My Book Party

This is another cookbook that I bought when I moved out of my college dorm to live off-campus.  I never read it, never cooked any of the recipes in this book.  I bought this book from the bookstore out of my euphoria of being free in an apartment off campus.  I later moved back to the dorm when I realized  that I preferred to have a tiny dorm room all to myself instead of sharing an apartment with a roommate.  I also loved the fact that the cafeteria was only an elevator ride away.  I thought I would learn how to cook by living off campus. The reality was, there was one tiny kitchen in one tiny apartment that I had to share with my roommate who never cleaned up after she cooked.  My roommate had actually taken complete ownership of that tiny kitchen because she cooked all the time and she just left behind her dirty pots and dishes. The sink was always filled with dirty dishes.  I lost my interest and motivation to try cooking when I walked into...

I bought this glossy cookbook when I moved out of the dorm in college. I had never read it because I didn't cook like I planned to.  I was so overwhelmed with studying and working that I kept eating at the college cafeteria and ordering Chinese takeout...I still am not cooking at all because I continue to depend on takeouts now... I feel too overwhelmed to cook and I find that I wasted a lot more money on shopping for grocery that went spoiled.  Restaurant takeout costs me about $10/day for both lunch and dinner. (I order meals that include veggies as often as I can.) This $10 however  doesn't include the $0.59 I spend on every navalorange that I try to eat everyday. I guess it will cost me  more if I am to make my own Paninis at home? While I never tried out the recipes in this book, you are welcome to share your opinion on this book in the comment area below if you have tried some of its recipes.  Or if you want to get a copy of this hardcover for $1....