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Title: A Man, a Can, a Plan: 50 Great Guy Meals Even You Can Make by David Joachim ISBN: 1-57954-607-2 Publisher: Rodale Press Pub. Date: June, 2002 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.64 (11 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: A good idea
Comment: The idea is solid, a collection of recipes for lazy or less than competent 'cooks'. And to some extent it does deliver, providing simple recipes that use easily obtained ingredients. The nutritional content of these meals is okay, they make an effort to use low sodium or low fat ingredients wherever possible. The recipes are simple to prepare if not quick to prepare, some require overnight marinades. And it would be nice to identify the tools required for the meals upfront.
The book does have it shortcomings, the recipes aren't great tasting. The book has only 50 recipes, more than 50 cents a recipe which is quite expensive. Even if cost is ignored 50 recipes is a bit skimpy.
Rating: 1
Summary: WAY too gimmicky
Comment: This book's recipes all focus WAY too much on the gimmick of using canned foods. A much better focus for a book aimed at the reluctant cook would be to pare down classic "guy" recipes to their simplest form, not figure out a bunch of things you can mix with Spaghetti-O's! Ugh. Most of the recipes are unappetizing at best. Maybe this would be a good gag gift. Maybe.
Rating: 5
Summary: Great First Step for Non-Cooking Bachelor
Comment: I think that this book serves it's purpose beautifully. It was bought for me by my girlfriend, who was growing tired of my "I can't cook" mantra. I'd been given The Joy of Cooking in the past, but the realistic chance of me suddenly making a pot roast out of the blue were pretty much nil.
This book is great because it assumes you know _nothing_ about cooking and walks you along in baby steps, using mostly cans and easily bought foods with basic cooking skills. After having made several of the recipes (all of which were easy, quick, low cost, tasty, and reasonably healthy), I'm starting to experiment with other ingredients and may look into other "real" cookbooks in the future.
I would highly recommend this book to anyone with _very_ little or no cooking experience. I think it fills a niche nicely. It's put me in the kitchen cooking, which no other cook book has been able to do. Highly recommended.
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Title: A Man, a Can, a Grill: 50 No-Sweat Meals You Can Fire Up Fast by David Joachim, Men's Health ISBN: 1579547672 Publisher: Rodale Press Pub. Date: May, 2003 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: Dude Food: Recipes for the Modern Guy by Karen Brooks, Gideon Bosker, Reed Darmon ISBN: 0811816796 Publisher: Chronicle Books Pub. Date: 15 June, 2000 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Can Opener Gourmet, The: More Than 200 Quick and Delicious Recipes Using Ingredients.... by Laura Karr ISBN: 0786887494 Publisher: Hyperion Pub. Date: 04 September, 2002 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: The (Reluctant , Nervous, Lazy, Broke, Busy, Confused) College Student's Cookbook by Joshua N. Lambert, Debby Lee ISBN: 0883965917 Publisher: Blue Mountain Arts Pub. Date: August, 2001 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: The Healthy College Cookbook: Quick, Cheap, Easy by Alexandra Nimetz, Jason Stanley, Emeline Starr ISBN: 1580171265 Publisher: Storey Books Pub. Date: May, 1999 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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