I didn't steal it, i found it...there's a difference.

There is something incredibly special about cookbooks you find. It's almost as good as finding money, possibly better since i'll just spend the money but i can treasure the book forever.
I aquired the gem that is 'Keep it Simple 30 minute meals from scratch' by Marian Burros because someone left it in the library. Left it! Whoever it was Is. An. Idiot, and you can tell them i said that too.
It's an american book as well, complete with the 'special price! $1.99' tag on it, this is seriously the sort of thing i live for. And i really, really mean that.
The book is seperated into menus with amazingly wonderful titles like ' old fashioned menu for 2 with new twist', 'menu for 2 or 3 for a more special dinner' and my favouritist ever, a 'moderately french menu for 3' which i plan to use the minute i need a quick but classily moderate meal for 3 people...
It's an amazingly easy to use book, even if some of the recipes, seem, well, a tad odd to put it politely, and there seems to be a slight over reliance on citrus but i'll forgive her that since there's a whole section of meatfree menus that are easily veganised. They are also, for an early 80's book incredibly healthy- lots of vegetables and most of the desserts are fruit with the occaisonal sprinkle of brown sugar.
In addition to the actual recipes, she also provides a very handy game plan so you know not to start the cauliflower at the same time as the meatloaf, theres also a shopping list for each menu, she really couldn't make it any easier.
This is really an almost perfect cookbook, easy to follow, a very wide range of recipes, even if they do seem a little strange 26 years after it was written, its as good a history of food as it is a cookbook.
Glorious in other words.