When your partner works late, travels constantly, or simply vanishes at dinner hour, the dream of cooking for two turns into a solo act every other night. This is not a cookbook about perfect plating. It is a survival guide for the cook who is tired of wasting food, eating alone, or feeling guilty about leftovers. Blythe Orchardton Tulloch shows you how to plan, prep, and pivot so that whether you're feeding an empty table or a sudden reunion, you have something delicious, safe, and unfussy ready. You will learn batch-cooking strategies that don't mean eating the same thing for a week, freezer meals that actually taste good reheated, and one-pan dishes that work for one or two without extra effort. No stand mixers, no exotic ingredients, no judgment. Just honest timings, real quantities, and meals that bend to your life. Because cooking for two should never feel like cooking for one failed dinner party. Part of The Tired Cook's Library.