Alone in the Kitchen With An Eggplant
Confessions of Cooking for One and Dining Alone
Book - 2007
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 Eggplantprovides 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 Eggplantoffers a wealth of company, inspiration, and humor-and, finally, recipes that require no division or subtraction.
Publisher:
New York : Riverhead Books, 2007
ISBN:
9781594489471
1594489475
1594489475
Branch Call Number:
641.561 Al
Description:
272 pages ; 22 cm
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Add a Commentgreat fun with information too, and well written
Remembrances of solo meals past, some joyous, some sad, and still others marked by those strange things we do when we eat alone. by a gaggle of famous chefs, gourmets, and writers. This sweet little morsel of a book can be consumed in little pieces, a lovely interlude for the foodie.