BOOKS & AUTHORS : A Textbook for the Hungry Student

“College Quickies: Survival Cookbook” (Applezaba Press; $10.95) is a humorously illustrated cookbook offering 75 quick-to-fix economical recipes designed for busy college students.

Sandy Sieg, a longtime Laguna Beach resident and a mother of four, says the cookbook features recipes that use only three or four ingredients and that each recipe takes only about five minutes to prepare.

The book is the result of Sieg’s conversations with her daughters and their college friends and they discovery that cooking was a low priority for them. Sieg maintains, however, that college students want to eat well but that they lack the time, initiative and money to cook conventional meals.

The book is available in bookstores, and it may also be ordered from Applezaba Press, P.O. Box 4134-1007, Long Beach, Calif. 90804. Send $9.95 plus $2 for postage.

Book Signings: A. E. Maxwell (“Money Burns”) will sign from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Saturday at the Green Door mystery bookstore, 31781 Camino Capistrano, San Juan Capistrano. . . . T. Jefferson Parker (“Pacific Beat”) will sign from 1 to 3 p.m. Saturday at Book Carnival, 870 N. Tustin Ave., Orange. . . . Cartoonist Kevin Fagan will sign his new “Drabble” cartoon book (“Dad, I’m an Elvis Impersonator”) from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday at Fahrenheit 451 Books, 540 S. Coast Highway, Laguna Beach, and he will also discuss cartoon-drawing.

Book Sale: The Friends of the Stanton Library will have a book sale 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday at the library, 7850 Katella Ave. Proceeds will benefit the summer reading for children program.

Writing Class: Publicist and writer Barbara DeMarco will conduct an eight-week creative writing class beginning at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the Irvine Fine Arts Center, 14321 Yale Ave., Irvine.

DeMarco, who has published fiction, nonfiction and poetry, will offer critiquing sessions and tips on marketing and finding an agent. Cost: $62. Students must be 18 or older. To register in advance, call DeMarco at (714) 731-4481.

Round Table: Eric Lax (“Woody Allen: A Biography”), T. Jefferson Parker (“Pacific Beat”), Stephen Silverman (“Where There’s a Will”) and Gwen David (“Jade”) will discuss their works at the monthly meeting of Round Table West at noon June 27 at the Balboa Bay Club, Newport Beach. Cost: $30. For reservations, call Round Table at (213) 256-7977.