Quoting: wildrover
maybe i do too good a job of pretending i am doing ok alone here.....
Sometimes we're all too afraid of seeming needy, even when we
are in need, which, if you think about it with a cool calm head is a bit daft.
How about dropping this friend of yours a bit of a hint: ask her opinion about the best and easiest to follow cookbooks. She'll
then ask you why you want to know....and there's your chance - you can tell her you're alone!
There's a risk of course that you'll have 20 people coming to
your place for Christmas dinner, but what is life without risk? :)