Half an onion — The singular pleasure of cooking alone

Melt some butter in a hot pan, throw in a handful of diced onions and suddenly — even if it's a meal just for you — you are cooking. When you don't have a family to feed or anyone to impress, it's never been easier to buy a single meal from the frozen food section of your supermarket or order one on an app. But what might we deny ourselves by making those choices? In this second episode on solo dining, we explore the joys and practicalities of cooking for one.Guests: Eric Kim, food columnist and recipe developer at the New York Times, author of Korean American: Food that Tastes like HomeSigne Johansen, cook, writer, author of Solo: The Joy of Cooking for OneKate Legge, journalist, novelist and author of Delicious: Stories of Cooking, Love and FriendshipGet in touch:We'd love to hear from you! Email us at [email protected] episode of Every Bite was produced on the lands of the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nation.