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Pleasures of Cooking for One

September 25, 2009 ⋅  Email This Post ⋅  Print This Post ⋅ Post a comment

An editor works behind the scenes, but Judith Jones has been in the foreground lately. She’s best known for “discovering” Julia Child as a young editor at Knopf, but now we can discover her on the big screen in the popular film, Julie and Julia.  I love the scene in which Jones (portrayed by Erin Dilly) and Julia (Meryl Streep) move index cards on a bulletin board to come up with the perfect title, Mastering the Art of French Cooking.

I’m leafing through Judith Jones beautiful new cookbook, The Pleasures of Cooking for One. Jones, who was also the editor for James Beard, starting compiling recipes for this book after her husband died in 1996, and she found herself eating alone. I find it deeply satisfying to cook meals for myself. It gives me a lot of confidence to know that I can stay well nourished and nurtured.

The Pleasures of Cooking for One has so many delectable recipes (from Boeuf Bourguignon to Icebox Cookies) with tips for shopping and menu planning. It belongs on every cook’s shelf.

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