A cookery book for flatters

Press, Volume CXIV, Issue 33424, 4 January 1974, Page 5

A cookery book for flatters

Solo flatters probably waste more food than anyone. This does not mean that they are a particularly extravagant lot, but it is extremely difficult to cater thriftily for one person, even after many years of practice. Michael Volkerling’s new book, “Food for Flatters” [(“Or How to Close the [Edibility Gap”), will, there[fore, provide the answers for those who live alone and want to cut down on their [food bills. It will also be 'most useful for groups of [flatters who share expenses, [and who take turns in buyling, cooking, and budgeting. [ The author says that all [the recipes—from France, [lndia. China. Germany, Indonesia, Greece, Spain. Britain. Italy, Australia and New [Zealand —are cheap, nourishing. and easy to prepare. I Above each recipe he gives [preparation and cooking times, with concise instruc-

[tions, and the number of servings. [ The range of recipes in[eludes breakfast and luncheon snacks, and vegetable and salad dishes; rice, pastas and leftover; meat and fish; sauces and desserts. Wine and beer-making also [have a chapter of their own. ,'including the kind of equipment needed. ?| Thinking of the young, who -[are flatting for the first time, riVolkerling itemises the basic 1 [equipment and utensils r needed for the kitchen. He ? advises where to shop, what f [to buy in bulk and how to ,[store it. as well as hints on -[keeping perishables in a .[refrigerator. Perhaps his most I [useful chart is the one on .[quantities to buy for a given - number of people and how to - budget from a limited kitty, f These are important points - at a time when food costs keep rising. And there is no ; need for flatters to become ; run-down in health through '“under-eating’' if they studv

the chapter on food values A slim paperhack of 105 pages, the book is written in a chatty style by one wh knows about cooking f ■ flatters. Published by A H and A W. Reed, it is highh recommended for eperiencec solo cooks as well as fot beginners.