While cooking your own meals in college may seem like a real challenge, it’s actually more than possible to do well, and it has a lot of benefits.

In this book, you’ll learn everything you need to get started as a beginner cook in college, whether you have experience at home, or you don't know how to cook an egg. We’ll go over common cooking terms and the most important knife cuts. Furnish your kitchen, whether it’s on-campus or off, with must-have supplies like a cutting board, microwave, and can opener. We’ll also list the equipment that’s really useful, like a rice cooker and smoothie blender. In the introduction, we’ll also go through:

Pantry stackingMeal preppingBudgetingFood storage

This is a cookbook, so of course, there are recipes. All have just five ingredients, not counting salt, pepper, and water. Organized by “Breakfast,” “Poultry,” “Soups & Stews,” “Drinks,” “Desserts,” and more, you’ll find awesome and easy meals like:

Overnight oatsBlack bean-bacon salsa saladChicken wild rice soupBaked provolone chickenFlank steak for twoBananas foster

There’s also a whole chapter on vegan main dishes, and vegan and vegetarian recipes scattered throughout the other sections. No matter what your dietary restrictions are, this book will have recipes you can make in your dorm or your kitchen off-campus. While written for college students, just about anyone can benefit from these 5-ingredient recipes. That includes beginner home cooks, people with small kitchens, and people with tight budgets. For families, the serving sizes can be easily doubled or even tripled. If you want a fast, easy, and healthy meal that uses affordable ingredients and doesn’t require a lot of skills, you’ll find it in this book.

A fascinating tour through the evolution of the human diet and how we can improve our health by understanding our complicated history with food.There are few areas of modern life that are burdened by as much information and advice, often contradictory, as our diet and health: eat a lot of meat, eat no meat; whole grains are healthy, whole grains are a disaster; eat everything in moderation; eat only certain foods--and on and on. In 100 Million Years of Food, biological anthropologist Stephen Le explains how cuisines of different cultures are a result of centuries of evolution, finely tuned to our biology and surroundings.Today many cultures have strayed from their ancestral diets, relying instead on mass-produced food often made with chemicals that may be contributing to a rise in so-called Western diseases, such as cancer, heart disease, and obesity.

Like most women, whether they’ve chosen the Fortune 500 career path or have had five kids by 35, Anna David wondered if she’d made the right choices. Then she came upon the book Sex and the Single Girl by Helen Gurley Brown, Cosmopolitan’s fearless leader from the mid-sixties to the late nineties. Immediately connecting with Gurley Brown’s unique message of self-empowerment combined with femininity, Anna vowed to use Sex as a lesson plan, venturing out of her comfort zone in the hope of overcoming the fears and insecurities that had haunted her for years. Embarking on a journey both intensely personal and undeniably universal, she becomes adventurous and spontaneous—reviving her wardrobe and apartment, taking French lessons, dashing off to Seville, and whiling nights away with men she never would have considered before. In the process, she ends up meeting the person really worth changing for: herself.

We're all faced with the same question every evening: What's for supper? Jennifer Chandler's newest recipe collection is full of delicious answers.

Chef and author Jennifer Chandler shares her culinary experience with readers, equipping you with the know-how you need to serve these memorable meals. This beautifully photographed cookbook is filled with entree, side dish, and dessert ideas that are easy enough for a Tuesday night meal and impressive enough for special occasions.

In Simply Suppers, Chandler provides easy-to-follow recipes including:

Braised Short RibsRoast Chicken with Pan GravyCrawfish EtouffeeBeef BourguignonPeach Cobbler

You'll discover the essentials of a well-stocked kitchen and simple strategies for streamlining the cooking process. Simply Suppers features every successful home cook's secret: a selection of tried and true recipes that come together in a snap.

Get ready to transform your kitchen into a workspace where you'll enjoy whipping up satisfying suppers for the people you love the most.

Simply Suppers is your guidebook for putting comforting favorites on the table without a big hassle.