WHAT THE REVIEWERS SAY...
"Saucepans and the Single Girl"- Bachelor-bait Recipes and Dazzling Ideas for Entertaining by Jinx Morgan and Judy Perry: This classic cookbook coauthored by longtime Bon Appetit contributor Jinx Morgan was originally published in 1965.It's so retro it's cool again."
Bon Appetit, April 2006
And from Amazon:
From the basics of a posh picnic to recipes guaranteed to snare his heart, SAUCEPANS & THE SINGLE GIRL is the ideal kitchen guide for today's bachelorette. Originally published in 1965, this hip guide to living--and cooking--single artfully straddles the line between timeless and outdated. Maintaining the book's irresistibly retro appeal, this new edition features the original text with a new introduction and footnotes with important (and often comical) historical updates. Like a classic Lily Pulitzer dress brought out again, SAUCEPANS & THE SINGLE GIRL is a retro gem that will have women everywhere wondering why it's been packed away all this time!
From Kim Malo
MyShelf.Com
Saucepans and the Single Girl is part cookbook, part retro historical artifact, and altogether fun. It first came out in 1965, written because, as the authors note, there were cookbooks for people who loved to cook, hated to cook, were wolves or gourmets, but none for who they were -poor, young, single working girls. So they decided to take things in hand and provide a range of options covering everything from the "Deadly Little Dinners" you'll need to serve to reassure lavender-and-old-lace relatives to enticing "Food Fit for a Man in Gray Flannel Lederhosen" and various other potential men of your dreams. This re-issued edition keeps the original text and some simply charming line-drawing illustrations intact. Updates are restricted to commentary and a new introduction and epilogue.
While a lot of the recipes will seem dated -this was written back when instant everything was hip and Julia Child was just becoming a household name- a surprising number are still useful. The authors poke a lot of smiling fun at their younger selves, with annotations ranging from lighthearted historical updates to wails of what were we thinking?! at everything from the prevalence of canned cream sauce (Did we own stock in some cream sauce company?) through original cooking instructions for a hamburger that would "produce something resembling a large piece of kibble." That lighthearted style is what makes this book such a pleasure to read today, whether or not you have the slightest intention of ever cooking anything from it. Take, for example, instructions from a couple of poultry recipes "when you have finally found your chicken and safely guided it home... wipe out the cavities of the unsuspecting beasts." I had a smile on my face from the dedication to the end, and you will too.
Whether you want to get a taste of life in the 60s, are looking for some retro but useful recipes, or just want a bit of lighthearted fun reading, do yourself a favor and pick up a copy of Saucepans and the Single Girl.
"Saved my marriage."
Amy Sedaris
"This is a useful cookbook, seeded with helpful entertaining tips for any woman starting an independent life."
Donna Pilato
Entertaining.about.com
http://entertaining.about.com/od/productreviews/gr/saucepansgirl.htm
"Whether you want to get a taste of life in the 60s, are looking for some retro but useful recipes, or just want a bit of lighthearted fun reading, do yourself a favor and pick up a copy of Saucepans & the Single Girl."
Kim Mahlo
Myshelf.com
http://www.myshelf.com/cookbook/06/saucepansandthesinglegirl.htm
"There are numerous recipes and the reader will find many of the historical updates very funny. This is a fun book to read and the single girls will love it. However, everyone will like the easy recipes and helpful tips included in the book. "
Bestsellersworld.com
http://www.bestsellersworld.com/reviews/morgan-saucepans_and_the_single_girl.htm
"This is a very cleverly written and useful cookbook for anyone, not just the new girl on the social scene."
Bookloons.com
http://www.bookloons.com/cgi-bin/Review.asp?bookid=6139
"Saucepans & the Single Girl connects women across generations. It would be a great gift for any daughters or girlfriends who are settling in to their first apartments."
bestsellers.about.com
http://bestsellers.about.com/od/nonfictionreviews/gr/saucepansSingle.htm
"A funny and interesting read."
Allthingsgirls.com
http://www.allthingsgirl.com/rv/as/001140.shtml
"Armchair Interviews says: For an amusing trip back to the 60's single scene filled with terms and idealisms reminiscent of that era, you will enjoy Saucepans & the Single Girl."
Armchairinterviews.com
http://www.armchairinterviews.com/reviews/categories/cookbook/saucepans_the_single_girl.php
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In the early sixties, just after we graduated from Stanford where we had been roommates, we decided to write a book together. We don't remember why. Unaware of the advice that two people getting together to write a book is like three people getting together to have a baby, we plunged ahead. We realized that what we needed was a cookbook geared to OUR lives, not the lives of would be Betty Crockers. So we scavenged recipes from friends, relatives and anyone without a lock on their recipe box and tested them in our own tiny kitchen.
Strung together with stories from our own single lives and advice based on shared experiences with friends, our scattered pages became the manuscript for Saucepans and the Single Girl. It was published by Doubleday and serialized for several months in the Ladies Home Journal. We reveled in heady TV appearances on cooking shows and even fooled the panel on "To Tell the Truth." A three week whirlwind US tour promoting Saucepans brought indelible, zany memories. More of that later.
And after a few years we thought that was that.
Forty years have whisked by and now Warner Books is publishing a new edition, complete with our own sometimes informative, and occasionally, shamefaced footnotes and additions to bring the book up to date. Who says you can't teach old broads new tricks?
Join us for a look at the saga of SAUCEPANS AND THE SINGLE GIRL...
JINX and JUDY
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THE FIRST BOOK...
Published in 1965 by Doubleday
From the back jacket:
"Designed to warm the Heart of the young girl who may not know a wire whisk from a tuning fork, here are recipes, menus, and kitchen hints for every occasion. From midnight supper for two to 'deadly little dinners' and smashing soirées for the gang. SAUCEPANS AND THE SINGLE GIRL will achieve its rightful place in the hearts of career girls everywhere -right up there with vacations at Waikiki and long lash mascara."
This is Now ... The New, Updated, Footnoted and Still Funny
Saucepans and the Single Girl -Published by Warner Books in 2006
From the back cover:
In 1965, the big bash, the cocktail party, and the romantic dinner for two took a dramatic turn for the better. Coincidence? Hardly. It was Saucepans and the Single Girl - the funny, flip and completely practical cookbook that did "more for the bachelor girl's social life than long-lash mascara or a new discotheque dress." A lot has changed since then, but there are still a few things every girl needs: a knockout menu to dazzle Mr. Right, the kicky cocktail to liven any affair, and a hearty meal to fill that rare empty slot in her social calendar. Now in an updated edition, complete with new, wise and witty notes by authors Jinx Morgan and Judy Perry, Saucepans and the Single Girl returns to that small apartment kitchen to stir up a batch of food, fun and flirtation that is totally timeless.
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