All Laurie Colwin Quotes
- 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… Ambrosia
- When I was alone, I lived on eggplant, the stove top cook's strongest ally.... Allies
- I do not believe that you have to spend a lot of money to eat well: it is hard to beat a plain old baked… Baked
- A world without tomatoes is like a string quartet without violins. July
- Friendship is not possible between two women one of whom is very well dressed. Dressed
- The old days were slower. People buttered their bread without guilt and sat down to dinner en famille. Bread
- Fulfillment leaves an empty space where longing used to be. Empty
- To feel safe and warm on a cold wet night, all you really need is soup. All
- For the socially timid, the kitchen is the place to be. At least, it is a place to start. Funny
- Once my jars were labeled, I felt contentedly thrilled with myself, as if I had pulled off a wonderful trick. People feel this way when… Babies
- There is nothing like soup. It is by nature eccentric: no two are ever alike, unless of course you get your soup in a can. Alike
- When life is hard and the day has been long, the ideal dinner is not four perfect courses, each in a lovely pool of sauce… Ambrosial
- Many people eat salad dutifully because they feel it is good for them, but more enlightened types eat it happily because it is good. Dutifully
- The sharing of food is the basis of social life. Bases
- Dinner alone is one of life's pleasures. Certainly cooking for oneself reveals man at his weirdest. People lie when you ask them what they eat… Alone
- 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… Cooking
- Both happy and sad people can be cheered up by a nice meal, Both
- And, for an unsurpassed double whammy, there is talking about eating while you are eating with friends. Double
- There is really a je ne sais quoi about turkey cooking - the air of festivity, the family squabbles, the constant basting - that does… Air
- A person cooking is a person giving. Even the simplest food is a gift. Cooking
- 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… Ago
- In this world of uncertainty and woe, one thing remains unchanged: Fresh, canned, pureed, dried, salted, sliced, and served with sugar and cream, or pressed… Canned
- When I was alone, I lived on eggplant, the stove top cook's strongest ally. I fried it and stewed it, and ate it crisp and… All
- Cookbooks hit you where you live. You want comfort; you want security; you want food; you want to not be hungry and not only do… Able
- No one who cooks, cooks alone. Even at her most solitary, a cook in the kitchen is surrounded by generations of cooks past, the advice… Advice