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Dinner for One

How Cooking in Paris Saved Me

by Sutanya Dacres

Narrator Imani Jade Powers

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Length 8 hours 32 minutes

Language English

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Bookseller recommendation

“Overall, I enjoyed this foodie memoir. It combined a few of my favorite things — Paris, food and romance. I like seeing how Sutanya went from head-over-heels in love to discovering herself through food and cooking after her relationship ended. The most disappointing aspect of the audiobook is that it was not narrated by the author.”
— Terri • Swamp Fox Bookstore

Bookseller recommendation

“Dinner for One is much more than just essays about Sutanya’s cooking. It delves into her relationship with her ex-husband, how she ended up in France with him when they married, the end of that relationship and the beginning of another with cooking. Sutanya goes into detail about her relationship with herself, and how learning and interacting with the local food along with other cuisines, truly saved her from self-destructive tendencies. It’s a phenomenal read for anyone in need of some self-reflection with a love of food...This book helped romanticize what we do in the kitchen and make me excited to go home and cook for just myself - something I absolutely adore doing, and will see in a different light after listening to this. ”
— Makayla • Tattered Cover

Summary
About the author

From podcast host Sutanya Dacres comes Dinner for One, an unforgettable memoir of how she rebuilt her life after her American-in-Paris fairy tale shattered, starting with cooking dinner for herself in her Montmartre kitchen

When Sutanya Dacres married her French boyfriend and moved to Paris at twenty-seven, she felt like she was living out her very own Nora Ephron romantic comedy. Jamaican-born and Bronx-raised, she had never dreamed she herself could be one of those American women in Paris she admired from afar via their blogs, until she met the man of her dreams one night in Manhattan. A couple of years later, she married her Frenchman and moved to Paris, embarking on her own “happily-ever-after.” But when her marriage abruptly ended, the fairy tale came crashing down around her.

Reeling from her sudden divorce and the cracked facade of that picture-perfect expat life, Sutanya grew determined to mend her broken heart and learn to love herself again. She began by cooking dinner for one in her Montmartre kitchen. Along the way, she builds Parisienne friendships, learns how to date in French, and examines what it means to be a Black American woman in Paris—all while adopting the French principle of pleasure, especially when it comes to good food, and exploring what the concept of self-care really means.

Brimming with charm, humor, and hard-won wisdom, Sutanya's story takes you on an adventure through love, loss, and finding where you truly belong, even when it doesn’t look quite how you expected.

Supplemental enhancement PDF accompanies the audiobook.

Biography & Memoir Nonfiction

Sutanya Dacres is the creator and host of the podcast Dinner for One, which has been featured in The New York Times and BBC Radio Hour, among other outlets. She has held a number of copywriting positions in New York City and Paris. Having grown up in New York City, she currently resides, and cooks dinners for one, in the Montmartre neighborhood of Paris. Dinner for One is her first book.