I was surprised to read in one recent thread that some college students have no access to any cooking (and cleaning) facilities in their dorms. Is this really common?? If so, I’m a little bit appalled... I didn’t... (42 replies, last updated by emmo42 January 18, 2009)

. Now we get into the dorm food realm... Coq au Vin. Huh? This is their signature dish? Overcooked chicken was tasteless and rubbery. They used those awful white cap mushrooms that have absolutely no flavor in huge chunks. The... (25 replies, last updated by Ruth Lafler March 13, 2009)

Please realize that being a UCSC student, your son and at least some of his friends may not be eating red meat, any meat, or may be vegetarian or even vegan. Being an alum and avid cook, I would ALWAYS inquire before planning a... (7 replies, last updated by MSK May 7, 2007)

Someone made these for fellowship hour at church this past Sunday—they disappeared and they were SO cute and perfectly bite-size! The idea is similar to “pine bark” but without the butter, stovetop cooking, etc.... (22 replies, last updated by ellaj September 28, 2006)

working with the old oven in my dorm “kitchenette.” I’m sure a number of things went wrong, but I’m not quite sure what, and this was not the optimal first-time experience I had in mind. - First, the recipe... (5 replies, last updated by danna February 5, 2008)

and a cutting board. I vividly remember amazing my dorm mates with fried chicken breaded in cracker meal (we scrounged up crackers in little packets from the cafeteria), cooked in the hall kitchen. One girl didn’t even know... (12 replies, last updated by tochipotle June 28, 2007)

. The staff (on the tv show) seem to be technically qualified but not “ethnic” nor “authentic”. The foods they cook are "cafeteria or dorm food flavored". (5 replies, last updated by ccbweb February 3, 2008)

minutes! The Cook-Zen cooks everything in a quarter of the time it would take normally, and really does almost anything you can think of. I am buying one shortly for my dorm room in the fall and it is going to be a huge time... (6 replies, last updated by EclecticEater May 29, 2008)

The in-the-cup heating coil used to be the standard dorm room cooking tool – in the days before cheap microwaves. I don’t know how the Cambodian approach to coffee differs from the Vietnamese, but I’m somewhat... (16 replies, last updated by paulj February 3, 2009)

because I want to be Bobby Flay). Based on their current skill set, my guess is functional cooking, so I would start with a slow cooker. You can buy a cheap small one for $30 at home depot or target and you can use it in your dorm... (27 replies, last updated by cimui May 19, 2008)

I’ve been stuck in a hotel room for a couple of weeks and I’m tired of eating out. I’m looking for some simple easy to prepare recipes (I’m not a great cook) that I can make in my hotel kitchen without... (9 replies, last updated by Hungry Celeste April 26, 2006)

The last three times I cooked for people, the food turned out fine but, I’m ashamed to say, was at least an hour late. I begin with the best intentions yet something unexpected always happens: I forgot the chicken was... (27 replies, last updated by aggiecat October 30, 2009)

How about investing in an electric skillet? (not the flat kind, the tall, square ones with a lid). I used one for most of my dorm room cooking... mine had a high lid, so you could brown and sort of “bake” many things... (10 replies, last updated by cayjohan November 1, 2006)

Hello, all, First of all, I hope this is in the right forum. Anyway, my birthday is coming up, and as an alternative to the dinner/drinks combo, I’d rather be with a couple close friends and take a little cooking course. I... (11 replies, last updated by paprkutr March 23, 2008)

my mom bought my the bittman "how to cook everything" when i moved out of the dorms in college. it’s great for teaching you basic cooking techniques and ideas, but i found its best feature is the detailed descriptions on... (40 replies, last updated by upstate girl December 20, 2006)