Synopses & Reviews
With The Pleasure is All Mine, anyone can enjoy a Steak au Poivre with Frites, Three-Cheese Ravioli, Coconut Fish Curry with Homemade Naan Bread, or a Wild Blueberry Free-Form Tart without the expense and hassle of restaurants or fussy dinner guests. The 100 uncomplicated, exquisite recipes in this collection are simple to prepare and require no fancy equipment. With just a skillet, bowl, knife, and a few perfect ingredients, Pirret makes great solo dining effortless-and she offers inspired wine and cocktail pairings, too, to make dinner complete. Edgy and bursting with personality, The Pleasure is All Mine is also filled with a wealth of devilishly entertaining stories based on her experiences living in New York, Los Angeles, Paris, and London.
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“Back away from the frozen pizza. Suzanne Pirrets cheeky new book offers elegant, decadent dishes for one.” Metro
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“A collection of 100 excellent recipes-for-one…. [Suzanne Pirret] displays a disarming blend of naked egotism, self-deprecating humor and, most important, a keen understanding of good cooking. While many of Ms. Pirrets recipes are sophisticated, they can all be produced in real-world kitchen conditions.” Wall Street Journal
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“Intoxicatingly indulgent… Cooking for yourself doesnt need to be about self-deprivation or about youre-not-worth-anything-better recipes… Pirrets hilarious recipe headnotes, fictional interludes and essays are worth the price of the book even if you dont make a single one of the dishes.” Washington Post
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“A wickedly funny manifesto for the hungry single girl that makes solo dining effortless as well as fabulous, with musings on the catering industries of New York, LA, Paris and London, where Pirret was a chef at Jamie Olivers restaurant, Fifteen.” Marie Claire (UK)
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“I couldnt put this book down! Everyone will be begging to be a guest or even a dishwasher in Suzanne Pirrets kitchen after reading and cooking from The Pleasure Is All Mine. Shes infectious!” Bobby Flay
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“A saucy, snarky take on cooking for one, with ‘simple (yet not stupid) recipes accompanied by wine and cocktail pairings, and roguish, funny stories from her experiences living in New York, Los Angeles, Paris and London.” Publishers Weekly
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“The type of book one can curl up with and read as well as take to the kitchen and actually use.... Refreshingly casual and conversational.... Im inspired to get back to the kitchen and treat myself to more home-cooked meals.” Epicurious.com
Synopsis
A manifesto for the hungry loner in everyone, Pirret's wickedly funny cookbook makes cooking and eating for one easy and fabulous. The 100 uncomplicated, exquisite recipes in this collection are simple to prepare and require no fancy equipment.
About the Author
Suzanne Pirret is a Harvard-trained actor, an award-winning voiceover artist, and a graduate of the Cordon Bleu in both Paris and London. For more than a decade, she has worked in the restaurant and catering industries in New York and London, notably as Jamie Oliver's pastry chef in London at the critically acclaimed nonprofit restaurant Fifteen. She lives in London.