Alone in the Kitchen with an Eggplant: Confessions of Cooking for One and Dining Alone

A collection of essays on cooking and eating for one by twenty-six top writers and foodies reveals its contributors' most cherished or private comfort-food practices, from Haruki Murakami's enjoyment of spaghetti and Nora Ephron's consolation of a broken heart with mashed potatoes in bed to Marcella Hazan's enjoyment of a simple grilled ham-and-cheese sandwich.