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 Only for student millionaires... November 17, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Granted, this book has some nice recipes BUT most of the recipes require LOADS of ingredients, with as many herbs and spices as you can shake 20 at!
(oh and the cheap eats sections is a joke in itself!)
Also, most of the meals are for 4 people and take about 40 minutes to cook, why? student mealtime averages out to be at 2-3am, not family dinner time at all!
Good book, but they need a pinch of common sense and a sprinkle of budget
 easy and cheap vege cooking October 11, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
It's one of my very fav cookbooks. here is why:
1) It doesn't assume any previous cooking knowledge, doesn't use jargon and gives very clear instructions.
2) most of ingredients are easy to get or you may even have them in your cupboards already.
3) includes information on time required to make a given dish, number of servings and how difficult it is to make.
4) recipies are very easy locate in the book. they are grouped into chapters with a "theme", eg. oriental, italian and so on. you can also find vegetarian ways of making our familiar dishes. or even things like pouched eggs or pancakes.
5) it's cheerful and enthusiastic, includes things like hangover juice remedies and nice easy desserts.
6) the layout is clear and neat, easy to follow. no pictures though.
if you are new to cooking or new to vegetarian cooking, you will probably like this book as much as I do. enjoy!
 Believe me, there are better books than this... February 21, 2008
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
Although it is not necessarily a *bad* book, I don't believe it is cheap, or simple. Suggested simple meals are "jacket potatoes" and "poaches eggs", and suddenly the jump is made to the likes of "leeks baked with blue cheese" and "pumpkin goulash", which make up the bulk of the book. There are no real intermediate meals. Neither are the meals cheap
The lack of in-between cooking would be fine if something more exotic was what you wanted, but it's not appropriate in a student cook book. The same applies for the likes of the cocktail and juices section. It also does not help that there is no pictures within the book, which would be handy to know what the meal your cooking should look like.
What stops me giving this a lower rating is that there are some good recipes, such as the "sticky muesli bars". But please, don't think that you can leave home with limited cooking experience and that this will help you on you're way.
 Everything you need, student or not September 25, 2007
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
My student days were over some 15 years ago, but I bought this book because I wanted to increase my repertoire of vegetarian meals. While I don't need to learn how to bake a potato, (which is included in this book) I wanted fairly easy recipes without hugely long ingredient lists. This cookbook suits the bill, perfectly. My Rose Elliot and Leith's veggie cookbooks are languishing in the cupboard barely used at present because I keep on going back to this one.
I've made several recipes so far. Most of them I found delicious and would definitely make again.
The marketing of this book is gimmicky - lots of bright colours, little buzzwords like 'fun, cheap, party' which may or may not appeal, I don't take much notice of it. Usually I prefer books with pictures to show the finished product, but I've generally found the instructions easy enough to follow.
There are a couple of minor mistakes, like mentioning a 'cooking time' for hummous when it's made with tinned chickpeas, and I'm convinced that the fruit cake recipe doesn't ask for enough milk unless my scales are badly inaccurate. Because of that I'm giving it four stars rather than five, but most of the time it is very reliable.
Pobably best for rich students who don't have a clue!!! September 6, 2007
3 out of 7 found this review helpful
A dull and uninspriring recipe book that is either too expensive for normal students, or just plain boring. My suggestion is to avoid anything that says 'student' on it, and just go for normal veggie cookbooks that don't force us into stereotypes.
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