If you're a programmer hacker or maker who is interested in learning how to cook this book is for you. In this book I'll cover the basics of cooking & provide a number of simple & fun recipes as part of the food hacking experiments while at the same time exploring the science behind the example recipes to allow you to start discovering your own style. If you're already comfortable in the kitchen you'll find this book covers a number of new emerging technologies that are making their way from the lab to the kitchen. A number of these new techniques can be adapted for everyday use to make life in the kitchen easier & allow you to discover new ways of cooking. Why do some meals turn out great while others fail? What scientific principles & tools can help guide you in creating new memorable experiences? & how can you have more fun cooking for friends coworkers or a date? By applying the same tools hackers use in experimenting & debugging technology this book answers these questions by building up a framework describing what happens in the cooking process. With an understanding of the why" behind the "what " the complex system of expectations perceptions & processes is reduced to a roadmap between the store kitchen & table. Most existing cookbooks are "code " where the reader executes the instructions without knowing how to create new code. If you are an experienced cook standard cookbooks inspire remind & hint at how to produce a meal. However if you are a novice cook these same texts fail to explain how to recover when an exception occurs because the rules-of-thumb & patterns a seasoned chef knows from experience aren't codified as part of recipes." ...

This book is about pleasing yourself...shortcuts to fantastic food for one. Looking for a quick fix in the kitchen? If the thought of cooking for one at the end of the day has you reaching for a packaged ready-meal for a quick solution
- this is the book for you. Inside youll discover why being able to eat whatever you like whenever you like can actually be fun. You wont need imagination or inspiration. Molly Perham does all the thinking for you
- writes the shopping list plans the menus tells you what equipment you need & serves up recipes that are so quick & simple most ready-made options couldnt make it to the table any faster. Youll get the rundown on what you need to know about storage life nutrition & preparation for each food type. & youll also learn that the secret to great-tasting fast fresh food is simply a well-stocked cupboard & freezer. Best of all youll get back your taste for real food freshly cooked in your own kitchen.

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Living on one's own is just as likely to be a matter of choice as not & the numbers adopting this lifestyle are increasing all the time. Yet the joys of cooking for one
- it takes less time washing up is minimal & you can indulge yourself with cuts such as fillet steak which for larger numbers would be prohibitively expensive
- are frequently overlooked. The 150 specially devised recipes included here such as Chicken Milanese Salt & Pepper Prawns Baby Pumpkin Gratin & Baked Eggs with Spinach focus on what the single person really wants to eat
- quick & easy last-minute suppers & mid-week treats to lazy weekend meals
- not cut-down recipes for four. So whether you are a career girl a student an empty-nester or merely a man left to his own devices for a few days this book will prove invaluable.



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This addition to the Chunky series follows the same winning formula with all recipes triple-tested & each one accompanied by a photograph. If youre eating alone you dont need to miss out on imaginative easy-to-make meals. Here is a wealth of everyday options with tips on freezing & storage. The recipes are straightforward use readily available ingredients & are ideal for our busy lifestyles. Heres a chic design a range of cooking options & a big dollop of value all rolled into one"" ...

Cooking for real life is not about fiddly menus & impossible-to-find ingredients. It is about getting something delicious on the table having fun & feeding the people you love. It is also about recognising that different situations in life call for different kinds of cooking. Although sometimes you may have hours to while away by a steaming pot sometimes you really need a fast turnaround. Joanna Weinberg has an inventive generous approach to cooking that is realistic as well as delicious. She shows how a well-stocked cupboard freezer & fridge can make all the difference transforming a quick family meal into an impromptu gathering without either stress or the need to rush out to the shops. Her recipes offer new flavour combinations using familiar ingredients & they include dishes like smoky butternut soup; pasta with ricotta aubergine & pine nuts; twice-baked cottage pie; slow-roast shoulder of lamb; & molten chocolate puds. There are suggestions for when you are in a hurry for when you feel like making an impression & for those times when you are tired out & just want to curl up with something comforting. This kind of cooking is adaptable & personal it shows that with a pinch of this & a dash of that we can all eat well all of the time
- regardless of what life throws at us.
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Youll be delighted at how quickly you can adapt to cooking for two with this great collection of easy pan fries stir-fries salads & grills. Theres even a chapter on mini roasts to satisfy your nostalgic craving for those family roast dinners. There are egg dishes dishes for casseroles & stews that you can freeze for later & even desserts for two that can be whipped up in a flash. ...

If you suffer from allergies or intolerances to dairy wheat & gluten the problem you face in having to avoid these is that they are the most commonly used ingredients in food manufacture. So you will find it very difficult to buy ready-made foods which do not contain at least one of these products. This is means you will have to cook for yourself. If you are to stick to a dairy gluten & wheat free diet you need know what your forbidden ingredients are where they are likely to turn up & what alternatives to use all of which are explained in this book. There are 200 recipes for soups starters light lunches egg dishes pasta & pizzas fish meat poultry & game salads vegetables & vegetarian dishes desserts breads biscuits & cakes
- all of which are milk cream butter cheese yogurt wheat gluten & lactose free. Michelle Berriedale-Johnson is an expert on food allergies & intolerances. She has spent all her career in the food business first as a caterer then as a journalist & food writer. She became interested in special diets over 20 years ago when her son was diagnosed as being dairy intolerant. She set up a food company Berrydales specialising in additive free dairy free gluten free & egg free foods & a quarterly magazine The Inside Story" about dietary problems. In 2000 " The Inside Story" was re-named " Foods Matter" & became a subscription magazine supporting anyone with a food allergy food intolerance or living on a free-from diet. " Foods Matter" has now become an online magazine. Michelle is also the author of one of Grub Street's best-selling books " The Everyday Wheat-Free & Gluten-Free Cookbook"."
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There is one powerful smell closely associated with the making of coffee in bedsitters. It is the smell of burning plastic & will go away if you move the handle of the pot away from the flame. Katharine Whitehorns classic handbook of quick simple meals -- including Swedish Sausage Casserole Lamb Tomato Quickie & Shrimp Wiggle -- became the essential survival manual for the busy single person living in his or her first rented room & remained in print for forty years. Now brought back into print Whitehorns trademark intelligent practical & fabulously funny writing shines as brightly as ever addressing the problems of cooking at ground level in a hurry with nowhere to put the salad but the washing-up bowl which is in any case full of socks. Delightful entertaining & utterly indispensable. ...

The halogen oven is a remarkable revolution in cooking a table-top cooker that can be used on the table top plugged into an ordinary socket which can even be taken on camping & road trips. It works by converting electrical energy into intense heat & uses infrared waves & a fan to circulate the heat. This means food is ready in half the time of a conventional oven without the need for cooking fat or oil & unlike a microwave it can also brown & crisp your cooking. Wide ranging recipes include family favourites such as Roast Beef with Roast Potatoes Chilli con Carne & Vegetable Lasagne. There are also delicious dishes for entertaining such as Spinach & Ricotta Tart or Baked Fish with Dill Stuffing. Halogen ovens are superb for baking & here you will find scrumptious sweet treats like Cheesecake with Summer Fruits Double Chocolate Cookies & Orange & Peach Drizzle Cake. All the recipes are tried & tested in a range of ovens. Fully illustrated with easy-to-follow photographs this is the essential guide for busy cooks who want to make the most of their new oven with quick easy nutritious & healthy dishes for every day of the week. ...

Buddy Valastro & his family business Carlo's Bake Shop have become a worldwide phenomenon thanks to his popular television shows Cake Boss Kitchen Boss & Next Great Baker. & Buddy knows far more than just desserts." As a great cook he uses his own personal touches & flair to make these favourites & classic dishes even more delicious & also shares tips passed down through generations. From 100 easy-to-follow recipes that use ingredients that are easily obtainable & affordable here is the all-important Sunday Gravy (tomato sauce) a foundation for many a pasta meal as well as Steak a la Buddy Auntie Anna's Manicotti Buddy's Swiss Chard & mouth-watering desserts like Lemon Granita Apple Snackin' Cake Cocoa-Hazelnut Cream with Berries & Rockin' Rice Pudding. Buddy's recipes allow anyone to become the boss of their own kitchen & even novice cooks will be able to whip up a tasty & nutritious Italian dinner. Fully illustrated in colour & with nostalgic family photos from the extended Valastro clan Kitchen Boss shows how to make the meals that will make your famiglia happy." ...