Solo

At last, a book of lovely recipes by someone who knows that cooking isn’t always for sharing. It’s just as important to eat well on your own. – Diana HenryJoyous recipes for one – India KnightA book that turns a chore into a pleasure … Johansen is never less than in tune with her reader. – Observer Food MonthlyA (delicious) manifesto on the plus points of getting into the kitchen with only yourself to feed – TelegraphTurning cooking for one from a soul-destroying mathematical exercise to a self-loving luxury, Solo is gleefully self-indulgent yet somehow wildly practical – Alexandra HeminsleyIndulge yourself with mussels, fennel and wine or revamp that most melancholy of late-night staples – noodles – with Signe’s recipe for miso ramen. – Observer Food Monthly

Signe Johansen is a Norwegian cook and author of How to Hygge, Solo, Spirited, Scandilicious and Scandilicious Baking. A longtime whisky enthusiast, she is the co-founder of ‘Spirited Women’, a project to get more women into whisky and other spirits. After graduating with a bachelor’s degree in archaeology and anthropology from the University of Cambridge, she trained at Leiths School of Food and Wine in London, worked in several of the UK’s top restaurants and went on to do her masters in the anthropology of food at SOAS Food Studies Centre at the University of London. She has appeared on Kirstie’s Handmade Christmas, What’s Cooking and Sunday Brunch. She lives in Bloomsbury, London.