This is a cookery book written for, researched and tested by students. It contains 150 recipes and is suitable for anyone who has to cook and eat on little money and with minimal equipment and experience. The recipes range from soups to puddings, cheap fillers to complete vegetarian meals and snacks to feasts, and they aim to cater equally for the health-conscious, the poverty-stricken and the party-giver. The book's pen-and-ink drawings are by the author, who also wrote Isabella and Sam (a biography of Mrs Beeton), the Piccolo Picture Cookbook and Mutton and Oysters.