Men should be able to prepare some basic meals either for their family or for themselves. My father - God rest his soul - could not boil water without burning it.

He could make almost anything out of sheet metal but could not make any kind of food. Does this sound like a man you know?"Men, with the recipes in this cookbook, with relatively little effort you will be able to prepare some basic meals and snacks for yourself, for your family, for your buddies, or at least to impress a date.

There's nothing really fancy in here - just good food that everybody likes. "Ladies, If you use it, we won't tell anybody.

The book tries to cover most of the aspects of cooking. The book starts with discussions about what might be in a kitchen and some things about planning various meals.

It then goes into preparing the various meals. It starts with breakfast and then goes into things like appetizers, salads, main courses, side dishes, and desserts.

Most of the recipes are displayed clearly in tables and contain photographs. The author also uses a sense of humor.

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