This book looked perfect for me: I live by myself and wanted to be able to cook new & interesting dishes for myself without having to worry about doing long division or having a week's worth of leftovers. On my first go-through I was excited, noting many recipes that sounded tasty. My excitement quickly cooled. Many of the recipes (or at least many I thought sounded good) involved buying in bulk and freezing stuff-- not really an option for those of us city-dwellers in small apartments-- while some others were for more than one person, not exactly "going solo" in my humble opinion. All in all, not what I had hoped for or expected. ( )