A perfect and irresistible idea A cookbook filled with delicious healthful recipes created for everyone on a tight budgetmdashand a cookbook with a strong charitable component With every copy of Good and Cheap purchased a second copy will be given to a person or family in need While studying food policy as a masterrsquos candidate at NYU Leanne Brown asked a simple yet critical question How well can a person eat on the a day given by SNAP the US governmentrsquos Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program informally known as food stamps The answer is surprisingly well Broiled Tilapia with Lime Spicy Pulled Pork Green Chile and Cheddar Quesadillas Vegetable Jambalaya Beet and Chickpea Saladmdasheven desserts like Coconut Chocolate Cookies and Peach Coffee Cake In addition to creating nutritious recipes that maximize every ingredient and use economical cooking methods Ms Brown gives tips on shopping on creating pantry basics on mastering certain staplesmdashpizza dough flour tortillasmdashand saucy extras that make everything taste better like spice oil and tzatziki and how to make fundamentally smart healthful food choices The idea for Good and Cheap is already proving itself The author launched a Kickstarter campaign to self-publish and fund the buy onegive one model Hundreds of thousands of viewers watched her video and donated and national media are paying attention Even high-profile chefs and food writers have taken notemdashlike Mark Bittman who retweeted the link to the campaign Francis Lam who called it ldquoTerrificrdquo and Michael Pollan who cited it as a ldquocool kickstarterrdquo In the same way that TOMS turned inexpensive stylish shoes into a larger do-good movement Good and Cheap is poised to become a cookbook that every food lover with a conscience will embrace.
