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When Isabel met Edward, both of them were facing a crossroads in their lives: he only wanted to follow his beloved wife who had passed away, while she was ready to give up love. She thought that she was just doing a favor to Edward's distant daughter, and occasionally visited the octogenarian who lived alone in New York. But what she never expected was that this old man who made delicious roast chicken and apricot soufflé as light as air would actually change her life. Once a week, Edward cooked exquisite dishes with his own hands and met with Isabel at the dinner table. He taught her how to bake an apple tart, make the perfect martini, and even gave her the secret to deboning a whole poultry. But he shared much more than that. In fact, he was teaching her to enjoy the luxury of slowing down, asking her not to worry, and to think everything through thoroughly; he was teaching her to deconstruct her life thoroughly, to the bone, and to the heart, no matter how messy everything in front of her was. "Dinner with Edward" tells a story of love and nourishment. This book also allows us to see the magic of dinners between friends. In the words of M. F. K. Fisher, "Help us fight hunger in the world."