Cook book for a teen

[Breadhead1]

My 18 year old ds "thinks" he might like cooking. Thought I'd wrap up a cook book if anyone has any recommendations or any other ideas of a gift but not too expensive this could be a passing fad!

My son had a couple of Sam Sterns - Cooking up a storm and Get cooking which were great but it was a few years ago - he seems to have a few others since then.

Joe Wickes..pretty "cool" with emphasis on health rather diet. Also Nigel Slater and Jamie Oliver's earlier books...not too precise, very "chuck in a handful" rather than "carefully measure" .

I gave mine The Hungry Student cookbook by Charlotte Pike - we’ve tried quite a few of the recipes and they’ve all been good.

ds was given Jamie Oliver, he is great at cooking now

it was Jamie Oliver's ministry of food that DS had, he uses BBC website now

my first cook book was Delia Smith complete cookery course.

Another vote for Jamie’s Ministry of Food. I got it aged 40-something and a competent cook but terrified of cooking meat, and it’s brilliant - ideal for beginners, builds cookery skills and confidence (rather than just giving recipes) and the recipes are really good.

A relative once gifted a Vietnamese cooking class experience which I really enjoyed. I think I was about 22?

Perhaps he'd like something like that.

I also recommend Sam Stern - have only got the eat vegetarian one but loads of choice

Mob Comfort. My teen boys can't stop cooking from it.

https://www.mob.co.uk/shop/comfort-mob

Idiot site has posted a pic of the wrong book - it's the Comfort one you want.