Introduction
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 Será 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
Contributors
Permissions Acknowledgments
Acknowledgments