Judith Jones's new book, The Pleasures of Cooking for One, came across my desk last week. She never thought she could cook "well" for herself after her husband died, but proved herself wrong (as the book sweetly elucidates). She now routinely whips up hollandaise for one, fries up a single serving of pommes Anna in a tiny pan, and keeps a big batch of béchamel in the freezer so she can dole it out by the spoonful. Smartypants.
After reading that, I couldn't well make yet another plate of Pasta for One. A small roast chicken then, with roasted golden beets, garlic-sautéed beet greens and Marcella Hazan's brilliant if plainly-named "roasted mixed vegetables".
Add one (very large) glass of wine and one tv movie (Master and Commander, swoon) for a perfect Saturday evening in.
One red onion quartered, 2 tomatoes quartered, 1 red pepper in wedges and 4 small potatoes in wedges. Drizzle with much olive oil and lots of salt and roast at 400 F for about 35 minutes. The result is magically so much more than the simple sum of its parts.
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