Cheap Eats: Simple, Sumptuous Meals for Four You Can Make for Under $10 Spiral-bound – January 1, 1993

This is a great little cookbook. The ingredients are easy to find and great for home meals or entertaining. I still make the chocolate pudding from this book. The cornish hens and spiced couscous are great too (although due to celiac I can no longer enjoy the couscous)..

When asked by a new bride recently to recommend a cookbook I thought she should not be without - this was it.I think she left offended by the title - she assured me she had married well - but I stand by my recommendation - these recipes ALL work and are delicious, varied and practical - honestly, how many cookbooks can you say that about?I have many "gourmet" cookbooks that aren't worth the paper they're printed on - this I can assure you is not one of them. It's dog-eared cover tells the story of many great meals!Buy it while you still can!

I taught myself to cook with this cookbook. The fact that it is organized by the seasons, removed the stress of an inexperienced cook looking for something seasonal, like asparagus, at the wrong time of year. The fact that it was in menu format taught me how to put a nice meal together. The recipes use basic ingredients and not prepackaged mixes which helped me understand what tastes go with other taste, and that also keeps the cost down. Simple secrets, like using lime juice to flavor the chicken in fajitas, came to me as I methodically went through cooking nearly every recipe. This cookbook changed the way I keep my pantry stocked and how I feed myself. I had Amazon find me a copy for a friend who is struggling to learn how to cook. It should be reprinted.

I love this book because the recipes are mostly quick, easy to make, and delicious. I bought a copy for $3.00 in the Chicago Borders bookstore while on a visit. Now, back in Boston, I find I want 3 more copies for my kids, all of whom now cook and are on budgets. I'm very annoyed that it's out of print! Now my kids will all want mine and I'll have to hide it. My mind being what it is, I will not be able to remember where I hid it which puts us back to square one and NOONE gets to use the book. I am truly upset. Can't you find this book?