Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? How to Feed Yourself for About $5 a Week (Paperback)

~ Tony Sakkis (Author) "To put it bluntly, if there were a cheaper food with as many possible variations as ramen noodles, we'd use it..." (more)
Key Phrases: spicy chicken ramen, tomato ramen, packages chicken ramen (more...)

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Product Description

Offers over 300 pages of recipes, techniques and tips on preparing food on the cheap. From equipping a student kitchen and making good first-date food to cooking for the kids or the family on a serious budget, Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? is the ultimate survival cookbook.

About the Author

Tony Sakkis credits this book to his mother who taught him to use what was available, not what the recipe said. These recipes were developed while Tony was a student at University of California-Berkerley and a newly wed.

Product Details

• Paperback: 328 pages
• Publisher: Evras (March 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0963530534
• ISBN-13: 978-0963530530
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 5.9 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #3,502,434 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Good attempt., March 5, 2004

By	chicoer2003 "chicoer2003" (Fresno, CA United States) - See all my reviews

This book has a lot of ramen recipes. Some are exotic and interesting, but there are a few problems. There are foods that college students wouldnt touch, like goat cheese. The foods are not priced properly. Avacados for 50 cents? I live in california and they're not even that cheap. Also the recipes calls for a few ingredients that are not really used often like oyster sauce and curry.

5.0 out of 5 stars buy this book, August 2, 2007

By	Stephen M. Wescott - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This book really is the ultimate survival cookbook!wonderful variety of great tasting recipes[some very ingenious]that anyone can do.Recommended for beginners or anyone cooking on a budget