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Great Recipe Book!

Advantages: excellent recipes, the price i paid was amazing!
Disadvantages: not really for using up leftovers, more a general recipe book

I picked this book up in a charity shop for 10p. Yes, 10p. For that reason alone, I find it really rather hard to complain about this book even in the slightest, and the price I paid really does reflect the idea of 'waste not, want not' as well; if I didn ...

writeallnight 02.05.2013 · Read full review
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Review of Waste Not Want Not - Patrik Jaros

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The Vegeterian Student Cookbook

Advantages: Good value, laid out clearly, includes lots of info, wide range of recipes
Disadvantages: No pictures

WHY I BOUGHT IT I came across this book on amazon while browsing through their vegetarian cookbooks. It sounded like a really good book and it was quite cheap so I decided to buy it. It is aimed at vegetarian students however I am not actually eit ...

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Review of The Vegeterian Student Cookbook - Hamlyn Cookery

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Jamie's 15 Minute Meals... Or 'The Art of Speed Cooking'

Advantages: Great range of recipes, quick to cook, nutritionally balanced
Disadvantages: Take longer than 15 minutes, lots of equipment needed

Picture the scene… An array of fresh ingredients laid out on the counter top, all the required equipment ready and waiting to be used, recipe book open to the right page and the timer set on my mobile phone (well, I do like a challenge!) The basic premis ...

Brownie_Queen 25.04.2013 · Read full review
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A cookbook with a timekeeping problem

Advantages: Recipes work, are clearly and succintly explained and quick, variety of flavours
Disadvantages: Timings may not be accurate if you do not have the requisite left overs from other recipes

...am not exactly short of cookbooks but I always like the sound of those that promise extra quick to make meals. I like cooking and happily spend hours in the kitchen when I can but sometimes I just feel too tired for that. So when I saw the Hamlyn Quick ...

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Review of Hamlyn QuickCook Vegetarian - Sunil Vijayakar

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Staggering Stags

Advantages: VH for the planning of hen & stag parties
Disadvantages: none

I live in Germany, a country with as many traditions and customs as any other. Yet, hen and stag parties are not among them. We have the Polterabend (poltern = make a racket, Abend = evening). Relatives and friends meet in front of the couple's abode in t ...

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Review of How to Plan the Perfect Stag or Hen Party - Fiona Thompson

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