Judith Jones was a longtime editor at Alfred A. Knopf. Her authors included Julia Child, Lidia Bastianich, James Beard, Marion Cunningham, Rosie Daley, Marcella Hazan, John Hersey, Madhur Jaffrey, Edna Lewis, Joan Nathan, Jacques Pepin, Claudia Roden, Nina Simonds, Anne Tyler, and John Updike. She was the author ofThe Tenth Muse- My Life in FoodandThe Pleasures of Cooking for One. She was the coauthor with Evan Jones (her husband) ofThe Book of Bread; Knead It, Punch It, Bake It!(for children); andThe Book ofNewNew England Cookery. She also collaborated with Angus Cameron onThe L. L. Bean Game and Fish Cookbookand contributed toVogueandSaveur.In 2006, she was awarded the James Beard Foundation Lifetime Achievement Award.She died in August 2017.
*Nominated for a James Beard Foundation Book Award in General
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“Cooking when you’re on your own can be a challenge . . . Thank
goodness for Judith Jones! The redoubtable editor
conclusively demonstrates that the joie de manger belongs to
everyone, not just breeders, honeymooners and clans.”
-National Public Radio 10 Best Cookbooks of 2009
“Judith Jones . . . is a skilled food and recipe writer, perhaps
the most accomplished working today. This collection of simple but
special recipes is written with confidence, clarity and humanity,
with no extra words. Recipes like minced chicken on toast and
ratatouille read like enduring holdovers from decades past,
offering a welcome simplicity of flavor.”
-Denver Post Best Cookbooks of 2009
“[Judith Jones’s] wise pep talk of a cookbook is also a manifesto:
she encourages readers to experience food with all of the senses .
. . Those who’ve taken to takeout rather than gorging on recipes
designed to feed four to six will find this restorative book an
encouraging friend in the kitchen.”
-Christine Muhlke, The New York Times Book Review
“Lively, practical, and passionate.”
-Sarah DiGregorio, The Village Voice
“Marvelous . . . The book contains excellent advice on outfitting a
kitchen for one, planning for leftovers, stocking a pantry, and so
on. It also contains some great recipes ranging from the
elegant . . . to more elemental fare . . . The author’s long
experience editing cookbooks means the recipes are crystal clear
and you can readily imagine the results . . . The Pleasures of
Cooking for One is a delightful cookbook, packed with sage advice
and great recipes.”
-Kevin D. Weeks, about.com
“In The Tenth Muse, Jones wrote about cooking for oneself, warning
that a subtle conspiracy among the food industry, anti-feminist
sources, and a pleasure-hating diet industry had convinced women
living along that ‘it wasn’t worth it’ to cook for themselves . . .
In The Pleasures of Cooking for One, Jones takes on this cultural
message and refutes it utterly. She enthusiastically illustrates
exactly how to cook delicious, nourishing, and soul-satisfying
meals for oneself . . . Best of all, The Pleasures of Cooking for
One is suitable for any single person of any gender, whether
heading to college at 18 or widowed at 83.”
-Kate Thornberry, The Austin Chronicle
“A warm-hearted approach to the joys of slicing, dicing, mixing,
and cooking for one . . . Consider Pleasures a visit from your best
friend who is also a superb, savvy cook, encouraging you to be
creative and treat yourself well.”
-The Sacramento Bee
“Worthwhile for those looking for variation in the weekly
routine. And chances are, you’ll feel great when you’ve
finished.”
-Amanda Gold, San Francisco Chronicle
“Elegant . . . [Some of the recipes] are so brilliantly simple . .
. that we can’t wait for our next dinner for one.”
-Tasting Table
“[Judith Jones’s] genteel manifesto for living well alone is a
charming combination of common sense and luxury . . . Highly
recommended for anyone who wants to learn to cook, really cook, for
one person.”
-Library Journal
“[A] civilized, unfussy guide to cooking—and cooking well—for
solitary diners . . . [Jones] doesn’t skip desserts, entertaining,
or self-indulgence, and best of all, her whole book benefits from
the diverse and cumulative gleanings of work with many of the great
cooks and cookbook writers (including Julia Child, of course) of
the latter half of the 20th century.”
-Publishers Weekly
“Delightful . . . Jones provides round after round of savory treats
for solo diners.”
-Vick Mickunas, Dayton Daily News
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