A Girl Called Jack

100 delicious budget recipes

Jack Monroe

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Michael Joseph Ltd
11 April 2014

Cookery, food & drink

100 budget-busting, easy and delicious recipes from an internet sensation

Jack Monroe is a cash-strapped single parent living in Southend. When they found themselves with a shopping budget of just e10 a week to feed themselves and their young son, they addressed the situation with resourcefulness, creativity and their local supermarket's 'basics' range. They created recipe after recipe of delicious, simple and defiantly upbeat meals that were outrageously cheap. Discover with Jack how to be less wasteful, whilst creating inexpensive, great food on a budget.

Recipes include Vegetable Masala Curry for 30p a portion, Pasta alla Genovese for 19p a portion and a Jam Sponge reminiscent of school days for 23p a portion.

By: Jack Monroe
Imprint: Michael Joseph Ltd
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 252mm, Width: 292mm, Spine: 21mm
Weight: 737g
ISBN: 9780718178949
ISBN 10: 0718178947
Pages: 224
Publication Date: 11 April 2014
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Jack was awarded the 2013 Fortnum and Mason Judges' Choice Award for the impact that her blog, A Girl Called Jack, has had. She is now a well-known campaigner against hunger and poverty in the UK, weekly recipe columnist for the Guardian, and winner of Women of the Year 2014.

Reviews for A Girl Called Jack: 100 delicious budget recipes

Sassy, political, and cooking amazing food on GBP10 a week. We need more like her -- Xanthe Clay The Telegraph Prepare to feel very inspired, and very hungry. Look A plain-speaking, practical austerity cookery guide - healthy, tasty and varied. -- Patrick Butler The Guardian