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
party giving people
It is a fact of life that people give dinner parties, and when they invite you, you have to turn around and invite them back. Often they retaliate by inviting you again, and you must then extend another invitation. Back and forth you go, like Ping-Pong balls, and what you end up with is called social life.
giving cooking simplest
A person cooking is a person giving. Even the simplest food is a gift.
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.
dream sleep giving
We need time to defuse, to contemplate. Just as in sleep our brains relax and give us dreams, so at some time in the day we need to disconnect, reconnect, and look around us.
two giving long
People who like to cook like to talk about food....without one cook giving another cook a tip or two, human life might have died out a long time ago.
home
The thing about homebodies is that they can usually be found at home. I usually am, and I like to feed people.
somehow
Somehow or other, I always end up in a kitchen feeding a crowd.
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.
love
I love to eat out, but even more, I love to eat in.
plain
I am not a fancy cook or an ambitious cook. I am a plain old cook.
best ease
The best way to feel at ease in the kitchen is to learn at someone's knee.
anxious norman people
It is my opinion that Norman Rockwell and his ilk have done more to make already anxious people feel guilty than anyone else.
almost anyone love miraculous paint picture
Not everyone can write a book or paint a picture or write a symphony, but almost anyone can fall in love. There is something almost miraculous in that.
food good home interested learn lemon rather restaurant
I myself am not particularly interested in restaurant cooking. I don't really want to learn how to make a napoleon. I'd much rather learn how to make a very good lemon cake, which you can make in your own home. I like plain, old-fashioned home food.