Recipes Every Man Should Know

A pocket-sized beginner cookbook packed with easy, satisfying recipes and essential kitchen skills—from eggs, burgers, chili, and meatloaf to bacon brownies and no-bake cheesecake—for guys ready to start cooking for themselves.

We're mixing bacon with brownies! We're pouring beer into chili! We're stirring up tomato gravy so thick and tasty, we refuse to call it sauce! This easy pocket-sized companion shows you how to make all the food a man can't live without.

Recipes Every Man Should Know serves up approachable favorites for every part of the day, from hearty breakfasts and eggs to sandwiches, burgers, snacks, meat-and-potato dinners, and easy desserts. Make crowd-pleasing comfort food like bacon-wrapped meatloaf and beef-and-beer chili, master basic dishes every home cook should know, and finish things off with chocolate, cheesecake, and more.

Along the way, get a no-nonsense introduction to essential kitchen tools and cooking techniques, including basic terminology and measurements. Compact, straightforward, and designed for cooks who don't need a hundred-step recipe, this handy little cookbook makes a practical gift for college students, recent graduates, bachelors, first-time apartment dwellers, and any guy who's ready to rely less on takeout and more on himself.

• Learn the essential kitchen skills and straightforward recipes every guy needs to start cooking for himself, with approachable instructions designed for beginners and casual home cooks
• Master easy, hearty breakfast classics, eggs, sandwiches, burgers, snacks, and other satisfying everyday dishes without complicated ingredients or techniques
• Get a quick introduction to pots and pans, measurements, basic cooking terminology, slicing and dicing, and other practical skills every beginning cook should know
• A compact hardcover gift for sons, brothers, boyfriends, college students, recent graduates, first apartments, and young men learning to cook and live on their own

Trade takeout for home cooking with a pocket-sized collection of easy recipes and kitchen basics that make feeding yourself a whole lot simpler.

Susan Russo makes a killer Bacon-Wrapped Meatloaf and shares recipes, stories, and photos online at Food Blogga. Brett Cohen is the author of Stuff Every Man Should Know and has perfected the art of making a ten-minute No-Bake Cheesecake.