From the legendary editor of some of the world's greatest cooks--including Julia Child and James Beard--a passionate and practical book about the joys of cooking for one. Jones suggests basic recipes--such as tomato sauce, preserved lemons, pesto, and homemade stock--that all cooks should have on hand; teaches you how to improvise by building meals through the week; and supplies you with a lifetime's worth of tips and shortcuts.

"A collection of eclectic vegetarian and vegan recipes for singles as well as lone vegetarians in meat-eating households, from the beloved Washington Post editor and author of Serve Yourself. An increasing number of Americans are turning to plant-based diets, both for their health and the economic benefits. And for many, they are the only one in their household who has made the change--making it the perfect time for this book of vegetarian, flexitarian,...

Collects one hundred simple, quick recipes designed for single-diner meals, eliminating the need for scaling down ingredients, including such options as Tahitian noodle sandwich, smoked duck breast salad, and mackerel with lemon and capers.

Designed for One provides recipes for single servings of flavorful, diabetes-friendly meals. Now you can enjoy a flavorful and diabetes-friendly dinner that's designed just for you! Hughes shows you how to prepare a delicious meal without a ton of leftovers. Many of the recipes allow you to treat yourself to single servings of flavorful meals, but Hughes includes a "two-for-one" chapter lets you use the leftovers from the recipe as a base for a brand...

"When Sutanya Dacres married her French boyfriend and moved to Paris at twenty-seven, she felt like she was living out her very own Nora Ephron romantic comedy. Jamaican-born and Bronx-raised, she had never dreamed she herself could be one of those American women in Paris she admired from afar via their blogs, until she met the man of her dreams one night in Manhattan. A couple of years later, she married her Frenchman and moved to Paris, embarking...