Want to rustle up some recipes in the kitchen but lack the confidence to start? Cooking is great fun, as well as being healthier and cheaper than convenience foods or takeaways. If you're unsure where to start, this page has some great suggestions about what to do next.
Cooking hints and tips
We have a cooking section on our website full of practical advice for blind and partially sighted people. There's also links to other sites which contain accessibly designed recipes.
Cookery for VIPs recipe book
Maxine Turkington has Stargardt's disease and is partially sighted. Her recipe book, Cooking for VIPs, contains over 120 recipes graded according to complexity. Written in large print, it comes with handy hints about how to organise your kitchen if you are partially sighted.
For every book sold, RNIB receives 30 per cent of the sale.
Produced in large print format, this 160 page book is available for £12.95 plus £2.50 packaging and handling to anywhere in the world.
How to order your book
Cooking for VIPs costs £12.95 plus £2.50 packaging and handling to anywhere in the world.
Please contact Maxine direct by emailing her at maxine.turkington@virginmedia.com or by phoning her on 01223 246712 if you have any queries or questions.
You can also purchase Cooking for VIPs from our online shop.