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Going Solo in the Kitchen | 
 enlarge | Author: Jane Doerfer
Publisher: Knopf
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  26 reviews
Sales Rank: 17072
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1st Pbk. Ed
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 320
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 8.3 x 6.1 x 1
ISBN: 0375703934
Dewey Decimal Number: 641.561
EAN: 9780375703935
ASIN: 0375703934
Publication Date: August 25, 1998
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Amazon.com Review
Just because you are your household, don't assume eating solo limits you to having pizza, pancakes, or meat loaf in restaurants; buying them already prepared; or having to file extra portions in the freezer or the dustbin. As Jane Doerfer proves in Going Solo in the Kitchen, with no more effort than when cooking for two or more, one person can eat well and dine beautifully. Doerfer's main strategies are to use fresh ingredients and to make friends with supermarket staff who can accommodate her needs in the land of large families. She gives detailed advice on storing foods--cooked chicken, for example, tastes better and has better texture when stored in liquid (like a sauce or broth), while potato salads and other prepared dishes keep better longer when left unsalted until just before serving. Solo cooks do have advantages: you can eat what you want, as often as you want it, and the cost of a steak or lobster dinner is only for one. Doerfer offers variations for recycling in case of leftovers. Her description of how to cut up a whole chicken is graphically clear (see "Chicken Management") and will save you money. The recipes and techniques Doerfer offers will brighten the lives of solitary diners who love variety, good food, and home cooking. She provides recipes for everything you might want, from Chicken Noodle Soup to elegant Halibut with Asparagus, Cream Scones, perfectly cooked rice, and fresh, hot berry pie, made in just the right way for one. --Dana Jacobi
Product Description
Designed expressly for solo cooks, this supremely practical cookbook includesmore than 350 recipes for all occasions--plus tips on planning, shopping, andstoring and recycling food.
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 excellent cookbook...for most singles November 23, 2008
I've always disliked cooking, but I finally got fed up with warming up frozen dinners and eating take-out. It was too expensive, unhealthy, and didn't even taste that great. I wanted home-made food. So I bit the bullet and started cooking. I was pleased to find that, at last, the publishing industry has seen the need to cater (heh) to single folks--suddenly, I didn't have to worry about preparing an entree that would feed five people.
Overall I've been very pleased with this cookbook. It suits my needs almost perfectly, although I can see how it would miss some audiences: some of the recipes do require you to keep expensive, perishable ingredients on hand, and some do take a little longer to prepare than the book suggests. But I pick and choose, and I'm pretty good about figuring out which recipes I can handle (like I said, I'm a novice) and which ones are still beyond me. The ones that work, work really well. Suddenly I don't feel like a moron in front of a stove, and I've actually started to look forward to grocery shopping and cooking so I can try new things.
I wish the book had better nutritional information about the recipes, and some more precise instructions on food preparation ("Heat the oil in the skillet and add the meat"? What heat level should I use before everything turns into smoke and char? I'm new at this!). But overall, I'm very pleased. I highly recommend this book to single cooks who aren't exactly geniuses in the kitchen, and who don't want to spend hours fixing dinner, but who want home-made food that's not all out of a can. Trust me: if I can cook from this book, anybody can.
 Just what I was looking for October 29, 2008
Not only does the book have reasonable and tasty recipes, but it addresses shopping and storage issues that I've been dealing for quite some time. There are great suggestions on storage and leftovers. I highly recomment it and am buying a 2nd book for my girlfriend as a house warming gift.
 Too many ingredients, steps---and too much final product. April 17, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I bought this disappointing book after I was impressed by the "Serves One" cookbook. This cookbook has no helpful pictures, and there was also quite a lack of meat-free meals. I made the turkey meatball recipe, and it took A LOT of ingredients, a lot more time than she said it would take, and it made about 4 meals worth of food. And then I still had to come up with side dishes. Furthermore, when you're eating alone, you might not want to have to make 3 separate dishes just to cull a meal out of the cookbook. I like more all-inclusive meals when I'm alone, because I'm also the one doing the dishes and spending my whole night in the kitchen. Once I decided I had no use for this cookbook, I tried to give it away, but sadly, my single friend GAVE IT BACK!
Thank you!! April 6, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
All of the positive reviews are exactly right. This cookbook is fantastic: easy recipes, easy to find ingredients, food that tastes good, and excellent suggestions for how to put together a meal, use leftovers, store food, reduce waste.
I love it and just wanted to thank Jane Doerfer for her ideas. I now look forward to cooking for myself and trying out new ideas.
A must for the solo cook March 29, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I hate math, which is why I hate cooking. I don't know from the English system of measurement. It takes me longer to reduce a recipe than it does to prep it. Even if you reduce the ingredients correctly, the cooking time is always iffy. Also, I am not a good cook. I can't "wing it".
Thank god for solo cook books. This has actually inspired me to head into the kitchen, knowing if I make a recipe, there is a lot less probability of me making a disaster out of it.
There is good information in this book on shopping for one, how to store and freeze things, and supermarket tricks for the solo shopper. Not to mention FANTASTIC and super easy recipes.
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