Student Cookbook for Dummies
by Oliver Harrison
Student Cookbook For Dummies
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About the Author
Oliver Harrison is one of the presenters and part of the team that create studentcooking.tv, the award winning website and podcast series dedicated to cooking at uni. With a long interest in food and cooking, Oliver set up the show as an answer to the lack of practical cooking advice on offer to students while at uni. With its irreverent humour and less than serious approach to cooking, the show was an instant success and is now run at several universities across the U.K. Watch it now at www.studentcooking.tv
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Authors Acknowledgments
First of all, many thanks to Mark Price at Loughborough University, for his invaluable help and advice on the recipes in this book and the show. Thanks to Simon, Tom and Jess for words of encouragement along the way; Nicole, Rachael and Sarah at Wiley for making it a smooth ride; and above all, my wonderful family Mum, Dad and Laura, who got me into cooking and without whom I wouldnt be where I am now.
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C hances are, before coming to uni and facing up to three years or more of independent living, you wont have spent too many hours in the kitchen at home, training and honing your culinary skills to a fine art.
Cookings the kind of thing that you often leave to your parents, the meal that magically appears when you get called down to dinner. Maybe you feel that you dont really need to know how to cook, because youll manage throughout uni on bland pasta and pizzas like everyone else. And yet uni is the perfect time to start learning how to cook, and its utterly brilliant. Having a night in and cooking for your friends is amazing the banter between mates, the laughs around the table and that warm feeling as you see everyone tuck in and enjoy something that you made...
Learning to cook isnt hard at all. In the words of my Mum (yep, shes the one who got me into cooking), If you can read, you can cook. You read the recipe, you do what it says. Cooking certainly isnt economics, combined maths, medieval English or whatever degree youre studying; its a simple way to create meals that taste great, and all on a student budget.
So whether youre a bit of a culinary connoisseur or youve yet to grill your first sausage, this book is for you. By the time youve tried some of these recipes, youll be well on your way to effortlessly creating fantastic food, knowing what ingredients go well together and how you can eke out 10 to feed yourself for a week. Think you cant cook? Think again.
So here it is, your Bible of food, your guide to student grub, everything you need to make some fantastic meals for you and your mates. Unlike other student cookbooks, this one doesnt patronise you and give you 50 different recipes for beans on toast. Just because youre on a budget doesnt mean you should be eating budget-style food. I know what youre likely to have in your kitchen, so dont suggest you use any fancy equipment or ingredients that you use once and then watch as they slowly fester and disintegrate in your sink or fridge.