Laurie Colwin
Laurie Colwin
Laurie Colwinwas an American writer who wrote five novels, three collections of short stories and two volumes of essays and recipes. She was known for her portrayals of New York society and her food columns in Gourmet magazine...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth14 June 1944
CountryUnited States of America
Laurie Colwin quotes about
friendly tomatoes juice
In this world of uncertainty and woe, one thing remains unchanged: Fresh, canned, pureed, dried, salted, sliced, and served with sugar and cream, or pressed into juice, the tomato is reliable, friendly, and delicious. We would be nothing without it.
missing friendly world
Lentils are friendly - the Miss Congeniality of the bean world.
morning coffee glasses
On Saturday mornings I would walk to the Flavor Cup or Puerto Rico Importing coffee store to get my coffee. Often it was freshly roasted and the beans were still warm. Coffee was my nectar and my ambrosia: I was very careful about it. I decanted my beans into glass...and I ground them in little batches in my grinder.
children thinking people
[On television:] It's made people moronic, it's robbed people of their ability to think. It's done tremendous damage, and every single household that has a small child should take it and throw it out the window.
food organic
Provision as much pure and organic food as you can, and let the rest go by.
deprived fact great life modern time
The fact is that modern life has deprived us of life's one great luxury: time.
cooking exciting fall food interested love
Cooking is like love. You don't have to be particularly beautiful or very glamorous, or even very exciting to fall in love. You just have to be interested in it. It's the same thing with food.
almost best fry method mine people subject
As everyone knows, there is only one way to fry chicken correctly. Unfortunately, most people think their method is best, but most people are wrong. Mine is the only right way, and on this subject I feel almost evangelical.
dinner dish elegant family helpful matter roast
There is nothing like roast chicken. It is helpful and agreeable, the perfect dish no matter what the circumstances. Elegant or homey, a dish for a dinner party or a family supper, it will not let you down.
cakes cannot
When it comes to cakes and puddings, savouries, bread and tea cakes, the English cannot be surpassed.
delights double life second
One of the delights of life is eating with friends; second to that is talking about eating. And, for an unsurpassed double whammy, there is talking about eating while you are eating with friends.
cooking man oneself reveals
Certainly, cooking for oneself reveals man at his weirdest.
expert people
Cooking is like anything else: some people have an inborn talent for it. Some become expert by practicing, and some learn from books.
great mankind people serve works
It is not just the Great Works of mankind that make a culture. It is the daily things, like what people eat and how they serve it.