Contents
Preface Barbara Santich
Allard, alone Vikki Moore
Alone Marianne Robins
A table alone Cassie Harrex
A recipe for nourishment Marianne Duluk
Table for one Julia Jenkins
Alone, together Alyssa Fletcher
Greg Camellia Aebischer
The lights in Paris Jennifer Baily
An attentive waiter Danya Bilinsky
Under the sea Elizabeth Black
Minestra Rita Cattoni
A date with destiny Tibbie Chiu
Cutting ties Nathalie Craig
From Mykonos to Meteora Lisa Dempster
The second last supper Wendy Downes
A comfortable place Kay Gibbons
A late lunch David Gilligan
Sydney 1993: Getting over dining alone Ross Karavis
Don’t dine alone—take an iPad to dinner Suzanne Le Page Langlois
The Japanese, the chef, the old lady and the fish Lisa Le Faucheur
I just can’t dine alone anymore La Vergne Lehmann
Table for six Lucinda Moody
A waiter’s intrigue Kate Napper
One is a lonely number Josie Palombo
Grandmother Chen Diana Parkyn
Taking flight Caroline Pearce
The unmarried chapter Glennise Pinili
Solitude Banjo Harris Plane
Dining alone with Madame Taittinger Kate Punshon
Dinner for two Carli Ratcliff
Velvet Karen Reyment
The harvest fog Eloise Riggs
Dining alone, annually Alister Robertson
Chardonnay or Nebbiolo? Mandy Rowe
That cherry pie Catherine Shepherd
Last meal Carly Slater
The only pub in town Natasha Stewart
Bitter Roz Taylor
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