Alone in the Kitchen with an Eggplant: Confessions of Cooking for One and Dining Alone Hardcover - 2007
by Jenni Ferrari-Adler
A delightful and unexpected collection of pieces by writers, foodies, and others-including Nora Ephron, Marcella Hazan, and Ann Patchett-on the distinctive experiences of cooking for one and dining alone.
If, sooner or later, we all face the prospect of eating alone, then Alone in the Kitchen with an Eggplant provides the perfect set of instructions. In this unique collection, twenty-six writers and foodies invite readers into their kitchens to reflect on the secret meals they make for themselves when no one else is looking: the indulgent truffled egg sandwich, the comforting bowl of black beans, the bracing anchovy fillet on buttered toast.
From Italy to New York to Cape Cod to Thailand, from M. F. K. Fisher to Steve Almond to Nora Ephron, the experiences collected in this book are as diverse, moving, hilarious, and uplifting as the meals they describe. Haruki Murakami finds solace in spaghetti. Ephron mends a broken heart with mashed potatoes in bed. Ann Patchett trades the gourmet food she cooks for others for endless snacks involving saltines. Marcella Hazan, responsible for bringing sophisticated Italian cuisine into American homes, craves a simple grilled ham-and-cheese sandwich. Courtney Eldridge, divorced from a fancy chef, reconnects with the salsa she learned to cook from her cash-strapped mother. Rosa Jurjevics reflects on the influence of her mother, Laurie Colwin, as she stocks her home with salty treats. Almost all of the essays include recipes, making this book the perfect companion for a happy, lonely-or just hungry-evening home alone.
Part solace, part celebration, part handbook, Alone in the Kitchen with an Eggplant offers a wealth of company, inspiration, and humor-and, finally, recipes that require no division or subtraction.
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- Title Alone in the Kitchen with an Eggplant: Confessions of Cooking for One and Dining Alone
- Author Jenni Ferrari-Adler
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition 1ST
- Pages 272
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Riverhead Books, New York
- Date 2007
- ISBN 9781594489471 / 1594489475
- Weight 0.91 lbs (0.41 kg)
- Dimensions 8.46 x 5.84 x 1.07 in (21.49 x 14.83 x 2.72 cm)
- Ages 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
- Library of Congress subjects Cookery for one
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2007001593
- Dewey Decimal Code 641.561
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