I thought that looking at successful cookbooks could aid me with the content and the design inspiration. Looking at student cookbooks will be more beneficial as this is the area that I would like to target.
Nosh:
This book provides photos with every recipe allowing you to see whether you want to cook it, and what it's meant to look like. The book takes a straight forward and simple approach to cooking. The book is also affordable making it more accessible to students on a budget. There are sections at the start of the book about how long things can be stored for, cooking times for different vegetables, how to cook pasta, how to cook rice, and other handy advice (like 'wash up now and then!'). This book is also extremely good for vegetarians, as lots of the recipes have vegetarian option. It also includes sample menus and shopping lists. It is clearly labeled with how easy it is to prepare, price, time, and for how many people. The layout is clear and easy to read helping reflect the easy nature, bright colours are used to help engage.
Good Food Easy Student Dinners:
A small and affordable cookbook with sections on Brainy Breakfasts and Healthy Snacks, Express meals, Dinners for One, One pan wonders, Food for friends, and Easy puds, there are recipes for every occasion. Recipes are simple to make, they are split up into two or three stages, and so even the most basic beginner can follow them, and opposite the recipe is a clear picture of the finished food, so you know what your making and what your aiming for. The lay out again is clear and easy to follow with good photographs to go along with it. However some of the recipes are overcomplicated and are a lot of hassle to find the ingredients.
The Hungry Student Cookbook 200+ Quick and Simple Recipes:
Not only does it give you more that 200 recipes that are quick, cheap and tasty, but there are also indispensable tips on everything the new student needs to know, from barbecuing tips and drinking games, to how to tackle those tricky household chores. Each recipe has a cost breakdown to help with budgeting and detailed instructions to make them accessible to even the most novice cook. While Eat Healthy contains full nutritional information to prep your body and brain for intensive studying. Although the recipes are quite complex with a large number of ingredients, many of which are fresh, preparation times too are quite long.
Looking at these cookbooks has given me a better idea of how things need to be clearly laid out and the strong focus on ease, affordability and time. Categories within these books are important to help guide people through the book, this is something I will need to consider when working on screen.
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