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Microwave Cooking for One
Fast, easy, and economical, the recipes in Microwave Cooking for One are ideal for individuals, whether they live alone or share busy modern households. From breakfast through dinner, fresh, delicious meals can be prepared to satisfy personal tastes without wasted food, overheated kitchens, or messy clean-up.
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272 pages, Paperback
First published December 1, 1985
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March 3, 2023
I adore this book. Less for the arguably superior purpose to use for practical unfortunately, but more for the gleefully humorous qualities and almost endless possibilities for discussion on the state of mankind and our cultural evolution!
For the record, this should not be shelved as a cookbook. Why? Because microwave use at this "caliber" is not real cooking. Call me an elitist; if knowing good food does not come from a microwave is elitist, I am proud to call yours truly one.
Example of what makes this a novelty humor book:
Maybe I need to try all these recipes before I can rightfully say anything, but honestly the few I have tried turned out to be inedible; otherwise, it was good, but was far outweighed by the number of utensils/other tools needed, the covering and uncovering, the time actually spent cooking depending on the dish, the unevenness at times, etcetera. Some recipes require several separate bowls, mixing here, then waiting before turning over, then separating then combining. So much labor, when I thought the point was for the microwave to make it easier. Microwaves are simply not meant to make steaks, cakes, roasts, French Toast, casseroles, French Onion Soup. And I did not make those up. There are recipes for those.
I suppose I should be forgiving since this is from the year 1985, but it is not like that much has changed in cooking. In fact, what advanced technology has done is make it even easier to cook without a microwave. Thus validating my categorization for this as a novelty humor book. I love this book, as long as we are not calling it a cookbook.
For the record, this should not be shelved as a cookbook. Why? Because microwave use at this "caliber" is not real cooking. Call me an elitist; if knowing good food does not come from a microwave is elitist, I am proud to call yours truly one.
Example of what makes this a novelty humor book:
"In my search for cooking ideas, I attended a microwave demonstration and there I found my pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. It seemed to have all the answers... "
Maybe I need to try all these recipes before I can rightfully say anything, but honestly the few I have tried turned out to be inedible; otherwise, it was good, but was far outweighed by the number of utensils/other tools needed, the covering and uncovering, the time actually spent cooking depending on the dish, the unevenness at times, etcetera. Some recipes require several separate bowls, mixing here, then waiting before turning over, then separating then combining. So much labor, when I thought the point was for the microwave to make it easier. Microwaves are simply not meant to make steaks, cakes, roasts, French Toast, casseroles, French Onion Soup. And I did not make those up. There are recipes for those.
I suppose I should be forgiving since this is from the year 1985, but it is not like that much has changed in cooking. In fact, what advanced technology has done is make it even easier to cook without a microwave. Thus validating my categorization for this as a novelty humor book. I love this book, as long as we are not calling it a cookbook.
August 6, 2025
After about 8 years of searching, I got this book in Lithuania (we do not get rare books often here). The fact that somebody had it here amuses me almost as much as finally getting my hands on this cookbook. It's great, simple, easy to follow, and some of the recipes spark new ideas or modernized versions of the dish in my head. Simply amazing.
March 12, 2011
Just a great book.
May 1, 2021
Since I live alone, this title caught my attention. However, to fully enjoy it the cook needs Corning Cookware which I do not own. I did adapt one of the recipes for Carrot Soup so I could make it...and it was tasty.
Hope Irvin Marston, author of RISING FROM THE RUBBLE: THE RESTORATION OF BOLDT CASTLE
www.HopeIrvinMarston.com
Hope Irvin Marston, author of RISING FROM THE RUBBLE: THE RESTORATION OF BOLDT CASTLE
www.HopeIrvinMarston.com
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