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Subject: Re: Student Cookbook Recommendation Wanted
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Date: Thu, 13-Jun-85 19:21:58 EDT
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Posted: Thu Jun 13 19:21:58 1985
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>    My son has gone away to college and is living in an apartment with a
> kitchen, and has been sending me requests like 'How do you cook this or that?'
> I'd like to get him a cookbook, but I haven't yet found one I like in the
> bookstores - they're either specialty books or immense. I found one that
> was written for students but it assumed a lot of knowledge that I don't know
> if my son has, (eg., I think he can chop onions without chopping fingers,but
> a cutting board makes it more certain).
>    The book I want would have clear instructions and descriptions of basic
> kitchen techniques (and advice on buying supplies too), written for the
> intelligent but inexperienced adult who just wants to get the job done
> (ie. not for a child or the hobbyist who likes cooking for its own sake)
> and it would have recipes suitable for one person.
>    Please reply by mail - if I get a list, I'll summarize it for the net.
>      
>                                          --Carolyn J. Clark
>      

Carolyn:

EVERYTHING (!) you asked for above is in a paperback entitled:

          "The Starving Students Cookbook" by Dede Napoli
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Published by:
     EZ COOKIN' BOOK CO.
     9925 Currant Ave.
     Fountain Valley, Calif.  92708

It's good and includes basic, nutritious recipes.

     Ed Baldwin, Burlington, N.C.    ihnp4!burl!egb OR akgua!burl!egb
	(Courtesy of wife, Betsy)