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> [On Saturday mornings I would walk to the Flavor Cup or Puerto Rico Importing coffee store to get my coffee. Often it was freshly roasted and the beans were still warm. Coffee was my nectar and my ambrosia: I was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurie-colwin/on-saturday-mornings-i-would-walk-to-the-flavor-cup-or-puerto-rico/)

[Laurie Colwin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurie-colwin/)

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## More by Laurie Colwin

> [Certainly, cooking for oneself reveals man at his weirdest.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurie-colwin/certainly-cooking-for-oneself-reveals-man-at-his-weirdest/)

[Laurie Colwin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurie-colwin/)

> [Both happy and sad people can be cheered up by a nice meal,](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurie-colwin/both-happy-and-sad-people-can-be-cheered-up-by-a-nice-meal/)

[Laurie Colwin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurie-colwin/)

> [The sharing of food is the basis of social life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurie-colwin/the-sharing-of-food-is-the-basis-of-social-life/)

[Laurie Colwin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurie-colwin/)

> [The best way to feel at ease in the kitchen is to learn at someone's knee.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurie-colwin/the-best-way-to-feel-at-ease-in-the-kitchen-is-to-learn-at-someone-s/)

[Laurie Colwin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurie-colwin/no-one-who-cooks-cooks-alone-even-at-her-most-solitary-a-cook-in-the/)

[Laurie Colwin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurie-colwin/i-do-not-believe-that-you-have-to-spend-a-lot-of-money-to-eat-well-it/)

[Laurie Colwin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurie-colwin/)

> [Somehow or other, I always end up in a kitchen feeding a crowd.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurie-colwin/somehow-or-other-i-always-end-up-in-a-kitchen-feeding-a-crowd/)

[Laurie Colwin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurie-colwin/there-is-nothing-like-soup-it-is-by-nature-eccentric-no-two-are-ever/)

[Laurie Colwin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurie-colwin/)

> [We know that without food we would die. Without fellowship, life is not worth living.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurie-colwin/we-know-that-without-food-we-would-die-without-fellowship-life-is-not/)

[Laurie Colwin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurie-colwin/it-is-a-fact-of-life-that-people-give-dinner-parties-and-when-they/)

[Laurie Colwin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurie-colwin/)

> [Friendship is not possible between two women one of whom is very well dressed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurie-colwin/friendship-is-not-possible-between-two-women-one-of-whom-is-very-well/)

[Laurie Colwin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurie-colwin/)

> [Fulfillment leaves an empty space where longing used to be.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurie-colwin/fulfillment-leaves-an-empty-space-where-longing-used-to-be/)

[Laurie Colwin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurie-colwin/)

> [When I was alone, I lived on eggplant, the stove top cook's strongest ally…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurie-colwin/when-i-was-alone-i-lived-on-eggplant-the-stove-top-cook-s-strongest/)

[Laurie Colwin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurie-colwin/)

> [The best way to eat crabs, as everyone knows, is off newspaper at a large table with a large number of people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurie-colwin/the-best-way-to-eat-crabs-as-everyone-knows-is-off-newspaper-at-a/)

[Laurie Colwin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurie-colwin/it-is-not-just-the-great-works-of-mankind-that-make-a-culture-it-is/)

[Laurie Colwin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurie-colwin/)

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