Cooking for College Students: A Beginner's Guide [Paperback]

Patrick C Arenson (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 4, 2010

Cooking for College Students: A Beginner's Guide is the book that no college student should leave home without! With over 125 simple and delicious recipes, this book was written to help busy college students make amazing, budget friendly meals. So whether you are buying groceries, learning to use a knife or even hosting your very first dinner party, Cooking for College Students offers everything you will ever need as a beginning chef and will walk you through the entire cooking process, one step at a time. From the author: As a food lover and college student myself, I wrote this book to teach my friends everything I knew about cooking, and I happy to pass that help along to you. This book was written to make college life easier and more affordable, and it features tips and techniques that will be able to use for the rest of your life!

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About the Author

Patrick C. Arenson was born in Miami, Florida to a family that loved to eat. As a competitive swimmer and enthusiastic eater, he learned to cook from an early age through late night cooking shows, which he would watch to curb his appetite. Now a college student at the University of Florida, he wrote Cooking for College Students to teach his friends how to cook great, restaurant quality food on a college budget. Cooking for College Students: A Beginner's Guide is the first volume in the Cooking for College Students series. Patrick is also the editor and co-founder of theStinc.com. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Paperback: 324 pages
• Publisher: CreateSpace (February 4, 2010)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1450575145
• ISBN-13: 978-1450575140
• Product Dimensions: 9.9 x 8 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #199,835 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Patrick C. Arenson was born in Miami, Florida to a family that loved to eat. As a competitive swimmer and enthusiastic eater, he learned to cook from an early age through late night cooking shows, which he would watch to curb his appetite. Now a college student at the University of Florida, he wrote Cooking for College Students to teach his friends how to cook great, restaurant quality food on a college budget. Cooking for College Students: A Beginner's Guide is the first volume in the Cooking for College Students series.

Patrick is also the co-founder of theStinc.com, an online magazine for college students. Please write to him at [e-mail] or visit him at www.thestinc.com. User submissions are welcome!

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Welcome Change, October 7, 2010

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Rambling Rose - See all my reviews

This review is from: Cooking for College Students: A Beginner's Guide (Paperback)

The most thorough introduction to the art of cooking available to college students. This book covers everything from how to chop your vegetables, to what time of year certain fruits and veggies come into season, to planning a full-out dinner party. The pictures are mouthwatering, the commentary is spicy, and the recipes are a cinch (except for the most advanced ones, of course). There are laughs tucked into every page. Very enjoyable to read, not just to cook from.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This Book is Amazing!, September 23, 2010

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Pap Outsia "Young Author" - See all my reviews

This review is from: Cooking for College Students: A Beginner's Guide (Paperback)

Length:: 1:43 Mins

This book is really amazing, and the food is DELICIOUS. There are over 125 recipes that utilize affordable ingredients, but there is also an encyclopedia of basic techniques and explanations that most college students can use everyday: shopping directions for fruits, vegetable and different types of meat and seafood (as well as what to avoid and buy on sale), weekly menus written around base proteins, a complete list of supplies to stock your dorm's pantry and kitchen, step by step chopping directions for commonly used vegetables and even an entertaining section with pre written menus that even the most inexperienced chefs can execute for dinner parties. Recipes have evolutions, which incorporate the leftovers into different recipes, and suggestions on how to impress people by adding small touches. And for more experienced chefs, there is a gourmet section that features more expensive ingredients that people can make instead of going out.

5.0 out of 5 stars Great for beginners, on a budget. From one college student to another!, January 19, 2012

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DanLevy - See all my reviews

This review is from: Cooking for College Students: A Beginner's Guide (Paperback)

After purchasing this book, I have attempted (and completed!) many different recipe's and all have been AMAZING! What's great about the book is that it provides step by step directions for EVERY part of the meal, from buying the ingredients, cutting and prep, cook/prep times to serving methods. Among the recipe's, complete dinner party meal's are included (great for impressing friends) as well as weekly menu's and shopping lists, this way I can reuse the leftovers for different meals in addition to the ingredients. Too often do I buy tons of ingredients and only get one dish out of them, but this book taught me otherwise! My favorites are the pineapple express fried rice, the burger sliders, and the hot chocolate cake. As a college student myself this book is a great buy for beginners as well as experienced cooks. Awesome!