Alone in the kitchen with an eggplant : confessions of cooking for one and dining alone / edited by Jenni Ferrari-Adler.

Alone in the kitchen with an eggplant / Laurie Colwin -- Dinner for one, please, james / Ann Patchett -- Beans and me / Jeremy Jackson -- Single cuisine / Amanda Hesser -- Asparagus superhero / Phoebe Nobles -- Thanks, but no thanks / Courtney Eldridge -- The legend of the salsa rosa / Ben Karlin -- Eating alone / Marcella Hazan -- Making soup in buffalo / Beverly Lowry -- Que serø sarito: an (almost) foolproof plan to never ever eat alone again/ Steve Almond -- The year of spaghetti / Haruki Murakami -- Out to lunch/ Colin Harrison -- Dining alone / Mary Cantwell -- A is for dining alone / M. F. K. Fisher -- Eggs over uneasy/ Jonathan Ames -- Protective measures / Jami Attenberg -- Table for one / Erin Ergenbright -- Wild chili / Dan Chaon -- White-on-white lunch for when no one is looking / Anneli Rufus -- Luxury / Holly Hughes -- My favorite meal for one / Paula Wolfert -- The lonely palate / Laura Calder -- How to cook in a new york apartment / Laura Dave -- Potatoes and love: some reflections / Nora Ephron -- Instant noodles/ Rattawut Lapcharoensap -- Food nomad/ Rosa Jurjevics.