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
abroad good hang poking time visit
My idea of a good time abroad is to visit someone's house and hang out, poking into their cupboards if they will let me.
best ease
The best way to feel at ease in the kitchen is to learn at someone's knee.
cakes cannot
When it comes to cakes and puddings, savouries, bread and tea cakes, the English cannot be surpassed.
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.
food organic
Provision as much pure and organic food as you can, and let the rest go by.
sisterhood two well-dressed
Friendship is not possible between two women one of whom is very well dressed.
safety giving cooking
The table is a meeting place, a gathering ground, the source of sustenance and nourishment, festivity, safety, and satisfaction. A person cooking is a person giving: even the simplest food is a gift.
eggplant vegetables allies
When I was alone, I lived on eggplant, the stove top cook's strongest ally....
hot-and-cold eggplant next-day
When I was alone, I lived on eggplant, the stove top cook's strongest ally. I fried it and stewed it, and ate it crisp and sludgy, hot and cold. It was cheap and filling and was delicious in all manner of strange combinations. If any was left over, I ate it cold the next day on bread.
fellowship life-is dies
We know that without food we would die. Without fellowship, life is not worth living.
cooking-classes home-cooking chefs-cooking
No one who cooks cooks alone.
home people
Unlike some people, who love to go out, I love to stay home.
kitchen events layers
That family glaze of common references, jokes, events, calamities-that sense of a family being like a kitchen midden: layer upon layer of the things daily life is made of. The edifice that lovers build is by comparison delicate and one-dimensional.
dinner pleasure
Dinner alone is one of life's pleasures.