Home Cooking: A Writer in the Kitchen: A Memoir and Cookbook, (Paperback)

from lucybrown

In Home Cooking, a slight book which is somewhere between cookbook and memoir, Laurie Colwin chats, pontificates and eases the mind on all things kitchen. She is very opinionated in the nicest possible way. I like that about her. She eats whole bags of red peppers walking home, manages to throw d...

from NellieMc

I find myself reading this (and the sequel) about once every 5 years or so because it's like visiting an old friend. She writes about food like I wish I could -- like a long term acquaintance that never disappoints and always provides pleasure. I might read it every five years if it wasn't so pai...

from lucybrown

In Home Cooking, a slight book which is somewhere between cookbook and memoir, Laurie Colwin chats, pontificates and eases the mind on all things kitchen. She is very opinionated in the nicest possible way. I like that about her. She eats whole bags of red peppers walking home, manages to throw d...

from Dokfintong

When I got this book from NetGalley.com, I realized that I have owned the paperback for years. "Home Cooking" is a classic book of food essays and Laurie Colwin's gingerbread recipe is possibly the most famous gingerbread recipe in the English language. That being said, as I reread the book, I wo...

from reading_fox

Fun chatty discursive essays on aspects of cooking, food and people. Based very much on the authors experiences of growing up in the 70s and 80s in New York, but open and available to anybody who enjoys food. I haven't tried any of the recipes yet, but in some respects that's not what this book i...