Comments on: The Young Ones (Students can cook)

By: aforkfulofspaghetti

aforkfulofspaghetti — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 11:06:55 +0000

Sounds like fun, even if it is aimed at students. Might even have to pretend that I’m a student again, and buy it…

Culinary highlights in my day were few and far between, and tended to depend on visiting parents
.-= aforkfulofspaghetti´s last blog ..review: Simple Cooking, by Antonio Carluccio =-.

By: goodshoeday

goodshoeday — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 18:28:50 +0000

Thanks for all the comments – I’m glad that the review was helpful or brought back memories of student cooking. it was good fun thinking back to the food i ate a as student and after I first left uni – some real horrors along the way it has to be said.

Jan – you are such a flatterer – glad you like the writing tho!

Sarah – pot noodle is another of my husbands favourites. I hope you remembered to study as well as blog.

Ginandcrumpets – I remain to be convinced on the fish finger sandwich point but naturally I think my husband has good taste

Fran39 – that sounds way too healthy for student cooking.

Lottie – I’m not sure I slagged the book off just said it wasn’t to my liking but I’m glad the Pasta to Pancakes book has made you want to cook – I’m all for people learning more about good food. I had a good look at the book in a book shop and the style didn’t appeal to me at all, but then I often don’t rate things in best seller lists maybe I’m just quirky. The point about parents/grandparents was not that they would be using the book to learn to cook but they might think find the style of the book appealing and think it suited young people because of the comic strip format. If the people at Quadrille want to send me a review copy so I can take a better look and do a full review then I’d happily do so.

Dan – why would you have needed this book when clearly you were a creative genius in the kitchen even a as student.

Lynne – it’ll be a sad day if publishers get staff to put comments on blogs just to improve their sales ratings but I don’t doubt that it happens somewhere.

By: Lynne

Lynne — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 11:05:29 +0000

How odd Lottie, I have just read the blog post again, and I can’t see where you find Pasta to Pancakes being slagged off? Linda does say ” although the title suggests it might be a carb-fest I’m sure there’s more to it” which seems a pretty fair personal comment to me.

Or is this just a PR comment on a popular blog to get the book digged and tweeted?

By: Danny

Danny — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 10:39:09 +0000

Ah the good old days of cooking when I was a student. One speciality in our house was to take a tin of corned beef, a tin of mince beef in gravy, a tin of baked beans, a huge amount of mash potato, mix together in a casserole dish and bake for 30mins, sprinkling cheese on top halfway through. God I wish I had this book in those days.
.-= Danny´s last blog ..Ten Hour Roast Lamb – Sponsored by Armitage Shanks =-.

By: Lottie Merret

Lottie Merret — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 13:06:52 +0000

The Pasta to Pamcakes book you seem to dismiss is currently in the bestseller list all over the shops including Smiths where I bought it and its FANTASTIC. I do not agree that it would appeal to parents and grandparents as why would they need step by step pictures. So maybe before slagging it off read it cos its made me cook. FROM PASTA TO PANCAKES-Its amazing

By: fran39

fran39 — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 08:16:22 +0000

Nice review, Linda, and brings back memories of my student recipe of stir-fried shredded sprouts and soy sauce…
.-= fran39´s last blog ..Blackberry and apple cake =-.

By: ginandcrumpets

ginandcrumpets — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 19:59:50 +0000

Fish finger sandwiches are one of life’s glories. Your husband has excellent taste. May have to go and make one now.
.-= ginandcrumpets´s last blog ..A glut of cherries: Cherry martini =-.

By: Sarah

Sarah — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 18:34:35 +0000

I actually had a food blog when I was a student. One post was pretty much “101 ways with pot noodle”. I recall we ate a lot of lentils and beans, and stir fries were a staple.
.-= Sarah´s last blog ..Vindolanda =-.

By: Jan

Jan — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 18:09:01 +0000

Linda, a brilliant review. This is particularly useful to me at the moment as I have a niece just going off to uni, so thank you.

Also,I love the way you write.
.-= Jan´s last blog ..Who needs Abel & Cole? =-.