The Man Without a Mate Cookbook - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0963029630 ISBN 13: 9780963029638

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The Man Without A Mate Cookbook is more than a cookbook! It is the perfect kitchen-mate for the unmarried man (or woman). It's organized around one's lifestyle and provides complete menus for everyday meals and many social occasions, including a meal preparation schedule and shopping list for each menu. It's written in easy layman's language and contains basic cooking terms, equipment needs, cabinet supplies, and spice suggestions. Illustrations for basic table settings are also provided. It's a cookbook for people, rather than about food.

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Features Complete Menus so you know where to start 10 Menus for all the meals of the week 37 Menus for major social occasions All Menu Recipes Together, so you don't have to flip from page-to-page to find things Meal Preparations Schedules; what to do first so everything is done at the same time Detailed Shopping Lists--buying lists really--no "shopping" required Simple Recipes for individual dishes Easy Directions to follow with no technical jargon Large Print, so you can read it standing at the counter Lies Flat when opened; all by itself

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I went from my mother, to my wife, to McDonalds. Then as a consequence of a broken marriage and my teenage children making their home with me, I needed to cook. But I was not a cook, and cookbooks intimidated me more than the Scriptures. I discovered cookbooks were written by cooks, for cooks. They were technical publications that required professional training to read, let alone use. What did "cream" the sugar and shortening mean? And, what on earth was a jelly roll pan? It wasn't long before my women friends began to tire of my panic-stricken calls and questions, most of which they could not answer. I found cooking a frightening and frustrating experience. But the real frustration was trying to put together whole meals. And guess what? I found that cookbooks were basically written around a particular food item (e.g., bread, mushrooms, etc.), or around a special cooking technique (e.g., wok cooking, microwave cooking, etc.) or contained a jillion gourmet recipes for everything under the sun. But no menus for whole meals. I needed menus, shopping lists, and finally recipes for weekend and holiday meals with my children, or for a dinner for two, or for meals when I was alone. In short, I needed a cookbook designed around my lifestyle, rather than around a special cooking technique or particular food item. It needed to be simple, easy to read and understand, wit no technical jargon. Hence, THE MAN WITHOUT A MATE COOKBOOK. As the title indicates it's a cookbook written for unmarried men and is organized around our lifestyle. The dishes or meals we need to prepare flow from the events of our lives and the needs of those to be served, whether children, grandchildren, co-workers, a girlfriend or ourselves. As I spilled and burned my way through the last few years, I discovered a couple of very important things. First, my self-esteem and self-confidence increased immeasurably. It was a major accomplishment to work with my hands and have the dish or meal turn out halfway right. Secondly , even if I botched it completely, the people being served took note of the time and effort I had put forth for them. And that did things to them. In short, it melted their hearts. So while this book is a cookbook, it's not the food or one's cooking skill that is the issue. While they are important, the essence is what happens when one takes the time and makes the effort to do something for someone else. This cookbook is designed to help you do that for a variety of life situations.

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• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0963029630
• ISBN 13: 9780963029638
• Einband: Taschenbuch
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