away to University who has found this a very well explained & simple to use and fun to learn for himself.
Published on 18 Oct 2010 by jody
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Bought this cook book for my teenager grandson who want to learn how to cook. Iwas impressed as it has uncomplicated recipes which are easy to follow,which my grandson found he... Read more
Published on 31 Aug 2010 by twister
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An excellent book for first-time cooks away from home. Covers meals from easy basic recipes through to being a bit more adventurous, with cost and nutrition in mind. Read more
Published on 5 May 2010 by Esm Hughes
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Ok
Whilst there are plenty of recipes in this book, and lots of simple cooking advice, it is presented in the most inaccessible, boring way. Read more
Published on 18 April 2010 by Hett
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students ...... cooking?
Not yet tried this book as it's a present for my daughter when she goes off to Uni - hopefully she will use it!! - recipes look ok.
Published on 29 Mar 2010 by Lynlinrac
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I bought this for my son when he started university Its not quite what he required as he prefers the more meat and two veg type meals It would be good for someone who has no... Read more
Published on 6 Mar 2010 by Julie Beardmore
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Timeless and Brilliant!
Like another reviewer, I bought my copy years ago, possibly AFTER leaving university, but still use it regularly now because it's such a great reference guide for cooking simple... Read more
Published on 16 Feb 2010 by K. Andrews
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