The Bachelor's Guide: To Ward Off Starvation [Paperback]

Clarence Culinary Culpepper (Author), Yardley Jones (Author), Margo Embury (Author)

Book Description

Series: The Bachelor's Guide | Publication Date: January 30, 1994

The ultimate bachelor's cookbook, written by bachelors for bachelors. This book is educational, entertaining and enables the budding chef to feed himself and to impress the women in his life (and his buddies). Recipes were developed by a professional chef for easy preparation. Brilliant cartoons by Yardley Jones, one of Canada's foremost illustrators and cartoonists, add wit and spice throughout. An ideal cookbook for men. A great gift.

7" x 10", 176 pages, 100 cartoons, perfect bound

Product Details

• Paperback: 176 pages
• Publisher: Centax Books & Distribution (January 30, 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0919845622
• ISBN-13: 978-0919845626
• Product Dimensions: 10 x 7.1 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #468,146 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Ideal Cookbook for Men -Great Food, Lots of Laughs, April 13, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: The Bachelor's Guide: To Ward Off Starvation (Paperback)

The cartoons and recipe chapter headings alone are enough reason to buy this super cookbook. Look up 20+ Ways to Cook Hamburger and Career-Path Casseroles - well worth the price of admission. These recipes are written in an off-the-wall style, but they really work. I gave this book to my two sons when they moved out to go to university and to work, and they loved it. The recipes range from very basic, boiled eggs and Macaroni and Cheese, to reasonably sophisticated but still very simple, Baked Rotini and Coq au Vin. I have friends who have bought this book for their kitchen-illiterate husbands when going on business trips or holidays, or even going into the hospital for an operation. Several women I know have also given this cookbook to male friends who have recently been divorced or widowed, it's been a lifesaver - no exaggeration.

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A great intro to the kitchen, and a keeper, April 24, 2006

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Beverley (BC, Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Bachelor's Guide: To Ward Off Starvation (Paperback)

My Mom bought me this cookbook when I first moved out on my own. It isn't written with a lot of cooking jargon that might frighten off a new cook, and instead says things like "chuck it all together and mix it up" which is much less intimidating than "fold" :)

I now am a decent cook, but I still refer back to it fairly frequently - the recipes are good, and easy! It also has menu plans for "impressing the ladies" -- although I am a woman, so I guess I could impress the guys. :)

Highly recommend it

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A must for bachelors and single dads, September 18, 2011

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The Scenario (Roseville, MN USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Bachelor's Guide: To Ward Off Starvation (Paperback)

My mom got me this when I was in college over 20 years ago, and while the recipes were a bit impractical for college students (recipes that require fresh veggies? Where would I put those? I'm not gonna have to move my beer, am I?), they've served me well in the decades since. The marinade recipes are ones I keep coming back to over and over again. Soak a steak in the olive oil & red wine mixture described herein, and grill that up for your dinner date and she'll be loving you. Awesome casseroles, meat dishes, etc. Nothing fancy in terms of ingredients or prep time, but they'll taste like you slaved over it all day in the kitchen. Simply awesome.