Eating in: The Official Single Man's Cookbook

by Jose Maldonado and Rich Lippman

Light the candles. Pour the wine. Cozy up on the couch. You're in for the night. That's because you've just discovered the quickest route to a woman's heart. Your kitchen. If you've been using the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0944042007
• ISBN13: 9780944042007
• Release Date: January 1988
• Publisher: Corkscrew Press
• Length: 143 Pages
• Weight: 0.68 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.0" x 8.0"

Customer Reviews

I love this book.

I bought this book in 1996, and it was my introduction to the culinary arts. I truly didn't start using it until 1999, when I found myself in an apartment without roommates. This book taught me how to setup a kitchen, and provided me with the basic know-how required to make some truly delicious meals for myself. It also provided me with much needed confidence in the kitchen. This book is a treasure, and it is truly unfortunate that it is out of print. If you are a young man, or woman, and need help learning how to take care of yourself by learning to cook this is the book for you. I've collected many cooking books since this one, and still turn to this one the most. It is the easiest and most entertaining "how to" book I have ever read. My simple recommendation is buy the book and enjoy a wonderful introduction to becoming a true epicurean.

What a fabulous book for a young, single man!

It's really too bad this book is out of print! The pictures may be a bit dated, but the advice is timeless. In very humourous fashion, it tells the reader (presumably a clueless single guy) how to wow a woman through cooking her a meal. Unlike most cookbooks, it also gives him much-needed practical advice -- such as how to prepare his apartment for her arrival. The cartoons and illustrations further the text and are funny all by themselves (I sat on the couch and giggled my way through the book). The recipes are very well laid-out and sound really tasty, with due regard given to providing variety in dishes (even a vegetarian menu). And (as a young woman) I can say that all of the "how to impress" advice is as dead-on as generic advice can be. This would make a wonderful gift -- funny and useful at the same time. I plan to buy a copy now for each of my sons (three of them!), to put in the "moving away from home" future gift box. Every single man needs to have this book. Oh -- and I'm also keeping a copy for myself, because those recipes sound GOOD! I think I'll cheat and fix a romantic dinner for my husband...