Serve Yourself: Nightly Adventures in Cooking for One by Joe Yonan

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    • Categories: Appetizers / starters; Vegan; Vegetarian
    • Ingredients: cumin seeds; tomatoes
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  • Homemade corn tortillas

    • louie734 on March 27, 2015

      Is this recipe different than all other corn tortilla recipes? NO. But his are the instructions that I follow every time. Something about the accessible writing and the small batch size.

  • Tacos with mushrooms and chile-caramelized onions

    • swegener on February 17, 2015

      Wow, this was incredible! I used loads of mushrooms, and onions, and omitted the sugar.

  • Eggplant and spicy hummus flatbread

    • louie734 on March 27, 2015

      Super good vegan dinner. I've made it with homemade dough/hummus and also with store-bought ingredients. Great way to elevate hummus and pita into something worthy of calling supper.

  • Cardamom-brown sugar snickerdoodles

    • michalow on July 21, 2017

      Delicious soft-textured snickerdoodle. I included 2 tsp of cardamom in the dough, and for the outer sugar mixture used 2 Tbs. sugar, 1 tsp. cardamom, and 1 tsp Vietnamese cinnamon. The cardamom flavor in the finished cookie was present but subtle. Left out the vanilla because that seems anti-snickerdoodle. They're a little darker going into the oven than traditional snickerdoodles because of the brown sugar, so don't judge by color when deciding when to pull them out.

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Reviews about this book

  • Fine Cooking

    ...allow you to eat deliciously well, without three days of leftovers. But the best part? As Yonan points out, when you cook for just yourself, you get to eat what you love.

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  • Kitchn

    The recipes in this book are pared down in size but not in flavor or technique. There's an entire chapter on tacos (Joe is from Texas), beautiful soups and stews, and small-scale desserts...

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  • David's Table

    Do you want to know the dirty little secret about Serve Yourself? Lean in close to the screen, and I’ll let you in on it. Here it is: You don’t have to be single to enjoy it. It works for everyone.

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Reviews about Recipes in this Book

  • Shrimp and potato chip tortilla

    • David's Table

      This is such a filling and delicious dish to make for yourself. It comes together so easily, even at the end of a long day...Do yourself a favor and try it. You’ll be glad you did.

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  • Red pepper chutney

    • David's Table

      I can’t say enough about this chutney....I put it on everything that doesn’t move. It really does spike up the flavor of meats, vegetables or even as a topping on crostini.

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  • ISBN 10 158008513X
  • ISBN 13 9781580085137
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  • Published May 01 2011
  • Format Paperback
  • Page Count 192
  • Language English
  • Countries United States
  • Publisher Ten Speed Press
  • Imprint Ten Speed Press

Publishers Text

A book for single, food-loving cooks, with 100 recipes that deliver flavorful, globally inspired, and unfussy meals, all scaled to serve one.

As the Cooking for One columnist for the Washington Post and the head of a single household, Joe Yonan knows a thing or two about the takeout doldrums and the challenges of creating practical “serves 1” dinners that meet the standards of the avid and engaged eater. His debut cookbook celebrates the flexibility of single life and the freedom to cook the foods you crave when you crave them. Recipes include inventive dishes such as Wine-Braised Chicken Thighs with Olives, Prunes, and Almonds, Spicy Almond Noodles with Edamame, Cochinita Pibil Tacos with Habanero Salsa, and Yogurt Parfait with Rhubarb-Ginger Sauce and Strawberries, all of which are a snap to make and immensely satisfying to eat.

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