Cook the Book: 'Serve Yourself': buttercrud, Marje, italianyc84, Sanitymops, and browniecrumbs. Winners have been notified by email and also appear on our Contest Winners page. Thanks to all who entered! More

This week we're going to set the table for one with recipes from Serve Yourself. We'll be mixing up a batch of No-Knead Pizza Dough to make a Fig, Taleggio, and Radicchio Pizza, testing out a Philly-Style Chicken Cutlet Sandwich, and braising Yucatan-Style Slow-Roasted Pork. Enter to win a copy here! More

We've become so accustomed to divvying recipes up to fit a solo meal, or just Tupperwaring the leftovers. How often do you see a recipe that says "serves one"? Subtext: you're eating alone?! That's why Washington Post food editor Joe Yonan started his "Cooking for One" column for the paper awhile back. The idea to write Serve Yourself, our Cook the Book this week and not to be confused with the John Lennon song, came out of the column. We talked to Joe about writing the book, the challenges of shopping for solo cooking, and if this project made his social life suffer significantly. More