French Cooking for One

'So manymicro feasts, and every one of them nourishment for body and soul.' -RachelCooke, Observer Food MonthlyWhether cooking for one on a daily or an occasional basis, cooking well foryourself means cherishing yourself and your appetites, joyously giving yourselfpleasure, opening yourself to new experiences.This book will encourage you todo all that. - M. R. A unique work of literary and culinary joie de vivre, part food memoir,part recipe book, French Cooking for One is Michele Roberts' firstcookbook, and a personal and quirky take on Edouard de Pomiane's ten-minutecooking classic.Once a food writer for the New Statesman, Roberts wasborn in 1949 and raised in a bilingual French-English household, learning tocook from her French grandparents in Normandy.Her love of food and cookery hasalways shone through in her novels and short stories. French cuisine, classic though it is, stillholds delicious surprises.From quick bites for busy days to sumptuous maincourses for those who enjoy spe