You should have married a nice girl in her twenties so you…

Certainly, cooking for oneself reveals man at his weirdest.

— Laurie Colwin

Both happy and sad people can be cheered up by a nice meal,

— Laurie Colwin

The sharing of food is the basis of social life.

— Laurie Colwin

The best way to feel at ease in the kitchen is to learn at someone's knee.

— Laurie Colwin

No one who cooks, cooks alone. Even at her most solitary, a cook in the kitchen is surrounded by generations of cooks past, the…

— Laurie Colwin

I do not believe that you have to spend a lot of money to eat well: it is hard to beat a plain old…

— Laurie Colwin

Somehow or other, I always end up in a kitchen feeding a crowd.

— Laurie Colwin

There is nothing like soup. It is by nature eccentric: no two are ever alike, unless of course you get your soup in a…

— Laurie Colwin

We know that without food we would die. Without fellowship, life is not worth living.

— Laurie Colwin

It is a fact of life that people give dinner parties, and when they invite you, you have to turn around and invite them…

— Laurie Colwin

Friendship is not possible between two women one of whom is very well dressed.

— Laurie Colwin

Fulfillment leaves an empty space where longing used to be.

— Laurie Colwin

When I was alone, I lived on eggplant, the stove top cook's strongest ally…

— Laurie Colwin

The best way to eat crabs, as everyone knows, is off newspaper at a large table with a large number of people.

— Laurie Colwin

It is not just the Great Works of mankind that make a culture. It is the daily things, like what people eat and how…

— Laurie Colwin