jducoeur

On the subject of lack of an oven: when you're only cooking for one (or if you cook in batches, as I do at work, an entire class of second and third graders), the toaster oven can to some degree substitute. I've done shortbread cookies and whole loves of bread in it at home, and things like pumpkin muffins and banana bread at school. The trick seems to be doing things in small sizes, so if you want to bake something, cut it up first.