Interesting book for those who live alone. It's also easy to double the recipe depends on how many people you want to serve. It's interesting to see a cookbook specifically made for solo cooking. Although there are not many photographs of the actual dishes, the illustrations are interesting and very cute.

I really really wanted to like this cookbook more, but part of the problem of cooking for one is knowing what to do with excess ingredients and this book did not take that into account. This book also uses a lot of specific ingredients that are hard to find, and she did not give alternatives or help in finding them.

2.5 stars. I might be more inclined to make the tiny desserts than the single-serving mains that take just as long to prepare (complicated sauces etc.) as a bigger recipe would. But the food is interesting, since the recipes were developed by a chef. Lots of Asian-inspired recipes.

I liked the stories before each recipe, either about her life or about the dish. The recipes are primarily Southeast Asian in flavor, so most of the flavorings aren't in my cabinet. The illustrations were charmingly drawn, but I did wish for photographs of the finished dishes. The recipes are for one, but I wouldn't call them easy. The ones that looked most do-able for me were the desserts and the duck.

Anita Lo is gay. It doesn't matter but it does show up in this book. I always appreciated her sense of humour when you could see it on those cooking shows. This turns it up one better as she kind of gives you some behind the scenes look at her life and loves. What is apparent is that she has cooked these recipes herself and knows them well, except the ones that she designed specifically for this book. The headnotes are fun, hilarious and not quite PC. The recipes are written with a style that se...

An interesting book - I copied a couple of things, but overall, this was not as good as I thought it would be. I was hoping for more general recipes, but these are much more in line with what a gourmet cook would make - duck, fish stew with mussels, fennel, and chilies, lamb recipes, etc.

A cookbook for lesbians who live alone. It works for me! Ha!

I was hoping for recipes that wouldn't be too much hassle. Heh.Unless you've got access to a wide variety of ingredients (boneless duck breast, Calabrian chili, chaat masala, Chinese sausages, dashi, elderflower syrup, mirin, Shanghai bok choi, Shaoxing cooking wine, shishito peppers, shiso leaf, Thai bird chili...), you'll find it difficult to even get started with most of these recipes.The recipes in the "Sides and Basics" chapter are well worth looking at, some of which use very few ingredien...

This cookbook is unique in that it is an Asian cookbook, for one! You can cook without holding a calculator. There are short commentaries before each recipe which are lively and delightful to read as well as informative, answering your questions before you get to ask.The recipes are simple with easy to find ingredients, if you have an Asian grocery nearby.I've got several bookmarked and look forward to eating them.

After reading a review online I was really excited to get this book from the library. My brother in law lives on his own and is learning how to cook and I thought this might be a great gift. I’m glad I checked it out first and saved him some time- this is not a good cookbook for beginners. Hell, I’m well past my 10,000 hours in the kitchen and it’s not even a book for me. Who is the audience for this anyway?Complaint 1- devoid of pictures. Doodles are cute and all but as useless as tits on a bul...

I expected this book to be more about the act of eating alone. Rather, it is a series of recipes, mostly nice, with a short paragraph or two preceding each one with some context, sometimes misplaced. Anita Lo sounds like a fun person, but she could've done so much more with the romance and tragedy and intimacy of eating alone.. And cooking alone. Some of the recipes are innovative; for example, I discovered that I don't have to boil bulgur on a stovetop to cook it, I could add boiling water to i...

Looking for simple, one-person meals for my dd who recently moved into her first apartment without roommates and this is not the book for her. It is a lovely cookbook by a professional chef, who is very funny and realistic about why someone could be dining alone, but not for a poor college student who just needs to grab something and go. So, if anyone wants to cook one of these gourmet meals for her, or even me, let's do this. Fun to read and dream about, just not the cookbook I was hoping for.

The recipes are good but I hated the look of the book. No pictures just some uninformative and unappealing drawing. I also did not like the way the instructions were presented. I did get several ideas from the book but will not buy.

It's clear that Eater, who voted this book the best cookbook of 2018, did not bother to actually read it. The author's tone is rather condescending and she seems out of touch. She kept insisting that we not waste food, which I agree with, but buying expensive ingredients like fennel pollen or Kaffir lime leaves that you may never use again is not exactly frugal, either. I could see this was not for me, as her palate is very different from mine, and I rely on regular grocery stores like the rest

I've turned into one of those people who read cookbooks from front to back, mostly for the extra bits about the recipes. You know, where the author was when they first tried the dish, what happened the first few times they tried making it. So, I got that extra "flavor" from this book, sure. As an actual cookbook, it falls a bit flat. There were no pictures of the food, just illustrations. And...well...none of this was food I'd cook for myself. I didn't even recognize some of the ingredients ment...

As a person who loves to cook and lives close to an international market...this is the cookbook for me. Many of the recipes can be adjusted easily for 2 people (which is fantastic in our house of 2). It's not for people who are just starting out cooking, or for those who don't prefer diverse flavors or have access to them. But for us it's awesome. We've already flagged a bunch of recipes. And the individual mac & cheese is going to be my new go-to when I'm on my own.

Loved that this was a book for cooking just for myself, considering tons of cookbooks, recipes, etc. always have tons of servings that I can't get to due to my schedule (or worse, I don't like it and am stuck with leftovers!). The media and pre-release hype was also pretty good and I read an article or two that made me want to read this.It's a cookbook with various types of recipes. Sides, main dishes, etc. to take you through a meal. Unfortunately there's a lot that didn't really work for me. T...

I was not familiar with Anita Lo before I got the book. I liked the idea of a professional chef who focuses on home-cooking delicious, simple meals. I usually cook for two, but the recipes were easy to upscale. I love that there is a focus on reducing waste and keeping the clean-up simple. I was pleasantly surprised at the breadth of the recipes. Chef Lo is clearly well-traveled. I'm following Chef Lo from now on.

This is a cookbook for a chef not a single person that is looking for some recipes designed to keep them from batch cooking by accident resulting in leftovers all week. The book contains illustrations and no pictures. The biggest stumbling block is the long list of ingredients, that rarely repeat from one recipe to the next.

I like my cook books to have photos and this one doesn't. Especially given how elaborate some of these recipes are, pictures would be useful.It's also a sort of difficult book to use because even though these recipes are for one, most require special ingredients and more work than I'd like to put in during the week.