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Supper for one? Whether you're a career girl, bedsitter or bachelor, this vintage 1950s cookery gem introduced by Bee Wilson is ''wonderful ... funny and full of charm'' (India Knight) with ''lots of ideas worth nicking'' (Rachel Cooke).

The Career Woman (who buys a chicken as a treat)
The Bedsitter (who experiments with newfangled gadgets)
The Old Lady (who feeds her menagerie of pets)
The Schoolboy Moocher (who makes toffee and wallows in grapes)
The Bachelor (who learns to stockpile food)
Meet the experts in cooking alone . . .

Cooking Alone (1954) is a delicious miniature compendium of tales inspired by a cast of eccentric solitary characters. Brimming with entertaining anecdotes, recipes (rabbit with aubergine and prunes, anyone?) and top tips (ever wondered how to store ice cream in a bedsit?), Kathleen Le Riche is a witty, charming guide to the single life. Reissued

Cooking Alone

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    A Hardback by Kathleen Le Riche, Bee Wilson

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      Publisher Faber & Faber
      Published 7 January 2021
      ISBN-13 9780571365791
      978-0571365791
      ISBN-10 0571365795
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      Description

      Book Synopsis

      Supper for one? Whether you're a career girl, bedsitter or bachelor, this vintage 1950s cookery gem introduced by Bee Wilson is ''wonderful ... funny and full of charm'' (India Knight) with ''lots of ideas worth nicking'' (Rachel Cooke).

      The Career Woman (who buys a chicken as a treat)
      The Bedsitter (who experiments with newfangled gadgets)
      The Old Lady       (who feeds her menagerie of pets)
      The Schoolboy Moocher (who makes toffee and wallows in grapes)
      The Bachelor (who learns to stockpile food)
      Meet the experts in cooking alone . . .

      Cooking Alone (1954) is a delicious miniature compendium of tales inspired by a cast of eccentric solitary characters. Brimming with entertaining anecdotes, recipes (rabbit with aubergine and prunes, anyone?) and top tips (ever wondered how to store ice cream in a bedsit?), Kathleen Le Riche is a witty, charming guide to the single life. Reissued

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