The Working Stiff Cookbook: Great Food! Easy Recipes!

by Bob Sloan

Book Overview

It's 8 pm and you just got home from work. What's for dinner? Perhaps a delicious bowl of cold cereal awaits. Or maybe you could order Chinese food -- for the third time this week. Who wants to slave over a hot stove after slaving for a wage all day? No matter how late you work or how fast you eat, Bob Sloan has a recipe for you. Quicker than you can change the toner in the fax machine, you can make a Fast and Furious Stir-Fry. If the thought of washing...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0811818853
• ISBN13: 9780811818858
• Release Date: April 1998
• Publisher: Chronicle Books
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 1.0" x 1.0"

Customer Reviews

Squash your hunger in a hurry!

When you get home from work, the last thing you want to do is spend a lot of time in the kitchen. With The Working StiffCookbook you can still cook a gourmet-style dinner, without all the hard work. This cookbook is probably the one I use themost in the kitchen. The recipes are embarrassingly simple, and you don't have to go to a specialty store to get any of theingredients. Before you know it you'll be whipping up Thai-Style Flounder with Coconut Rice and Chicken Curry in a Hurry!(...)

Sensational, Classy, and Easy-to-Prepare Food!

I bought this book for my brother who doesn't cook, is a total working stiff, and is sick and tired of take-out. However, when I leafed through it I knew I had to keep it for myself. I'm married and we have two small children and the quick but scrumptious-sounding recipes really appealed to me. So I kept it and gave my brother something else for Christmas last year. On New Year's Eve I prepared a meal from this book for our family: Jumbo Shrimp, Chicken Breasts with Artichokes & Mushrooms, Herb-Roasted Potatoes, a green salad, and Chocolate Pecan Pie for dessert. What a meal!! Since then, I've cooked from this book many times especially when I'm in need of something quick. The recipes are classy and just plain wonderful. I love this cookbook and yes, I did get one for my brother too. Guess what? He's actually begun to cook! Thank-you Bob Sloan for such a wonderful little cookbook!

Eat it up, yum!

This book was given to me by a girlfriend who saw me as a potential husband. One of my flaws, according to her, was that I did not know how to cook so she gave me the Working Stiff Cookbook as a birthday gift. We were never joined in matrimony but at least now I know how to cook, and what a joy it is!Since then I've purchased quite a few cookbooks but time and time again I'll pull out this one. The salmon recipes are killer, especially the pan-fried salmon. You'll love the quick chicken recipes as well. So buy the book already! You'll thank me and your stomach will thank you.

A Must for Every Kitchen!

This is one of the best cookbooks I have had the pleasure to use. I love to cook and have used many cookbooks none of which as often as this one. It has provided me with some of my favorite recipies -the Rosemary Chicken, Chicken Parmesan, Pan Roasted Salmon, and the Pan-cakes to name a few. This is a great house warming or wedding/shower gift or even for a college student who misses mom's food. But don't be fooled, these recipies are gourmet class. Extremely easy recipies with everyday ingredients, most meals taking less than an hour from start to finish.

Suprisingly good cookbook

After we had our baby these simple, low-stress delicous meals helped us survive. It doesn't look like much of a cookbook but is actually filled with basic techniques and suggestions that prove valuable.