Cookbook of the week: The Ultimate Student Cookbook The online freshers" bible Student Beans, which dispenses advice to teens untimely ripped from their mothers" bank balances, has produced its first cookbook. "Regard food as a fun challenge," it lectures in the introduction. "If you look after your food, it will look after you..." Wise words are accompanied by notes on kitchen kit, culinary survival skills and store-cupboard stand-bys. The recipes are divided into easy, hungry but penniless, DIY takeaway and so on. Old-school sausages and lentils comes with the bracing comment, "More bloody lentils... but guess what! This one is better than the last because it includes sausages. 1 red onion, finely diced 2 celery sticks, finely diced 1 sprig fresh thyme 3 tomatoes, quartered 300g Puy lentils 750ml chicken or vegetable stock Heat half the oil in a frying pan, and brown the sausages then leave to cool on a plate. Heat the remaining oil in a large pan over a medium heat and fry the onion for three minutes. Add the celery and garlic and fry for another three minutes. Add the thyme, tomatoes, lentils and sausages and pour in the stock. Bring to a boil, cover and simmer for 15 minutes, then remove the lid and cook for 20-30 minutes more, until the lentils are tender. 'The Ultimate Student Cookbook' by Student Beans Weidenfeld & Nicolson, £15.99