Even better...the Hamilton-Beach grill with the removable grates. It
has a larger capacity drip tray and is easier to clean. My George
Forman grill began to lose it's nonstitck coating fairly quickly and the
drip tray is separate. The H-B model is a little "drawer" that fits
into the side. I've had mine for two years and love it. I use it 2-3
times a week. Sharon in Canada

David Rhodes wrote:
>
> Get yourself a George Foreman grill. The family size one comes with a good
> cookbok for making quick tasty meals. It costs about $60.00.
> "Kyonn Gowans" > wrote in message
> news:1107219552.f74206a2b2c3650d2aac6de5f87e2b42@t eranews...
> > Hello all
> >
> > I'm looking a cookbook geared towards a single guy, something that
> > emphasizes single serving that are fast, cheat and relatively cheap to
> > make, any suggestions?
> >

Hello all

I'm looking a cookbook geared towards a single guy, something that
emphasizes single serving that are fast, cheat and relatively cheap to make,
any suggestions?

Books I have seen in new and used bookstores:

Bachelors Aid Cookbook, Owens
The Campus Survival Cookbook, Wood & Gilchrist
College Student's Cookbook, Lambert
Cookbook for One, O'Neill
Cookery for One or Two, Swain
Eating In, Official Single Man's Cookbook, Lippman & Malonado
Meals for Two, Culinary Arts Institute
Rice Bowl Recipes, Asada
Single Servings, Bell
Starving Students Cookbook, Hall

Those should give you a start. Especially the College Student type books.
Another source of ideas would be Camping Cookbooks. There are quite a few
aimed at the single camper. A few that come to mind a

Cooking the One Burner Way, Gray/Tilton
The One Burner Gourmet, Barker
The One Pan Gourmet, Jacobson
Simple Foods for the Pack, Sierra Club

Even more esoteric are cookbooks aimed at the single touring bicyclist,
don't have the names for those.

Hope this is of some help....I probably just scratched the service. But a
good perusing of book stores (especially the used ones) will get you
started....Eric

Get yourself a George Foreman grill. The family size one comes with a good
cookbok for making quick tasty meals. It costs about $60.00.
"Kyonn Gowans" > wrote in message
news:1107219552.f74206a2b2c3650d2aac6de5f87e2b42@t eranews...
> Hello all
>
> I'm looking a cookbook geared towards a single guy, something that
> emphasizes single serving that are fast, cheat and relatively cheap to
> make, any suggestions?
>

There is a book called "A Man, a Can, and a Plan". It is all very easy
recipes starting with some canned food item, and geared to the "domestically
challenged". Definitely a single guy cookbook!



"Kyonn Gowans" > wrote in message
news:1107219552.f74206a2b2c3650d2aac6de5f87e2b42@t eranews...
> Hello all
>
> I'm looking a cookbook geared towards a single guy, something that
> emphasizes single serving that are fast, cheat and relatively cheap to
> make, any suggestions?
>

On Mon, 31 Jan 2005 15:59:06 -0900, "Kyonn Gowans" >
wrote:

>Hello all
>
> I'm looking a cookbook geared towards a single guy, something that
>emphasizes single serving that are fast, cheat and relatively cheap to make,
>any suggestions?
>

Get regular cookbooks for foods you want to learn. Read the book
and cut down to your size. The best foods come from your own oven. It
can be fast and still be good.
When you look at cookbooks, avoid the books that call for "a can
of" or "a package of" as part of the recipe. Anyone can pour a can of
soup over a roast. It creates a mediocre meal, at best.
A little experience with herbs, spices, and flavor combinations,
and you won't need a book. Remember that the (now) common spice, black
pepper, was called the king of spices for a good reason.

For cheap, use potatoes, rice, chicken, and fresh vegetables.
Always use fresh or dried. Avoid cans of anything. Save the water from
steaming vegetables for soup or stock. Try using a crockpot.

I have both the George Foreman and the Hamilton-Beach grills, and I agree --
the HB grill is much better. I prefer having removable grills that I can
soak in the sink. In addition, the GF drip tray sits below the grill but is
not attached. It would be very easy to bumb or knock it when working in the
area. The drip tray for the HB grill slides into the side of the grill like
a little drawer -- a much better and safer arrangement.

MaryL

"biig" > wrote in message ...
> Even better...the Hamilton-Beach grill with the removable grates. It
> has a larger capacity drip tray and is easier to clean. My George
> Forman grill began to lose it's nonstitck coating fairly quickly and the
> drip tray is separate. The H-B model is a little "drawer" that fits
> into the side. I've had mine for two years and love it. I use it 2-3
> times a week. Sharon in Canada
>
> David Rhodes wrote:
>>
>> Get yourself a George Foreman grill. The family size one comes with a
>> good
>> cookbok for making quick tasty meals. It costs about $60.00.
>> "Kyonn Gowans" > wrote in message
>> news:1107219552.f74206a2b2c3650d2aac6de5f87e2b42@t eranews...
>> > Hello all
>> >
>> > I'm looking a cookbook geared towards a single guy, something that
>> > emphasizes single serving that are fast, cheat and relatively cheap to
>> > make, any suggestions?
>> >

Kyonn Gowans wrote:
> Hello all
>
> I'm looking a cookbook geared towards a single guy, something that
> emphasizes single serving that are fast, cheat and relatively cheap to make,
> any suggestions?
>
>
Try the frozen foods section at the grocery store. Deli counter, too.

jem wrote:

> Sorry, it actually was a feeble attempt at humor. As a single guy for
> most of my adult life I can appreciate the difficulty of cooking for
> one. My solution was always "embrace leftovers".

Leftovers? Yech.

Ok, there are some leftover things things that are good. I like roasted
chicken and beef cold or reheated, especially in gravy. I have made up some
sort of curries for left over lamb. I have no use for leftover pork. Some
things are even better as leftovers than the first time round, like good
stews. My old coworker was a bachelor and he cooked more roasts than my wife
and I do. He roast for himself every sunday night, and then he has leftovers
more most of the rest of the week. When I am baching it for a few days I tend
to do stir fries.

"Dave Smith" > wrote in message
...
> jem wrote:
>
> > Sorry, it actually was a feeble attempt at humor. As a single guy for
> > most of my adult life I can appreciate the difficulty of cooking for
> > one. My solution was always "embrace leftovers".
>
> Leftovers? Yech.
>
> Ok, there are some leftover things things that are good. I like roasted
> chicken and beef cold or reheated, especially in gravy. I have made up
some
> sort of curries for left over lamb. I have no use for leftover pork. Some
> things are even better as leftovers than the first time round, like good
> stews. My old coworker was a bachelor and he cooked more roasts than my
wife
> and I do. He roast for himself every sunday night, and then he has
leftovers
> more most of the rest of the week. When I am baching it for a few days I
tend
> to do stir fries.
What on earth do you eat Boxing Day if not cold pork and pickles?
and don't you have Bubble and Squeak every Monday?

On Sun, 06 Feb 2005 17:35:53 -0500, Dave Smith
> wrote:

>jem wrote:
>
>> Sorry, it actually was a feeble attempt at humor. As a single guy for
>> most of my adult life I can appreciate the difficulty of cooking for
>> one. My solution was always "embrace leftovers".
>
>Leftovers? Yech.

Not necessarily. I'm a single woman, and I batch cook on weekends.
Soups and stews designed to be freezable all go into the freezer for
consumption at later dates. Stir-frys hold quite nicely for
consumption during the week over noodles or rice. Risottos make
fantastic lunches along with a green salad, as do fritattas, lasange,
and any pasta sauce over pasta.

That would be embracing leftovers deliberately, yeah, and I always
have something ready for friends who drop by.

>Ok, there are some leftover things things that are good. I like roasted
>chicken and beef cold or reheated, especially in gravy. I have made up some
>sort of curries for left over lamb. I have no use for leftover pork. Some
>things are even better as leftovers than the first time round, like good
>stews. My old coworker was a bachelor and he cooked more roasts than my wife
>and I do. He roast for himself every sunday night, and then he has leftovers
>more most of the rest of the week.

Sound cooking policy. Do that myself with a chicken. Cook once, hot
dinner one night, lovely chicken and tomato sandwiches the rest of the
week.

So, in answer to the original poster's question, no, I can't think of
a cookbook specifically designed for a single guy with minimal cooking
experience. _However_ a good basic cookbook that explains why you want
to do things a certain way, food handling guidelines and some flavour
combinations will do you wonders. What food types are you interested
in? If you are eating a vegetarian diet, you're going to need more
nutritional information that one with meat. Eat lots of veggies,
that's a given, and you'll want something with good recipes for that.
I'm partial to Deborah Madison's "Vegetarian Cooking for Everyone" in
that department. Her recipes are nutritionally balanced, use fats in
an appropriate manner (not too little, and not too much) and have
variation suggestions. I'm currently drooling after "Cookwise", as my
former room-mate's copy was a goldmine about why some recipes work and
why others don't. The Fanny Farmer Cookbook or Joy of Cooking should
be in everyone's kitchen, as they both explainbasic principles, have
"know you ingredients" sections and have lots of basic recipes that
allow you to deal with anything from beans to deer to kolhrabi. Add
in another recipe book with an emphasis on quick and easy
combinations, preferably one with an emphasis on heartsmart cooking
and you should be set up nicely.

It's a lot of work to cook for one person in ratio to the results.
That's why batch cooking is so useful.