Laurie Colwin

A unique feast for body and soul, "Home Cooking" shares the delightful pleasures of discovering cooking and eating good, simple food. Colwin combines her insightful, good-humored writing style with her lifelong passion for wonderful food in such essays as "Alone in the Kitchen with an Eggplant", "Repulsive Dinners: A Memoir" and "Stuffed Breast of Veal: A Bad Idea".

A Writer in the Kitchen

Home Cooking

The triumphant sequel to Home Cooking by “a home cook, like you and me, whose charm and lack of pretension make her wonderfully human and a welcome companion as she chatters on about the small culinary accomplishments and discoveries that occur in her kitchen” (Chicago Tribune). Following the success of Home Cooking, Laurie Colwin returned to the kitchen to cook up this delightful mix of culinary recipes, advice, and personal anecdotes. With down-to-earth charm and wit, she discussed the many pleasures and problems of cooking at home, including such topics as “Desserts that Quiver,” “The Duck Dilemma,” “Real Food for Tots,” “Turkey Angst,” and “Catering on One Dollar a Head.” As informative as it is entertaining, More Home Cooking is a rare treat for Colwin’s many fans and for anyone who loves to spend time in the kitchen.

A Writer Returns to the Kitchen

More Home Cooking

Filipa Carvalho

Gotta be honest, I was never going to pick up More Home Cooking if it wasn't for Book Riot's Read Harder Challenge, but I really liked it. She's very funny (Jet Lag and How to Feed It, had me laughing out loud), honest, down to earth and relatable. The book almost feels like it was written last year, for its championing of local grown foods, concerns about the planet, capitalism, feminism, etc.I usually don't care for the recipes in these kinds of books, but I'm actually looking forward to trying some here. Her careful explanations combined with the flexibility of each recipe, assure me, it's going to be easy and taste good no matter what.Overall, a really fun read!

Home Cooking A Writer in the Kitchen

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