| | |  | Gourmet Ingredients > | Home » » The Pleasures of Cooking for One | | | | | | | Description: | | 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.
Here, in convincing fashion, Judith Jones demonstrates that cooking for yourself presents unparalleled possibilities for both pleasure and experimentation: you can utilize whatever ingredients appeal, using farmers’ markets and specialty shops to enrich your palate and improve your health; you can feel free to fail, since a meal for one doesn’t have to be perfect; and you can use leftovers to innovate—in the course of a week, the remains of beef bourguignon might be reimagined as a ragù, pork tenderloin may become a stir-fry, a cup or two of wild rice produces both a refreshing pilaf and a rich pancake, and red snapper can be reinvented as a summery salad. It’s a fulfilling and immensely economical process, one perfectly suited for our times—although, as Jones points out, cooking for one also means we can occasionally indulge ourselves in a favorite treat.
Throughout, Jones is both our instructor and our mentor, suggesting basic recipes—such as tomato sauce, preserved lemons, pesto, and homemade stock—that all cooks should have on hand; teaching us how to improvise using an ingenious strategy of building meals through the week; and supplying us with a lifetime’s worth of tips and shortcuts. From Child’s advice for buying fresh meat to Beard’s challenge to beginning crêpe-makers and Lidia Bastianich’s tips for cooking perfectly sauced pasta, Jones’s book presents a wealth of acquired knowledge from our finest cooks.
The Pleasures of Cooking for One is a vibrant, wise celebration of food and enjoying our own company from one of our most treasured cooking experts. | | | Features: | |
• ISBN13: 9780307270726
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| | | Product Details: | | | Author:
| Judith Jones | | Hardcover:
| 288 pages | | Publisher:
| Knopf | | Publication Date:
| September 29, 2009 | | Language:
| English | | ISBN:
| 0307270726 | | Product Length:
| 8.6 inches | | Product Width:
| 6.4 inches | | Product Height:
| 0.9 inches | | Product Weight:
| 1.5 pounds | | Package Length:
| 8.4 inches | | Package Width:
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| 1.4 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
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Pleasures of Cooking for One.Aug 31, 2010 I have enjoyed the book and like another reviewer said most of the recipes will feed 2 to 3 people especially when serving a side salad. I also like her references to the master chef - Julia.
Great Cook BookAug 09, 2010 This is one of the best cookbooks I've had in a long time. It's geared to small meals, which we tend to eat as we get older. I've tried many of the recipes and loved them all. (Review by John's wife)
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cooking for oneAug 09, 2010 Bought as a gift for my mom. She lives in another state. She recieved it 2 weeks earlier than expected. I don't know any more about it.
I Love it!Jul 17, 2010 I LOVE this cookbook. I live alone and my daughter said, as she handed me this gift, "It may be too simple for you". In fact it is simply elegant. The emphasis on fruits and vegetables is very timely. The panna cotta is the best I've ever eaten. The apple maple bread pudding is so New England. I'm working my way through the recipes; strata, veal shoulder, stuffed eggplant-all great. I feel pampered, which Judith Jones in her charming tone encourages.
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I tried, but....May 05, 2010 No matter how much I tried, I failed to like this book and so I returned it to Amazon. Some of the recipes looked interesting but most of them were long-winded and boring.
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