Status Updates From Alone in the Kitchen with a...

"So what does it say about my self-esteem that I know perfectly well how to make a velouté and yet would choose to crack open a can of SpaghettiOs when dining alone? (I am not using the word 'SpaghettiOs' as a metaphor here.) Do I not believe that I am entitled to the same level of tenderness that I extend to others? Or is it, in fact, a greater level of self-love to not put myself through the hassle of making dinner

"Day after day, week after month, I stuck to my routines like a chorus girl in the back row. Even all these years later, in a life that is loaded with fancy supermarkets and disposable income, a Saltine is still delicious." Ann Patchett