Solo: The Joy of Cooking for One

Signe Johansen

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'A book that turns a chore into a pleasure . . . Johansen is never less than in tune with her reader.' - Observer Food Monthly

One of The Sunday Times and Observer Food Monthly's food books of the year.

Embrace the joy and freedom of cooking delicious food just for you with this essential kitchen companion from the award-winning, bestselling Signe Johansen. Solo: The Joy of Cooking for One will inspire you to cook delicious food, every day.

With easy ideas for every meal, including nourishing breakfasts, speedy suppers and batch recipes to save you time and effort, Solo has got you covered. Perfect for first-time cooks as well as experienced chefs, this handy book is the ultimate guide to cooking for one - and to enjoying the process just as much as the delicious results.

'Turning cooking for one from a soul-destroying mathematical exercise to a self-loving luxury, Solo is gleefully self-indulgent yet somehow wildly practical.' - Alexandra Heminsley

Book Details

Publisher: Bluebird
Publish Date: Sep 1st, 2021
Pages: 208
Language: English
Edition: undefined - undefined
Dimensions: 8.58in - 6.46in - 0.87in - 1.25lb
EAN: 9781529064940
Categories: • Methods - Quick & Easy

About the Author

Signe Johansen is a Norwegian cook and author of How to Hygge, Solo, Spirited, Scandilicious and Scandilicious Baking. A longtime whisky enthusiast, she is the co-founder of 'Spirited Women', a project to get more women into whisky and other spirits. After graduating with a bachelor's degree in archaeology and anthropology from the University of Cambridge, she trained at Leiths School of Food and Wine in London, worked in several of the UK's top restaurants and went on to do her masters in the anthropology of food at SOAS Food Studies Centre at the University of London. She has appeared on Kirstie's Handmade Christmas, What's Cooking and Sunday Brunch. She lives in Bloomsbury, London

Praise for this book

"At last, a book of lovely recipes by someone who knows that cooking isn't always for sharing. It's just as important to eat well on your own." --Diana Henry

"Joyous recipes for one" --India Knight

"A book that turns a chore into a pleasure ... Johansen is never less than in tune with her reader." --Observer Food Monthly

"A (delicious) manifesto on the plus points of getting into the kitchen with only yourself to feed" --Telegraph

"Turning cooking for one from a soul-destroying mathematical exercise to a self-loving luxury, Solo is gleefully self-indulgent yet somehow wildly practical" --Alexandra Heminsley

"Indulge yourself with mussels, fennel and wine or revamp that most melancholy of late-night staples - noodles - with Signe's recipe for miso ramen." --Observer Food Monthly