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A review by aje9065a
Alone in the Kitchen with an Eggplant : Confessions of Cooking for One and Dining Alone by Jenni Ferrari-Adler
4.0
I picked up this book because I like the premise. Dining alone, doing anything alone, is often devalued. To borrow from Rufus' Party of One the assumption is that eating alone is scarfing down a bag of FunYums and watching Porky's 2, as opposed to enjoying something tender and succulent that deserves one's full attention without the constant interruption of other people.
Some of the stories are about dining alone, either in public or in private, while others are about cooking alone-either in a solitary apartment or serving others. There is some overlap. My favorite are those authors who do the most with the least; an apartment so small one has to do dishes in the bathtub, a complete lack of cooking experience, an extremely limited budget. Today, with the internet, it is so easy to punch in 'easy eggplant recipes' and eliminate all creativity.
Dining alone in public offers its own social commentary, which is probably handled in other volumes. As for being the master chef, for yourself or others--it brings a special kind of confidence. It's a happiness that deserves to be experimented with in this age of 'fast' and 'instant' food.
Some of the stories are about dining alone, either in public or in private, while others are about cooking alone-either in a solitary apartment or serving others. There is some overlap. My favorite are those authors who do the most with the least; an apartment so small one has to do dishes in the bathtub, a complete lack of cooking experience, an extremely limited budget. Today, with the internet, it is so easy to punch in 'easy eggplant recipes' and eliminate all creativity.
Dining alone in public offers its own social commentary, which is probably handled in other volumes. As for being the master chef, for yourself or others--it brings a special kind of confidence. It's a happiness that deserves to be experimented with in this age of 'fast' and 'instant' food.