Barbara Swain's Cookery For 1 Or 2 [Mass Market Paperback]

Barbara Swain (Author)

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Publication Date: January 1, 1987

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Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 176 pages
• Publisher: HP Books (January 1, 1987)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0912656956
• ISBN-13: 978-0912656953
• Product Dimensions: 10.7 x 8.4 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,232,510 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Absolutely the Best Cookbook for Singles or Couples ! ! ! !, December 17, 2008

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LEllen (SoCal, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Barbara Swain's Cookery For 1 Or 2 (Mass Market Paperback)

It's always been just me, so I have a bit of a thing for cookbooks for 1 and/or 2. This is the book that started my collection, and I even remember when and where I bought it: at the Smith's Food King in Los Feliz -- but I digress.

This is the only cookbook in that genre I have ever seen that is so complete. If I could give it six stars I would. It is like a "Joy of Cooking" for the single person/couple. It not only has 225 recipes for everything from Appetizers to Desserts, but also sections on how to shop, how to store what you buy, even how to equip your kitchen and what to keep on hand as staples.

Most recipe books are very heavy on dinnertime entrees and leave the rest of the meal, and the day, to you to figure out. This book covers all aspects of cooking fairly well. There are chapters on Main Dishes and on Fish & Seafood of course, but also good coverage on Breakfast & Brunch, Appetizers, Salads, Side Dishes, Vegetables, Cakes & Pastries, and Dinner Desserts. Each chapter opens with a discussion on the topic in general. For instance, the chapter on Breakfast & Brunch includes a couple of sample menus as well as a discussion of breakfast meats, fruits, and purchased breads, which need no recipe but are part of the topic at hand.

Ms. Swain must have a sweet tooth, because the chapters on cakes, pastries and desserts cover 30 pages, with recipes for things as simple as a 4-serving Pound Cake or Carrot Cake and as fancy as Cream Puffs and flaming Cherries Jubilee. There's even a recipe for Individual Baked Alaska, which I never seem to get around to trying. But I am sure it will be as wonderful as all the other recipes in this book -- not a dud in the bunch.

Even though this book is 30 years old (and was written before the microwave became standard equipment in the kitchen and so has no information whatsoever about microwave cooking [but really, how much REAL cooking do you do in yours -- no I don't mean heating up a TV dinner]), it is as valuable as a housewarming gift for someone moving out on their own as it ever was -- too bad it is no longer in print.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A great start to cooking, June 16, 2006

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M. Mayer (Houston, texas) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Barbara Swain's Cookery for 1 or 2 (Hardcover)

I purchased this book 25 years ago when I began graduate school. Even though I have a husband and 4 children now, I still use recipes from this book! They are tasty and easy to make! Thanks to Ms. Swain for teaching me to cook!!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Chiming in..., January 3, 2010

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Del (United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Barbara Swain's Cookery For 1 Or 2 (Mass Market Paperback)

to say that this was also my first cookbook - a gift from my new mother-in-law twenty-seven years ago - and I'm on here trying to buy another copy for my college-bound daughter and possibly another for myself, since mine is now coverless and in 6 pieces plus the celeri remoulade page (I had the Dell pocket-sized edition). This book taught me how to cook, taught me to love cooking, and as others have said really is the best, most comprehensive small-amount book out there. Thank you Barbara Swain!